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Max Q wrote:I’ve been a subscriber since the first edition, always enjoyed this publication until they had a story on Continental’s history that also covered the merger with UA, this was in the March / April 2019 edition
It was obvious that one of the writers (Henry Harteveldt) had an intense dislike for Continental but endless praise for legacy UA, with nothing but criticism for the former and fawning praise for the latter
His ‘contribution’ to the story was nothing but a totally biased, inaccurate and quite plainly false ‘hit job’ on my airline, pretty nauseating to see such negative and false accounting of Continental’s distinguished and unique history and the minimization of its value and contribution to the merged airline
I was very annoyed to read this and surprised to see such obviously personal biased, bitter and outright hateful coverage of a fine airline. I couldn’t believe this would survive the editing process of a magazine devoted to aviation enthusiasts
As a subscriber I thought I would be able to call Enrique and discuss the subject but after three calls when he wouldn’t answer and / or return my call I gave up
Pretty disappointing, Enrique you should go back and look at this edition, perhaps it will encourage you to be more thorough in the editing process and not allow a contributors personal grudges and obvious bias to ‘poison’ what should have been at least a reasonably accurate historical account in this case and in future stories
797 wrote:Max Q wrote:I’ve been a subscriber since the first edition, always enjoyed this publication until they had a story on Continental’s history that also covered the merger with UA, this was in the March / April 2019 edition
It was obvious that one of the writers (Henry Harteveldt) had an intense dislike for Continental but endless praise for legacy UA, with nothing but criticism for the former and fawning praise for the latter
His ‘contribution’ to the story was nothing but a totally biased, inaccurate and quite plainly false ‘hit job’ on my airline, pretty nauseating to see such negative and false accounting of Continental’s distinguished and unique history and the minimization of its value and contribution to the merged airline
I was very annoyed to read this and surprised to see such obviously personal biased, bitter and outright hateful coverage of a fine airline. I couldn’t believe this would survive the editing process of a magazine devoted to aviation enthusiasts
As a subscriber I thought I would be able to call Enrique and discuss the subject but after three calls when he wouldn’t answer and / or return my call I gave up
Pretty disappointing, Enrique you should go back and look at this edition, perhaps it will encourage you to be more thorough in the editing process and not allow a contributors personal grudges and obvious bias to ‘poison’ what should have been at least a reasonably accurate historical account in this case and in future stories
Hi Max, thanks for the feedback!
I'm sorry you were never able to reach out to me directly. I must have been stationed in Venezuela back then when you tried to call.
Regarding your comments, I agree that some of Henry's comments might have been perceived as negative. However, he's one of the world's most respected aviation analysts, and having him as a contributor is always a privilege. I do believe that, overall, the issue was tremendously balanced with both positive and negative comments on both airlines.
I sure hope the other issues we have published met your expectations.
You can always reach out to me directly to my email: enrique at airwaysmag dot com.
Take care.
E