Fond memories, I was a member of a team of 12 CO employees to design and choose the new blue uniforms for ASA's and replace the horrid old aubergine, I was Corporate training manager, IAH based at Sam Houston Parkway, And on new employees first day I did corporate orientation and on their last day of training on their graduation, I always played the video "Brightest Star In The Sky" I have tapes/ now dvds of this with my classes. Priceless memories, Thanks for sharing .
@Councilman Les Wynan United didn't "take" Continental's dated, generic, early 1990's corporate identity. Continental forced their crappy color scheme onto United, which had a beautiful livery and logo designed by Saul Bass, one of the great logo designers of the 20th century, who not only designed the United "tulip", but also the logos of AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Way, Kleenex, USPS, and others.
@Councilman Les Wynan I never said he created the Quaker Oats man; I said he designed one of its many iterations over the years. And no, they did't go back to the original design (which dates to 1877)...they simply kept updating it over the years.
I am a member of the Continental family. Spent over 10 years with them and they were some of the best years of my life. The tough times made us stronger and it's sad what has happened to the airline since United got involved. I'm glad I was there when it was true CO and not poisoned by UA.
@@CROWOREGON LMFAO...yeah, United really poisoned them by adding ORD, IAD, DEN, LAX, SFO, LHR, FRA, and NRT to Continental's world-class hubs of Cleveland, Houston and Newark.
@@ataramprat NO, WE'RE LOFAO AT YOU. CONTINENTAL ALREADY SERVED CHICAGO, S.F., LA, AND MANY OTHERS. IF ANYTHING, THEY COULD TEACH UNITED WHAT BEING ON TIME AND FLEXIBILITY MEANS.
Baggage handler then airframe mechanic Denver Colorado march 31, 1986 - October 1993. Was happy when Hollis Harris came on board. Meant a new beginning and the hope of a better future.
For those that say United still has all the Continental branding, that's not really true anymore. A key element of Continental's branding that has been there since 1992, regardless of whatever new business class seat or direcTV system they introduce, was Continental's two-tone blue cabin. Sidewalls, other walls, and tray tables are light blue while seats are dark blue. Sure, United still uses dark blue seats, but they got rid of the blue tray tables and walls in favor of mostly white walls and tray tables. Bulkheads have a dark blue bottom half and bulkheads at the front of premium cabins have a gray top half, but unless you sit in a bulkhead row, the blue bottom half is not very visible and the gray top half is only at the center bulkheas for widebodies while the side bulkheads in Polaris cabins have a white top half.
Thanks to the CEO although I’ve forgot his name He made the miracle that making Continental Airlines from a worst airlines to the best airlines ever in US Sometimes I just want these old days will come back:(
For those that say United's problems come from Continental management, let me make an analogy. American Airlines has been run by US Airways management since 2015. While under US Airways management, American Airlines has seen cancellations of Airbus A350 orders, the retirement of Airbus A330s, and orders for more Boeing 787s. Does that mean US Airways favored Boeing widebodies over Airbus widebodies? No, the reason why US Airways management decided to use Boeing widebodies is because of contracts inherited from AA. Same thing at United, Continental management had to inherit policies and contracts from United, the only things inherited from Continental were management and branding. Therefore, saying that Continental was worse than United is like saying that US Airways preferred Boeing widebodies.
OMG I remember this day, with Hollis Harris........I really like Hollis Harris, he was a great CEO However Frank Lorenzo fired him shortly after, but the new image was one to be proud of. Once Frank was Gone - Gordon came-in and really made Continental Airlines everything we were until the merger.
I flew Continental when I was an 18-year old fresh out of high school to visit my family in Arkansas (This was only a vacation. I wasn't looking at Colleges or anything while I was there 😀) the crew was very nice (side note: I was traveling as an Unaccompanied Minor. I have Asperger's Syndrome and as well as a seizure disorder and I guess at the time, my dad who I was still living with at the time thought I would need someone to meet me and take me to my gate as I traveled through these connections in case anything were to happen (Which nothing did. I've been seizure free for almost nine years.) Now that United has taken over, I have only had 2 problems with them. Both of them include some form of being stuck or rerouted somewhere.During the holidays in 2009, my dad and I finally get to the gate at EUG (Eugene Airport-this is the airport where I live) and see the lady at the United desk. And she tells us that the plane has already left.Now picture in your mind a ripe red juicy tomato. That's how red my dad's face was as he's yelling at this woman After several moments of this lady and my dad going back and forth, I finally get rerouted to San Fransisco.Then, three years later, I was waiting in the Denver Airport for my plane to Arkansas to show up. Two hour delay turns into four hours. Four hours turns into six and I'm wondering WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! My sensory overload is THROUGH THE ROOF at this point! Suddenly, I get a notification on my United Airlines app saying the flight was cancelled. Now I'm all frazzled so I have to go to guest services which is ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TERMINAL.Once I get there and to the front of the line, I try to explain what happened and at first, I get this impression of no empathy from her because I'm freaking out! Everything was going smoothly and it got f*cked up! I needed some help! (The same shit happened recently on a American Airlines flight. Not only did I have to go back and forth with the AA employee at LAX about getting me a room because she told me everything was booked which was a hot steaming pile of bullshit if I ever heard it. Not only did that happen but they kept my luggage at the airport for a few days and it didn't make it to my door until the following Friday) But anyway back to United and this story that happened in 2012, I had to get my dad and my grandfather who paid for the tickets on the phone and tell them what happened because the "friendly" folks at United DIA wanted to keep me there for two days. Finally after some back and forth between the folks at the United desk, my dad and my grandfather and myself, I finally got accommodations to a hotel and a flight out for the next day. At least they had enough decency to give my luggage back whenever I had to fly with them.
