Pictures Of Ted

[Busdrvr]

Boyd has been consistantly wrong on just about everything UAL for about a year now. FWIW, TED has cost UAL VERY little.

So has Jake Brace been wrong for even longer so why does he still have a job?

So what if TED has cost UA very little. Tell that to the F/As who retired early based on a promise. [/quote]
No love lost between me and brace. I do think they needed to retain some guys though to lend "credibility" to the management team. Although employees don't like him, I'm sure WS prefers he stay for a little while.

As to the F/A's....
Maybe we should examine the promise UAL gave to pilots who chose UAL in part due to the "no furlough" clause. These people are at the most expensive part of life, with families to provide for. What about them? You want me to cry a river for a 65 YO 45 year veteran F/A who may have even gotten quite a few paid years off (McDonalds)? The Q&A SPECIFICALLY stated that the company may come back for the money. Was there an agreement (CONTRACT) that said they wouldn't? Why not?

What about the lessors who had a "deal"? The bond holders? The cities? The company that promised them a lifetime of free viagra NO LONGER EXISTS!!! Do you think they will be better off if all the picketing hurts revenue enough to destroy the company? Who will lose? Glenn Tilton? He RICH!! He doesn't care. Those benefits are GONE, they AREN'T coming back, and demanding to keep them all while everybody else is making HUGE sacrifices is petty and pretty sad.

 

[HPearlyretiree]

No, my feelings aren't hurt, in fact once UA started tanking, those same people were very very very nice to us all of a sudden!

 

[Busdrvr]

No, my feelings aren't hurt, in fact once UA started tanking, those same people were very very very nice to us all of a sudden!

I'll bet they were

 

[Cosmo]

Interesting comments from Sean Donohue (Ted Vice President) about United's Ted operation possibly being profitable in 2005 once the full 45-aircraft A320 fleet is operating, primarily from DEN and IAD. Read the Dow Jones Business News article here.

One noteworthy quote from the article: "By simplifying operations, flying planes longer each day and adding 18 seats to each plane, Ted can cut unit costs by 15% to 20%, compared with UAL's main United airline, Donohue said in a telephone interview with Dow Jones Newswires." This sounds good, provided the extra seats can be filled on a regular basis. Time will tell.

 

[MrMarky]

I flew into SFO on Tuesday (Feb 10) and there was a TED Airbus parked at a nearby gate. I took a snapshot that I haven't downloaded yet. I'll do it tonight when I get home and edit this post and put it here.

 

[AirwAr]

"By simplifying operations, flying planes longer each day and adding 18 seats to each plane, Ted can cut unit costs by 15% to 20%, compared with UAL's main United airline, Donohue said in a telephone interview with Dow Jones Newswires."

So doesn't it make sense that they do this to the whole airline? Cutting 20% for the complete operation would reap huge benefits. Cutting costs on 45 planes is nothing.

 

[MrMarky]

:blink: Hmmmm.... it looks like there's no longer any way to edit your own post so far as I can tell.

Anyway, here's the photo of TED at SFO from Tuesday.

Sorry, not a very good shot. I took it through the window of the Admiral's Club straight into the sun.

 

[Busdrvr]

So doesn't it make sense that they do this to the whole airline? Cutting 20% for the complete operation would reap huge benefits. Cutting costs on 45 planes is nothing.

UAL already lowered cost for the REST OF THE AIRLINE by about 20%. Ted goes FARTHER in select markets. Some markets make more money with premium seating (SFO-NRT). TED is an attempt to match the product to the market.