Automatically Launch iChat plus another application when iChat starts

For all the Terminal/Automator/Apple Script/know-more-about-OSX-than-I-do people out there:
When I launch iChat I would like Skype to also launch, and the same for quitting. Is this possible?
I'm using 10.6.2 if that helps.
Thanks,
-Roy

I have something similar that I start from an alias on my desktop. As it is right now it opens iChat and connects, connects to Skype, opens a series of webpages in tabs in Safari, and checks my mail.
It doesn't quit these apps but it would be easy to create a second application that quits these programs. Check out the example at http://www.atpm.com/15.11/speakable.shtml That workflow doesn't have the Skype commands in it but here is what I have currently using the following actions:
1. Connect to iChat
2. Login to iChat
3. Set iChat Status
4. Launch Application - Choose Skype
This is saved as an application that I trigger from an alias. Because it is an application a keyboard command could be assigned to it.
It would be easy to add a second workflow that quits the applications using a couple of Quit Application actions. I didn't build that part because I usually leave these programs open all the time while I am working.
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