+colintheh2015 ok so...... United airlines and Continental airlines used to be two separate airlines. Then in 2010 the two airlines merged and the resulting airline (current united) took the Continental colors and the United name.
Hello, I have a question. I would like to use some parts of this video to explain how Continental got recovered on TV. Is it possible to use this video as footage of official broadcasting?
To those who think that Continental is to blame for United's poor service, you're just die-hard tulip fans who think that broken Taylor guitars and furloughs are no big deal.
@@christopherwaits7852 yeah that’s why Continental won the J.D. Power award consecutively and Fortune Magazine’s #1 Most admired airline in 2007. We know who the real cancer is.
Wow, that band was awful! Lol. I liked the new interiors and uniforms but I liked all the old stuff better (uniforms, interiors, paint scheme). I understand they needed a big change though to try to improve their image. And they accomplished that! Continental became a good airline under Gordon Bethune! Unfortunately, United dragged them down again.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj Especially the rising blue livery, where the tulip got cropped beyond recognition. And that livery also represents when furloughs happened, when maintenence was nonexistent, when they broke guitars, and when they introduced a business class that got the new United some of the harshest business class reviews, like the one from Curtis Travels.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj yeah who wants a livery designed by Saul Bass when they can have Continental's golden stroopwafel disigned 30 years ago by a no-name ad agency.
Fond memories, I was a member of a team of 12 CO employees to design and choose the new blue uniforms for ASA's and replace the horrid old aubergine, I was Corporate training manager, IAH based at Sam Houston Parkway, And on new employees first day I did corporate orientation and on their last day of training on their graduation, I always played the video "Brightest Star In The Sky" I have tapes/ now dvds of this with my classes. Priceless memories, Thanks for sharing .
That livery is still in use today, 25 years later after the merger with United.
@Councilman Les Wynan why is that?
@Councilman Les Wynan United didn't "take" Continental's dated, generic, early 1990's corporate identity. Continental forced their crappy color scheme onto United, which had a beautiful livery and logo designed by Saul Bass, one of the great logo designers of the 20th century, who not only designed the United "tulip", but also the logos of AT&T, Quaker Oats, United Way, Kleenex, USPS, and others.
@Councilman Les Wynan I never said he created the Quaker Oats man; I said he designed one of its many iterations over the years. And no, they did't go back to the original design (which dates to 1877)...they simply kept updating it over the years.
@Councilman Les Wynan Continental was the VERY BEST in my flying experiences.
And as of last year, United changed its livery. Out with the old and in with the new...or dare I say out with the *gold* and in with the *blue*.
To the many people who made CONTINENTAL the best damn airline ever ..it will will always be a continental family .
I am a member of the Continental family. Spent over 10 years with them and they were some of the best years of my life. The tough times made us stronger and it's sad what has happened to the airline since United got involved. I'm glad I was there when it was true CO and not poisoned by UA.
@@CROWOREGON LMFAO...yeah, United really poisoned them by adding ORD, IAD, DEN, LAX, SFO, LHR, FRA, and NRT to Continental's world-class hubs of Cleveland, Houston and Newark.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj DAMN STRAIGHT 🖐👍👌👊✊☺
@@ataramprat NO, WE'RE LOFAO AT YOU. CONTINENTAL ALREADY SERVED CHICAGO, S.F., LA, AND MANY OTHERS. IF ANYTHING, THEY COULD TEACH UNITED WHAT BEING ON TIME AND FLEXIBILITY MEANS.
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
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I’m a Houston native and I’ve never been more at home with Continental for 8 consecutive years. Go globe and go meatball!!!
Btw Thank you Gorden
@@thecontinentaltexan Are you sure you don't mean Gordon and Larry?
I miss you Continental Airlines.
There will be a 99% chance that continental airlines would see this ya know?
