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Old 4th June 2008, 15:03   #1 (permalink)
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United to cut a fifth of its fleet
Per today's Financial Times.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5a319f02-3...0779fd2ac.html

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Old 4th June 2008, 15:39   #2 (permalink)
 
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Mr Mod, what business are you in?
This is a major story affecting our industry. If this is not R and N then I don't know what is.
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Old 4th June 2008, 16:15   #3 (permalink)
 
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Means, pilot shortage well and truly over.
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Looks as if TED is going to be a casuality according to Bloomberg - quite dramatic.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?p..._a4&refer=news


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Old 4th June 2008, 23:09   #5 (permalink)
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United rertiring 100 Boeing A/C because of fuelprice and cutting 1500 jobs..
Spiegel online, ( like Time in the U.S. ) is reporting because of high fuel prices they are cutting 1400 to 1600 jobs and parking all their 737 ( 94pcs. ) and also 6 Boeing 747. This are the oldest A/C they got and average fleet age will be 11.8 after that.

Presently they got 460 A/C.....

The article is at:

http://www.spiegel.de/reise/aktuell/...557680,00.html

But it is in german

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Old 5th June 2008, 03:05   #6 (permalink)
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You splash some third string dog and pony UK
carrier's banko and United is MOVED???

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