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AngryAmish

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4. I got slammed and called a Russian spy for pointing this out last week.

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 14, 2017, 05:44 PM

Apr 2017

United Express is a company owned by UAL, which is a holding company. UAL is also the owner of United Airlines. UAL owns the trademarks for United Express, which is a consortium of 9 airlines of which United is one. United may or may not own the reservation system.

UAL CEO is CEO of both United Airlines and United Express. He is not CEO of Republic. He apologized for this for some reason, probably for damage control since this tarnished the United Express name.

Again, Republic is not a contractor. They lease a trademark. They are not agents for United Airlines. They may or may not be agents for United Express or UAL.

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United pilots union is "infuriated" about the passenger's treatment [View all] pnwmom Apr 2017 OP

Helpful distinction....but: dixiegrrrrl Apr 2017 #1

Yes. UA is responsible for the actions of its subcontractors. n/t pnwmom Apr 2017 #2

Not universally Major Nikon Apr 2017 #3

UA would share responsibility in a lawsuit, and that will matter more than any FAA action pnwmom Apr 2017 #5

UA has already lost 10 figures to the bad PR, with more coming Major Nikon Apr 2017 #6

I got slammed and called a Russian spy for pointing this out last week. AngryAmish Apr 2017 #4