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United CEO Scott Kirby: United Is World's Best Airline, USA Is World's Best Country

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:53:51 +0000

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has just published his July 4th message to employees at the airline, as shared by Live and Let’s Fly. To Kirby’s credit, he’s consistent in his messaging. That being said, he sure takes some liberties both with how he views his airline, and how he ”ranks” the United States…

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Watson — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:20:44 +0000

LOL "Our strength is that we allow success and failure to happen naturally". If that were even remotely true I might even approach agreement. But instead we have a president who grifts taxpayer money for personal enrichment, and gives handouts to his wealthy "friends". Insider trading is rampant. Businesses and CEOs privatize profits and socialize losses. Meanwhile people are starving and can't afford medical bills.

CPH-Flyer — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:34:38 +0000

@Tim It is good to get your actual view of Delta, "If you are really good, you don't have tell other people because they know." Indeed a paraphrase of Margaret Thatcher's "Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are, you are not". With both Delta and you posting here there and everywhere how premium and great Delta is, it must mean that Delta is the absolute opposite of great. We appreciate your clarity on this point.

Steve A — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 08:12:37 +0000

It's actually hard to imagine any US airline getting within the top 10 airlines in the world, or even the top 25, if you have honest ratings taken. But, the American ego and boastfulness always shines through. For goodness sake Scott, get you bum on a Singapore Airlines plane, and you may find that United is a distant 25th or something similar. They are after all, your Star Alliance partner, so you could even do it using points, so you don’t have to shell out cash. Going from SIA to United is like being downgraded from first to economy. Now, as far as the US being the best country in the world, you have obviously no idea how some other countries live. Canada is 10 times better to live, just as Australia where I live is. Try getting out a bit more Scott , and you might see that the US probably 30

Yongho Kim — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 01:24:48 +0000

We all know he's pandering to Trump and hoping to get his JetBlue merger approved

AeroB13a — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 21:18:12 +0000

Thank you Walter you have most definitely ‘done’ yourself by proving beyond any reasonable doubt, that it is you who has placed your ignorance in full view of the readers. You cannot answer reasonable questions, provide checkable facts to back up your claims and therefore have to resort to producing gobbledygook to cover your ignorance. As for “An American to put a Brit into its place”. Walter, what arrogance you possess. In your dreams, sprog. For your information Walter, real American men have tried to do just that. Like you old snot rag, they failed miserably too don’t you know. However, not one of them cried like the snivelling coward which you have become, nor, did they slink away to lick their wounds because they could not face the shame or consequences. The bottom line is Walter, you are a fraud. You mix a little truth with mammoth assertions and actually believe that you are correct. Then when exposed for what you really are, you slink away or attempt to filibuster your way out of the hole which you have dug for yourself. Poor United Airlines, your perceived escape plan which fails you every time.

AeroB13a — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 20:34:49 +0000

Some interesting posts Walter …. time for you to go dark again as I am preparing another round of questions for you darlink. I am aware that you cannot justify your assertions, therefore, you will resort to type and chicken out by pretending that my questions have not been posted. Xxxx

Tim Dunn — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:53:20 +0000

There is no day like today that is better for an American to put a Brit into its place. One would assume that there is a basic working knowledge of the airline industry that someone who wants to comment on this or other aviation forums has before they open their flap. Ben covers most of the relevant stories in aviation and he has covered just about every topic that you raise below. It is not my or anybody else's problem that you are ignorant and unwilling to do some basic research. but just for a couple. There is no other airline that has had the FAA step into its hubs and limit capacity because of over scheduling. The answer is ZERO. Ben has covered on multiple occasions the FAA's intervention at Chicago which was a direct result of United's stated attempt to push American out of the market which was well covered throughout business and general media I am sorry if you are in over your head on this site. No one told you that you had to come here to trash other people because of your ignorance. and the questions that matter are 1. How come United lost its profit lead last year and ended up$1.6 billion in the hole by the end of the year? and the question for this year is how big the gap will be between Delta and United's earnings. And the question for this decade will be how much of United's West Coast and Pacific network Delta intends to overlap on in order to gain the success it has had against American and Jetblue in the Northeast

Ptomasch — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:51:08 +0000

It is clear that all these people who think that the United States, the greatest country on the face of the planet are people who have never been anywhere else.

Tim Dunn — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:33:42 +0000

Except United isn't close to being the most profitable airline. It made just two thirds of what Delta made last year and Turkish has become the most profitable airline now that the ME3 are on ice. It is still true that if you are really good, you don't have to tell other people because they know it. It is precisely because United isn't near as good as it thinks it is that it constantly has to tell itself and everyone else. And yet the reality is that in most metrics other than size United is second tier