June 10, 2009 HOUSTON, TEXAS—The Continental Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), conducted informational picketing today at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Houston, site of the Continental Airlines annual stockholders meeting. Capt. Jay Pierce, chairman of the ALPA chapter for the Continental pilots, led the 260 pilots in attendance into the stockholder meeting, where he addressed management, Continental’s Board of Directors and stockholders.

In Capt. Pierce’s statement, he said in part, “Continental Airlines has gained a reputation as a leader in the industry and a leader in its treatment of employees. I come before you with one simple demand: show us that you are willing to be a leader when it comes to dealing with your pilots. One year ago, we made it clear that we expected you to develop a business plan that fully recognized and addressed the concessions we have endured, the purchasing power we have lost and the uncertainties we have faced.

HOUSTON, June 9 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced that it was voted "Best Domestic Airline" by the readers of TravelAge West, an industry magazine for travel agents. The TravelAge West Reader's Choice WAVE (Western Agent's Voice of Excellence) award was voted on by travel agents in the western United States.

"We are very proud of the entire Continental team and the great product and company culture as recognized by the travel agencies who voted us No. 1," said North America Sales Staff VP Monisa Cline. "We continue to invest in our product through expanded inflight entertainment options, and are focused on the fundamentals of clean, safe and reliable air transportation."

Continental Airlines was ranked #2 out of the 10 most enviornmentally Friendly Airlines by Greenopia.com.

You can read the full story here.

This June shift bid was held on Monday.

The results of the bid are now available for viewing by clicking on the link in the main menu or in the "Extras" menu item at the top of the page. Additionally, all schedules have been loaded into eTA with the exception of the Part-time Vacation Relief Shifts.

I will be instituting restrictions to some areas in the next couple of weeks so if you use this site to view schedules and other items that are station specific, I would recomend creating a new user account.

John

OK,

I'm sure your wondering what's going on.

It hasn't been more than 6 months since this web site was totaly re-done.

Two things prompted the change:

1. I ran across this software that has so many cool features I just had to use it.
   
2. The previous software I was using displayed a blank page when accessed through Continental's server.

Check out the Shift bid info in the main menue and you will note that this software displays the forms much clearer and maintains the original format better.

The down side is that you will have to re-register because I could not get the user names and passwords to transfer from the old software.

I will not restrict anything for a couple of weeks, but I will be adding the restrictions in the near future to protect our privacy, so I would recomend registering as soon as you can.

I am still getting to know the software and plan on adding a few more bells and whistles in the near future so check back often!

John

HOUSTON, May 19 -- Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL) today announced that it will launch daily nonstop flights between its Houston hub at Bush Intercontinental Airport and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and through flight service between New Orleans and Rio de Janeiro beginning August 1, 2009. Effective today, the airline has made seat inventory available for sale in preparation for the start of service.