Originally Posted by
BearX220
The meta-narrative that has taken hold is that UA management is not in leadership or innovation mode, is satisfied with imitating the competition and operating a profitable but unremarkable / less reliable also-ran, and these comparative threads validate the conventional wisdom. Sadly, so do UA's Mileage Plus dilutions and other real-world policy moves.
I think the proof of this interpretation can be found in the absence of reciprocal threads on other FT fora. I haven't seen any "UA did AAA, will Airline XX follow?" threads in my occasional forays into other airlines' fora.
Some airlines lead in innovation and others follow. UA seems to be mostly a follower these days.
Cue the UA apologists to fire up their flamethrowers to roast me alive with counterexamples. Have I missed these reciprocal threads in FT land?
