Really enjoyed reading Gordons mess. Please post more as they happen. Thanks, Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: <lafrance@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 2:31 PM Subject: [Fwd: Gordon's voicemail message from Fri., Mar. 26] > ============================================================ > From: CO News <conews@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2004/03/29 Mon PM 01:55:20 EST > Subject: Gordon's voicemail message from Fri., Mar. 26 > > Hello this is Gordon and it's Friday, March 26. > > The northeastern taxiway at Houston Intercontinental Airport has closed > through the end of March. They are doing some maintenance work on the > taxiway and the departure end of one runway, which means we will probably > have about five minutes of more block time. Our flight crews know about it, > and they are trying to keep their speed up, and our inflight crews are > making announcements. I know the on-time for the month is pretty tight. You > guys have been doing a great job trying to cope with the varying weather > we've had in our hubs. Just to let you know, I think we will be able to > handle it. You can expect that closure through the end of March. There is > not a whole lot we can do about the airport schedule. > > Also earlier this week, US Airways CEO David Siegel, as you might recall was > our former Continental Express CEO and a fine man, gave a fairly sobering > presentation on a webcast for his employees letting them know where US > Airways stand and what they need to do to survive. They are facing some > extra competition in Philadelphia with the advent of Southwest Airlines > service there. They have had some structural challenges in the past. It just > goes to show you that on a comparative basis, we are still on the right path > and doing a lot better. And, we can thank you for that. > > Our Continental Management Association Women's Heritage Month is going to > have a panel discussion on Tuesday, March 30. The Association will host a > meeting from noon to 1 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza hotel located right next to > our Smith headquarters building. NBC news anchor Linda Lorelle is going to > host the discussion, and our senior executive team - Rebecca Cox, Nene > Foxhall, Debbie Larza, Katrina Manning, Debbie McCoy and Jennifer Vogel will > be on the panel. You will get a chance to hear from women who have had great > success in the business world, and we are very proud of them. We can all > learn a lot from them. I will be there on Tuesday as well. > > One more thing, WE CARE is looking for co-workers to serve on the board of > directors from June of this year to June of 2006. So, if you are interested, > send a letter, along with a letter of recommendation from your manager, to > Maria Alba, who is the manager of WE CARE. Try and get your letters in by > April 16. Interviews will be forthcoming through May. You can look for more > details in the Daily News Update. I hope that you are interested in serving. > It would be a wonderful thing to do. > > I am going to be kicking off one of our "Leading to Win" classes on > Wednesday for directors. We have different leadership training going on. It > is nice to see that we are making some investment once again, training for > the right kind of behavior that we want from all of our management. > > North Houston Reservations is having an Open House on Tuesday. I will be > there to say hello to them, and I am looking forward to seeing you there as > well. > > That's it for this week. I'll talk to you again on Friday. > > Gordon's voicemail can be accessed throughout the week by calling > 713-324-6245 from any company phone or toll-free 1-877-324-6245 if you are > at home or on the road. At the prompt, press 1. Gordon's message also > appears in Shares under GGCALNEWS and on CO's Intranet site. > > > > ============================================================ > > > Roger > EWROPS >