Gordon Bethune being ex big shot at Boeing and going to CO was the reason for the big buy up on Boeing as I recall, especially the plunge into 777s.
I wish CO would take that EWR-HKG down HKG-SYD to bring back a decent CO service into Aust. Was a top tier flyer for 4 years straight with CO until they pulled the plug on their service about 5 years ago. In those days if you did it for 5 years straight they gave you "Lifetime Elite".
Darn.
