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Old 9th Apr 2011, 12:07
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david1300
 
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Not a commercial pilot, but I know a bit about commerce.

This worries me in the opening section:
I also learned of a group recently called the United Pilots For Justice. They are suing the company and the PBGC due to UALs blatant misrepresentation of the Frequent Flyer program to the bankruptcy court as a liability, instead of the massive asset it actually was.
The frequent flyer program is a financial liability. The airline has the liability to holders of frequent flyer points/airmiles (whatever they are called by different airlines) to provide the promised value for those accumulated points - a huge financial liability (that is incurred in exchange for customer loyalty).

If the writer of the emails has this simple fact wrong, what else might they get wrong? And what has this to do with the Captains Authority?
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