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
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Beautiful Continental Airlines.. Thank You For My Wonderful Career.
Thank you Hollis Harris for giving Continental Airlines a new direction and image.
Thanks for the memory. I remember this very well. I was a crew scheduler at AGC and recognize everyone in the SOC shots.
Awesome! Glad to share!
Miss Continental!! Flew them for years!!
The BEST option to HOUSTON in my experiences. 🖐👊👌👍✊☺
Interesting choice of thumbnail image: you can see N14121, still active today, which wasn’t delivered until 1997.
Whoops!
Baggage handler then airframe mechanic Denver Colorado march 31, 1986 - October 1993. Was happy when Hollis Harris came on board. Meant a new beginning and the hope of a better future.
For those that say United still has all the Continental branding, that's not really true anymore. A key element of Continental's branding that has been there since 1992, regardless of whatever new business class seat or direcTV system they introduce, was Continental's two-tone blue cabin. Sidewalls, other walls, and tray tables are light blue while seats are dark blue. Sure, United still uses dark blue seats, but they got rid of the blue tray tables and walls in favor of mostly white walls and tray tables. Bulkheads have a dark blue bottom half and bulkheads at the front of premium cabins have a gray top half, but unless you sit in a bulkhead row, the blue bottom half is not very visible and the gray top half is only at the center bulkheas for widebodies while the side bulkheads in Polaris cabins have a white top half.
That is how "The Proud Bird with the Golden Tail" became "The Proud Bird with the *Blue* Tail."
Thanks to the CEO although I’ve forgot his name
He made the miracle that making Continental Airlines from a worst airlines to the best airlines ever in US
Sometimes I just want these old days will come back:(
His name is Gordon Bethune. But you can also thank his successor, Larry Kellner, for trying to maintain Bethune's legacy in Post 9/11 America.
Then Smisek ruined it
@@Captain_E0Smisek = Frank Lorenzo 2.0!
@@justincuiAs a licensed pilot, he even took delivery of several new birds flying them back to Houston!
What I learned from the video: originally, the logo just said "Continental," and the globe was a lot smaller.
For those that say United's problems come from Continental management, let me make an analogy. American Airlines has been run by US Airways management since 2015. While under US Airways management, American Airlines has seen cancellations of Airbus A350 orders, the retirement of Airbus A330s, and orders for more Boeing 787s. Does that mean US Airways favored Boeing widebodies over Airbus widebodies? No, the reason why US Airways management decided to use Boeing widebodies is because of contracts inherited from AA. Same thing at United, Continental management had to inherit policies and contracts from United, the only things inherited from Continental were management and branding. Therefore, saying that Continental was worse than United is like saying that US Airways preferred Boeing widebodies.
When united merged with them, it looked better on UA I think.
Yeah it looks good on United and continental
Best livery ever created!!!!!!!!!!
Agreed!
WORST LIVERY EVER CREATED
I like how there's an Air Canada plane in the thumbnail lol
Ziggmanster just shimmying in he's like I want attention as well
Also N14121, which wasn’t built until 1997
Go Canada!
Oh the nostalgia
OMG I remember this day, with Hollis Harris........I really like Hollis Harris, he was a great CEO However Frank Lorenzo fired him shortly after, but the new image was one to be proud of. Once Frank was Gone - Gordon came-in and really made Continental Airlines everything we were until the merger.
So sad I'm from Houston sad we don't see them anymore with the old name
Trabaje para CO entre el 98 al 2005, en Lima, los mejores años de mi vida.
Gracia por su servicio. Continental me dio mis mejores viajes y experiencias.
Rip Continental airlines it’s been a long time but we still se your globe and white if you ride untied airlines
Great video! Thanks!
You're most welcome!
I'm retired now but after all the years I still hold on to my uniforms ,neckties included, i love Continental so much I'll never get rid of them.
I worked for CO 1985-1995 and I still have all my stuff as well. I won't get rid of them either.
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
💯 🥲 ✈️ ✈️ 🥲 💯
@@CROWOREGON
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
💯 🥲 ✈️ ✈️ 🥲 💯
Cleveland Hopkins International, Robert P Madison International renovation of concourse C with the addition of the "banjo" in 2:03 1:33 and 4:22
You're welcome!
I don't know why, but the male vocalist sounds a lot like Michael MacDonald!😮😊❤
You know that United and continental airlines were the same because back then there hubs alliance were different and Walter Varney owns both airlines.
