Well, this is part of the "Fractional" that was kicking the airline's ass.

So most of them are/were running to get into the Fractional biz themselves, to make the money.

[link|http://www.flightoptions.com/|[link|http://www.flightoptions.com/|http://www.flightoptions.com/]] That's the first link on google for "fractional airplane ownership".

So this isn't quite the spin they're putting on it - if United doesn't buy into Fractionals, they'll lose shitloads of money, corporate welfare or not.

Its part of the reason I'm not real keen to "bail them out" of the jam they put themselves into. I can see reasons for it, but I'm not sure I support them more than letting them do it themselves.

More on fractionals (if anybody's interested) later. (Some on IWE have heard it already)

Addison