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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 9:50 pm
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planemechanic
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Originally Posted by tailfirst
Yes you can count on the big one going this time. I was talking to the airport manager last quarter in LAX and she said that if they didnt start posting a profit and make the cost cutting they needed to do then they would be wrapped up. Well they did post a profit last quarter but now with this new death knoll knocking on the door................bye bye birdie

Quite a statement about an airline with $5.1 BILLION dollars in the bank, an amount BTW, which increased by about $1 BILLION dollars since exiting bankruptcy. I do believe that someone else may go out of business if this gets rough but I think you better look at NW and DL long before UA is in trouble.
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