Continental Airlines, 1994, president and chief operating officer; 1994-1996, president and chief executive officer; 1996-, chairman and CEO.
In more than a decade as the chairman of Continental Airlines, Gordon M. Bethune piloted the company from the brink of a third bankruptcy into the ranks of America's best airlines.
1994, president and chief operating officer
1994-1996, president and chief executive officer; 1996-, chairman and CEO
Jeff Smisek is the President of United Airlines.
Western Airlines, 1982-1984, vice president, engineering and maintenance
Braniff Airlines, 1979-1980, maintenance manager; 1980-1982, vice president, maintenance
Piedmont Airlines, 1984-1988, senior vice president, operations
Gordon Bethune was born on 1941-08-29.
Braniff Airlines, 1979-1980, maintenance manager; 1980-1982, vice president, maintenance
From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback (with Scott Huler), 1999.
After completing a 20-year hitch in the navy, Bethune hired on as a maintenance manager for Texas-based Braniff Airlines and rose through the ranks to become the carrier's vice president for maintenance
To lose money as quickly and effectively as possible, whilst ignoring all the lessons learned during the tenure of the great CEO Gordon Bethune. Also, Continental airlines no longer really exists as it is a subsidiary of United now.