I have a huge vested interest in CO remaining healthy: I'm a lifetime infinite platinum member, with a lifetime president's club membership.

And, I have the perspective of being a former shareholder and a former Continental employee.

I strongly disagree with your conclusion that recent changes will make CO more profitable and make them stay around longer. Exactly the opposite. Gordon is running the company into the ground for all the reasons heretofore articulated by many astute FT'ers who regulalry decide whether or not to spend their money on Continental.

P.S. If anyone else would like to leave Gordon voicemail, email me and I'll tell you how. You will need a not-blocked outbound line for caller ID purposes.