In a message dated 4/16/2003 4:22:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, yul@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > In '99 when I was working for > AWA, UA was in talks concerning taking us over! > > How the mighty have fallen! > UA had no interest in keeping Cactus as an airline per se. It's interest was in acquiring a bunch of twin engine narrowbodies fast and cheap for their Dulles hub. The investors at Cactus saw through this and basically said "no thanks" to UA's offer. Yes indeedy...the mighty have fallen. But just as nature abhors a vacuum, the airline industry always seems to take up the slack when someone goes out. RT Simpson Phoenix