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Old 09-26-2016, 12:33 PM
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We could use more like him in the sports world right about now.

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He was certinally a great golfer.

He was also a close personal friend and business partner of one Dick Ferris, former CEO of UAL and chief architect of the pilot strike in 1985---AKA UAL's "Lorenzo."

(Hint: Google "Arnold Palmer Richard Ferris". )
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Originally Posted by cadetdrivr
He was certinally a great golfer.

He was also a close personal friend and business partner of one Dick Ferris, former CEO of UAL and chief architect of the pilot strike in 1985---AKA UAL's "Lorenzo."

(Hint: Google "Arnold Palmer Richard Ferris". )
Yikes!...........
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Yikes!...........
Yup. Sad but true.

He may very well have been a friend of UAL but I'm less convinced he was a friend of UA pilots.
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So let me see if I get this right...
Palmer's became friends with Ferris.
Ferris later rose to become CEO.
Ferris was much disliked by UAL pilots and generally considered a crappy CEO.

Therefore, Palmer should be held in contempt by UAL pilots.

Do I have that right?
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Old 09-27-2016, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by HuggyU2
So let me see if I get this right...
Palmer's became friends with Ferris.
Ferris later rose to become CEO.
Ferris was much disliked by UAL pilots and generally considered a crappy CEO.

Therefore, Palmer should be held in contempt by UAL pilots.

Do I have that right?

Careful now. You just pulled back the curtain on the hate machine. You might be branded as a company man, scab, management lover, etc....
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Old 09-27-2016, 11:23 PM
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Arnold Palmer was a true legend both on and off the course. Despite a kindred spirt as a pilot he was not our friend.

The two statements are not representative of hate nor are they mutually incompatible.
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Careful now. You just pulled back the curtain on the hate machine. You might be branded as a company man, scab, management lover, etc....
You sound like some pilots I used to work with.
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