I flew Continental when I was an 18-year old fresh out of high school to visit my family in Arkansas (This was only a vacation. I wasn't looking at Colleges or anything while I was there 😀) the crew was very nice (side note: I was traveling as an Unaccompanied Minor. I have Asperger's Syndrome and as well as a seizure disorder and I guess at the time, my dad who I was still living with at the time thought I would need someone to meet me and take me to my gate as I traveled through these connections in case anything were to happen (Which nothing did. I've been seizure free for almost nine years.) Now that United has taken over, I have only had 2 problems with them. Both of them include some form of being stuck or rerouted somewhere.During the holidays in 2009, my dad and I finally get to the gate at EUG (Eugene Airport-this is the airport where I live) and see the lady at the United desk. And she tells us that the plane has already left.Now picture in your mind a ripe red juicy tomato. That's how red my dad's face was as he's yelling at this woman After several moments of this lady and my dad going back and forth, I finally get rerouted to San Fransisco.Then, three years later, I was waiting in the Denver Airport for my plane to Arkansas to show up. Two hour delay turns into four hours. Four hours turns into six and I'm wondering WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! My sensory overload is THROUGH THE ROOF at this point! Suddenly, I get a notification on my United Airlines app saying the flight was cancelled. Now I'm all frazzled so I have to go to guest services which is ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TERMINAL.Once I get there and to the front of the line, I try to explain what happened and at first, I get this impression of no empathy from her because I'm freaking out! Everything was going smoothly and it got f*cked up! I needed some help! (The same shit happened recently on a American Airlines flight. Not only did I have to go back and forth with the AA employee at LAX about getting me a room because she told me everything was booked which was a hot steaming pile of bullshit if I ever heard it. Not only did that happen but they kept my luggage at the airport for a few days and it didn't make it to my door until the following Friday) But anyway back to United and this story that happened in 2012, I had to get my dad and my grandfather who paid for the tickets on the phone and tell them what happened because the "friendly" folks at United DIA wanted to keep me there for two days. Finally after some back and forth between the folks at the United desk, my dad and my grandfather and myself, I finally got accommodations to a hotel and a flight out for the next day. At least they had enough decency to give my luggage back whenever I had to fly with them.
Sorry, I like the old Continental MUCH better.
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
💯 🥲 ✈️ ✈️ 🥲 💯
which came first, united or continental, and why are there colors the same?
+colintheh2015 ok so...... United airlines and Continental airlines used to be two separate airlines. Then in 2010 the two airlines merged and the resulting airline (current united) took the Continental colors and the United name.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj lmfao I can tell I see you on every video about Continental Airlines
United airlines is older then continental
Does anyone knows the music behind this video?
Why does one of the guys look like OJ simpson?
Angeelo Gov LOL
Hello, I have a question. I would like to use some parts of this video to explain how Continental got recovered on TV. Is it possible to use this video as footage of official broadcasting?
I do not own the rights so I am not sure legally what is allowed.
To those who think that Continental is to blame for United's poor service, you're just die-hard tulip fans who think that broken Taylor guitars and furloughs are no big deal.
Continental ruined United and don’t you ever fucking forget it. Continental is cancer
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj DAMN STRAIGHT & THAT'S NO LIE. 🖐👊✊👌👍☺
@@christopherwaits7852 yeah that’s why Continental won the J.D. Power award consecutively and Fortune Magazine’s #1 Most admired airline in 2007. We know who the real cancer is.
What happened? :-/
The merger
+Jessie Demore Yeah UNITED its what happened. they don't disserved to wear Continental's Colors
+Joseph Tafur preach!
Now this logo has been abused United management.
garricksl “United management “ is continental management you clowns.
Continental is gone & is fully replaced by United.
May lolo is driving too airplane cotinental airlines
Wow, that band was awful! Lol. I liked the new interiors and uniforms but I liked all the old stuff better (uniforms, interiors, paint scheme). I understand they needed a big change though to try to improve their image. And they accomplished that! Continental became a good airline under Gordon Bethune! Unfortunately, United dragged them down again.
DAMN STRAIGHT.
THANK YOU.
💯 🥲 ✈️ ✈️ 🥲 💯
It was just as hideous then as it is now, maybe even more so. LONG LIVE THE TULIP
+Christopher Waits EWWW NO
CONTINENTAL GOBE FOR LIFE
+Aaron Rollins LOL
The tulip is gone, and so is the raggedy, broke old legacy untied. Continental saved the united name.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj Especially the rising blue livery, where the tulip got cropped beyond recognition. And that livery also represents when furloughs happened, when maintenence was nonexistent, when they broke guitars, and when they introduced a business class that got the new United some of the harshest business class reviews, like the one from Curtis Travels.
@@JonathanRamkissoon-el3cj yeah who wants a livery designed by Saul Bass when they can have Continental's golden stroopwafel disigned 30 years ago by a no-name ad agency.
whats with the song lol so lame
Song/jingle promos were quite common for the era. Seems lame now, but was acceptable then.
It's not even that bad, what are you on about?😅
So cheesy