Ladies and Gentlemen:

Our CHAOS™ Global Day of Action has already begun with events in Hong Kong and Narita and will continue to travel the globe all the way to baggage claim at Honolulu International Airport.  The press is calling, the public is discussing and the whole world is watching as CHAOS could strike at any moment.  We are keeping our fight to save our pensions where it should be -- at the forefront of the public’s attention, including those who commute to work on Capitol Hill or Wall Street.

Current United management has held employees and creditors hostage in Chapter 11 for nearly 1000 days.  These executives are a dead weight dragging our airline down.  We believe interested, qualified investors and executives are eager to work with the employees of this airline who have proven our dedication to its success time and again.

After 32 months in bankruptcy, United Airlines has little more to show than a single-minded effort to destroy labor contracts and career employees, increased executive bonuses and failed business plans.  Current management filed three failed business plans to the government resulting in denial of a federal loan guarantee, failed negotiations with aircraft lessors, failed to institute Salaried and Management concessions allocated as part of their own plan for cost savings, failed to cut non-labor costs that are nearly $1 billion greater than the larger American Airlines, and have yet to produce a plan for our airline’s reorganization. 

Congress passed a law effective this year that limits the period of time a debtor should retain the exclusive right to propose a plan to 18 months.  While the law does not retroactively apply to United’s three year old bankruptcy, it evidences Congressional conclusion that other parties should be permitted to present alternative plans after a limited period of debtor exclusivity.  United is in its ninth period of exclusivity, during which time they have decreased our pay, increased our work days, charged more for our medical and now stolen our pensions.

Corporate greed has its own union and it wants labor to pay its dues.  But, that’s not the way this country works and we’re not going to pay their dues -- or accept that our pensions are gone.  This is a nation where the people have the power and it’s now that we must stand together and use it!

Join us for the CHAOS Global Day of Action in progress now and scheduled to run throughout all of tomorrow.  Our plan is on schedule and working well so if you are not able to directly participate in this Day of Action, you will have plenty of opportunity to do your part for our community soon.  Remain alert, informed, flexible and strong.

In Solidarity,

Greg Davidowitch, President
United Master Executive Council