I will best they are contacting writers and PR people to try to help them wiggle out of this. HAR! (By the way, these should be paid from personal money, NOT from corporate.)
"Shareholders;
What a year we've had!
We've been up ... we've been down, and everything in between! Let's all take a deep breath while we reorganize ...
Can I get personal with you all?! I thought so. This year reminds me of the time I was a young lad ... I found a stray dog that I named Backgammon. Let me tell ya, this dog could fly ... problem was, he never flew where he was supposed to ... and, get this, when I called him?! He always came in late!
Well, let me tell you, I got a lot of advise from a lot of people ... but I just kept going with what I knew was true ... like most of you do all the time!
That's right! Backgammon was a dog and behaved like one! Just as we are ... an Airline!
So ... let's just keep on keepin on.
Looking forward to sky high expectations, I remain
Jack Creighton
CEO
United Airlines