Chip Munn said:
Earlier today I visited your company's message board and there is very little activity. It's clear that you follow me around, attempt to make corporate comparisons, and try to "shoot the messenger".
You are certainly allowed to post wherever you like, but I'll make a deal with you and the other United posters. I will not post on the United message board and you do not post on the US Airways board. Then we would not have this dispute -- fair enough?
Chip,
This post is very typical of you, and paints the perfect picture of yourself for all the world to see. Don't flatter yourself thinking I would follow you anywhere. Incase you played hookey during "psychology 101," it is usually those that have the most to say, that are also the most insecure and have the least knowledge.
I spend most of my time on USAviation reading and observing. I find your obsession particularly misinformed, hence the rebuttals to your unsubstantiated, "secret", back room style attempt at aviation analysis. The more you persist, the more of an amateur you appear. Even to your fellow pilots and employees!
Do you really think there is more than 1 or 2 people here that buy your theories? My interest in your posts is purely for their entertainment value. Nothing more. Nothing less. At times I'm almost embarassed for you.
Let's see... When US management makes a statement to you at a meeting, it is incontrovertable truth. When UA management makes a statement you say they are "managing expectations" or saying it for public consumption only. When you quote analysts they are experts. When someone posts a desenting opinion of an analyst you attack their credibility. When UA loses money it is a dire situation and you inflate the amount of the loss. When US loses money you minimize the loss by pointing to one time charges. In fact when anyone shows proof that your theories are nothing more than your own dreams and speculations, you accuse them of "shooting the messenger." When others come up with equally clever theories that do not agree with yours, you ask them to stop posting. When someone asks you legitimate questions you ignore them and never respond.
Do you realize that you are the only one who doesn't see the double standards you apply to everything?
I'm sure you would like nothing more than to have everyone stop posting so that you can preach your "wisdom" and always have the last word. No, Chip... it is not shooting the messenger. In order to shoot the messenger, that messenger would have to be delivering factual information in an unbiased form. If anything it is more akin to shooting the Little Boy Who Cried Wolf.
This whole thing is quite off topic, but you invite the criticism by constantly harping on your UCT that "may or may not occur." There is hardly a topic on this board that you do not mention it in some form.
Here is a deal for you... if you stop posting your speculations about United Airlines and stick to purely USAir issues, then the UA folks will not post on the US forum. Deal?
Until then I will continue to be entertained by you.
767jetz
P.S. Why won't you admit that your real motivation is that UA has what you desperately want and US desperately needs? (Long haul flying, widebodies, and world-wide presence) As a psycholgist friend of mine always says... The truth will hurt you before it sets you free!
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