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Amid United-Continental merger details, operation center hits a nerve
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 20, 2010 | Julie Johnsson

Posted on 05/21/2010 2:05:23 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

As United and Continental executives hammer out plans to meld their airlines into the world's largest carrier, construction speeds ahead on one of the merged company's loftiest emblems: United's cutting-edge operations center in the Willis Tower.

Where Bank of America traders once tracked the world's financial markets, United's dispatchers will guide thousands of its airplanes around the globe from the tower's 28th floor. It's the highest of nine floors United will occupy in the tallest skyscraper in the U.S.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: aviation; center; chicago; continental; details; merger; nerve; operation; tower; united; willis; willistower

1 posted on 05/21/2010 2:05:24 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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This merger is going to be a debacle of the highest magnitude...


2 posted on 05/21/2010 3:39:50 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
This merger is going to be a debacle of the highest magnitude...
United's cutting-edge operations center in the Willis Tower.

Are the Clintoons involved? Slick Willy rides again.

3 posted on 05/21/2010 6:33:47 PM PDT by sionnsar (IranAzadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5:SONY|Remember Neda Agha-Soltan|TV--it's NOT news you can trust)
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