Forget it. Your hero begat this zero. You guys worship Gordon, but Gordon worships Jeff.

'Bethune says he was looking only for the best. He credits Smisek with saving the airline.

"It's not like in the movies when some guy saves an airplane from spinning to Earth," says Bethune. "But he engineered the salvation of our company."

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Bethune agrees that getting Continental and United employees to share the same vision will be exceedingly difficult. "But if it can be done, he's the guy to do it."'

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