option 1 - split the company into two parts, one the ops and the other the customer side. Let the customer side contract with ops side for transport. Of course the ops side would have to compete for the business. Customer side would own the customer relationship and the ops side would either become competitive or wither. option 2 - declare chap 11, put the company up for sale. Forcing the outrageous labor costs down forever by making the pilots either buy it all or sell their stake. My 10c worth. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Dennis W Zeuch Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:34 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: NYTimes.com Article: UAL to Seek New Chief Executive OK Guys Lets pretend YOU got the job What would you do to turn UAL around and make if profitable We should get some pretty interesting ideas Dennis: