Kevin Mitchell Quotes (43 Quotes)

Why they chose before the holiday season to implement these things defies logic. Why wouldn't you do this on Jan. 2

Dallas Morning News reporting clearly moves the debate forward to a point where the mayors of both cities need to fully understand the relative benefits of various scenarios involving the closure of Love Field, as was originally intended by both cities back in the 1960s.

I think the days of their being an eight- or ten-fold difference between business and leisure fares are limited.

You need to ask yourself whether it is prudent to be traveling in the next couple of weeks and, if you do go, have a contingency plan for being stuck.

I think we're in a phase right now where a lot of corporations do feel the competitive pressure to get back out there and get together with customers and partners. There's a concern that SARS might show its ugly head. But from what I hear, businesses will be back in a matter of days.

The airlines' financial woes are not being caused by lack of leisure travelers,

We are entering unchartered waters. The best thing a consumer could do right now is go find a really good travel agent.

I'm following in the footsteps of some the best British fighters ever and I will emulate them by going on to win a world title,

There is anarchy out there. Business travelers are no longer just paying the walk-up fare. They are looking on the Internet. They are going for the Saturday night stays. They are looking for every way to save money.

The common theme here is that as the low-cost segment has moved toward improving their product and offering more amenities, the major carriers as a whole have moved toward reducing these amenities. The products look almost the same.

I was scheduled to go to Paris next week and I was really sweating it until yesterday when the conference was canceled. Yes, I'm in the business and I understand that the statistics are in your favor when you fly, but I'm just like everybody else -- I don't make decisions based on statistics.

It's very bad right now, it's unsustainable. It's as bad as it gets. If oil goes up another couple dollars it's going to be more of a pain but it's going to be hardly distinguishable from the pain that the airlines are feeling right now.

We swam all through the night and successfully completed one length in 14 hours and four minutes but the conditions were so bad we couldn't go on,

I urge all dog owners to attend a rally to show their disgust at the Government's plan to microchip all dogs.

It's nothing but a lost opportunity as they drag this out and frustrate travelers, for some of whom this is a real burden, ... If this were some mundane issue, it's not a surprise this would drag on. But to fall on something that so touches the individual travelers is a serious mistake. Each of them go out and tells 10 people, and they all tell 10 people. It's very bad form and publicity.

If United were to slip into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and go out of business, the loss of this competitor would surely push up prices.

This industry was never built to operate at this level of 70 a barrel, ... And that's what it appears it will cost for the foreseeable future.

Business travelers and companies that fund the travel have been through the drill, they're a bit jaundiced (about code levels) at this point.

For the first time, this industry is consumer driven. The consumer has said very often and loudly where the price points are.

He is a prisoner of the gym. He has to do it to ward off illness.

The Wright amendment represents the desire, intent and right of North Texas communities to plan for and strategically invest in commercial air services infrastructure for their benefit.

I expect that leisure fares (for the major carriers) could go up 15 or 20 percent.

It is a definite concern at a time when we have virtually no new entrants in the pipeline.

When I turned professional I said my aim was to win three world titles at one weight and then move up in weight and do the same there and finally retire a legend - that is still my aim and I will achieve it.

Everything is going to happen pretty quickly for the airlines, ... We could be looking at a stampede to Chapter 11 in the next couple of weeks and possibly a total collapse of the entire industry.

It's a little early to see the impact now. Companies are now just beginning to form committees. But there is a tension in a lot of companies, ... Until the headline reads 'Human-to-human transmission,' there's no reason to trigger those changes in travel policy. But if that happens, we could end up with a lot fewer airlines globally. I think as we see images of airport quarantine rooms, people will get message that flying isn't a good idea.

This is creative accounting, to be gracious about it. There is no way 6.3 billion of the airlines' losses are attributed to security.

The security build-up has practically doubled the amount of time it takes for checking in at airports.

I think it's a phenomenal net plus for business travelers. We're going to have a smaller industry that by necessity means there won't be the frequency of flights and convenience for some people. But up through 2000, 90 percent of my time was spent on three issues -- skyrocketing business fares, gridlock at airports and worsening service levels. I think those three issues will be resolved over the next few years.

I wanted to be tested over the full championship distance and I felt fine in the later rounds.

This decision will put at significant risk the interests of the consumer, United Airlines' employees and the economy,

Over the past several weeks, companies have been getting nervous. Earlier they figured their competitors were also staying home, but now they're worried that competitors are putting a couple people back over there and they want to get back there soon.

You have to add this extra time to screening wait times for a true picture of security-imposed time obligations.

They are all trying to respond to what the business traveler wants.

Demand is falling further and faster than we ever thought it could,

The waves were so big and the wind was so strong that we couldn't keep the (escort) boat with the swimmer and that made it unsafe to continue.

In general, business travelers plan travel at the last minute. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, many waiting are now waiting until the very, very last minute. There's uncertainty what our response will be militarily and concerns whether business partners will decide to make a trip. To put out there a 50 percent discount, but require a 21-day advance purchase, is totally pointless and misses the goal of getting business travelers back.

This requires virtually no investment by Northwest and represents about 5 percent of their inventory. For business travelers like me I am 6-foot-5 this is going to be very appealing.

In the next 18 months we are likely to see more change than in the last 10 years combined. If we go to war with Iraq, it will spike fuel prices, scare the living daylights out of the traveling public... and be the kiss of death for airlines.

Typically, when you have an air disaster, travel falls off for a week or 10 days. This is mind-boggling on a number of levels.

When I turned professional I said it was my ambition to win world titles at two weights and retire a legend,

This time, even when we control Baghdad, that won't necessarily be a green light in the mind of the traveler,

Americans go to great lengths when traveling abroad to keep a low profile. They do not expect to have their government knowingly put them in harm's way.