No time to point fingers now
It's very sad that the possible demise of United is causing so much antagonism. Does it really matter at this point who did or said what? It's way beyond that.
All I know is with both Europe and the U.S in a severe economic turndown, that for every United person who is let go if they can't come out of bankruptcy, it will mean an additional 10 jobs lost for every United person who is let go whether this be a caterer / supply / parts / cleaning / fueling professions etc.
Does arguing who was really to blame for the current mess make sense to anybody? I hope not as you are professionals of the highest regard and this squablling needs to stop before UAL and their employees are thrown out of work not to mention the other million plus people who will also be out of work.
Sorry if I'm out of line