United Airlines Bringing 1,300 New Jobs to Chicago

Part of the deal that United insisted on was that the airline be based in Chicago.

Hahahah. Gordons been "busy" from what I've heard to come back as a key player. Smisek, IMO, has been doing a great job so far as an exec for some time now

My vote is to oust Smisek and bring back Bethune.

Nobody has ever spoke about what happened behind the scenes, but with Continental as the dominant player in all this, how did the corporate office wind up in Chicago. Nothing public ever came out that Houston ever made a play or overture to make sure they stayed. Did I miss something in all this?

Part of the efficiency of the merger is the ability to consolidate positions and reduce the total number of employees.

Lol, outsourced or axed chip?

Um, yeah, outsourced...

1500 leaving, 1300 arriving...the other 200 going to DEN or outsourced?

Saw this article over the weekend in the Houston Chronicle: [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/7605764.html 1,500 United jobs will be departing Houston]

Thank you Houston....no hard feelings.