Never known for being that quiet guy in the last row, Gordon is talking in the press again. What a difference a year makes. In a recent article on the state of the airline industry a UK newspaper 'The Observer' quoted Bethune as saying: "Bethune said that United Airlines - the world's largest carrier until American bought the remnants of TWA last year - would go under 'war or no war'." http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,796369,00.html