but current united head glenn tilton warned that any labor agreements would be focused on the new united. "we'll model our negotiations with our employees based on what's best for our company; not what's best for any other company. tilton and continental c-e-o jeff smisek will chair an integration committee to work through union and jobs issues. thanks paul - the merger between united and continental could mean thousands of jobs are on the line... and both airlines need the support of their own employees in order to make this work. captain herb hunter, spokesman for the united pilots is here to talk about what's at stake. welcome to the show herb. thanks for being here. so does this merger have the support of most of the employees? i can't speak for most of them. i think that there are a lot of people that see a lot of potential in this deal. i know from a pilot's perspective, there's a lot possible synergies. and we've read about that in the paper and we know companies that are out there. the key is how we go down this road. and basically there are two models out there that they can fol

glenn tilton is the ceo of united. jeff is the ceo of conti nental. tell us about those two guys.uest: interesting contrast. jeff, energetic. jeff spent his life in the airline industry. he will run the company. tilton will not be involved in the day to day operations. tilton's an interesting person. he had been ceo for about two weeks. i had dinner with him, and the congressman from minnesota and a person from the department of transportation. he spent the evening talking about consolidation. that is what he believed in. he is a true believer that there should be fewer companies. he just came from the oil industry where he oversaw a bankruptcy and a company is consolidating. he is a true believer in this. this guy is very aggressive. he is adroit. he handled the pilots union and a very interesting way in continental. delta has the best contract for pilots right now. he offered them that but -- plus a little bit more. he's very bright, very culture-oriented. continental is the best airline to work for by far. they have been the best managed. united airlines over the last 15 years