United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider alternatives to Boeing

Re:United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider altern... by balozi on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:20PM (#39107333)

Try as I might, I cannot see any upside for an airline chief executive to make this kind of statements publicly. Sometimes a CEO needs to know that they don't have to publicly announce their internal deliberations. Well...unless he was drunk when interviewed, or wanted to divert attention from bad financial results, or both.

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Re:United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider altern... by theYipster on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @04:08PM (#39109867)

Also…

- showing his employees and the public where the blame belongs. No doubt United has some angry passengers given the flights they had to cancel due to the grounding of their Max 9 fleet. Also consider SNL’s sketch about Alaska… airline execs over there are no doubt fuming at Boeing.

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Re:United Airlines CEO says the airline will consider altern... by fellin on Tuesday January 23, 2024 @01:34PM (#39107553)

1. Distancing themselves from Boeing

2. Managing fallout from obvious losses from groundings

3. Showing investors that they can continue without Boeing should it regress further.

4. Kicking off bidding war between Boeing and Airbus. Boeing will give them an insanely good deal, especially if they announce their PO soon. Airbus is obviously also very keen on getting a foot in the door with United.

5. Sending a message to Boeing that they have had enough of this shit and it will really hit the fan if they don't get their act together.

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