Michael Boyd Quotes (44 Quotes)

If the airline has no viable business or cash flow, it can't stay together. That's why they are in this mess.

Weighing about as much as an SUV and powered by two jet engines tiny enough to slip into the trunk of a car, VLJs have the aviation industry giddy with possibilities. Our fleet forecast projects that these manufacturers may not be able to build enough of these things fast enough, ... If they're anywhere near as advertised in terms of performance, it's going to be a stampede to buy them.

The alternative for Denver is Frontier. I put the grant in because I thought I had a pretty decent plan to get additional service to the West. In the past, United has been pretty nonchalant about wanting to add another flight to that market.

We are certainly aware of the news and we are checking the information.

To say that the '75 team would have probably given most major college teams a run would be selling them short.

I want the whole world to know we all need to be accountable for the beasts in our society - so we may protect our loved ones from harm.

If the flight is tomorrow, and this afternoon you make the change, you can make that argument ... But if the flight is three weeks from now, that's a pretty weak argument.

The perception is it's environmentalist versus environmentalist, ... But it's environmentalists versus the power cartel.

The politicians see which way the wind is blowing. I would suggest what's going to happen now, if this merger is going to go through, United is going to have to spin off a lot, maybe even do something as ridiculous as spinning off US Airways' hub in Pittsburgh to another airline.

With Allegiant, if it doesn't make it, they leave.

Today you have Southwest Airlines in a reactive mode opening up cities they probably would not have opened up.

The 17 billion (loss) is meaningless because it involves all sorts of accounting issues.

Southwest has to expand aggressively over the next two to three years because they've got to spread out their costs in order to keep their fares down. They have high labor costs and in order to protect their costs they have to put out more product.

I don't know who's going to live or who's going to die. But we do know this it's going to be a very nasty competitive mess.

In 20 minutes, the airline would be dead, ... This is an airline that's hanging by a string. It's incumbent on both sides to keep the airline flying. Even going forward, it's got challenges.

Frontier Airlines is already losing money. JetBlue and AirTran are on the edge, and Southwest, had it not hedged fuel, would be losing money. Anything with a wing has problems with today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.

Small and midsize communities can certainly be hurt.

It's very good to have a variety of airlines like Indianapolis does,

It's the Shreveport-Shanghai advantage, ... It shows that at 2 a gallon for fuel, carriers like American and United have the ability to make money.

To rush into something wouldn't be prudent, ... It's going to take time to put maintenance programs together, labor contracts together.

It's not that big a deal, ... They're re-branding it as Delta rather than as a separate sub-brand. . . . Other than that, there's not much of a change. There's no reduction in competition, and fares will probably stay the same.

It was a business plan that didn't work 60 days after they started,

Their plan didn't work after the first 30 days, but they refused to change it,

If the situation runs smoothly for the next three or four days, there may be no incentive for the company to end the strike. If it doesn't run smoothly, they might be back at the table at some point.

Delta's problem is not labor, it's debt. They have achieved labor cuts, and can achieve more because they have only two unions. But until they can restructure their debt, they are in big trouble.

During the 1990s they were getting used to a cushy environment where they could charge business travelers what they wanted. They assumed that, 'We're a premium airline, so you'll pay a premium price.' They should have known better.

Our ambition is to stage one of the most significant cultural festivals of the year.

They will reach a deal with management. These are not wild-eyed, crazy people on either side. These are rational people.

But either way, it's going to be ugly.

They were just too strong over the ball and made the most of every opportunity, whereas we struggled to get going all day, ... We're really proud of the boys but Terang just kicked the goals when they counted.

Northwest can survive if they have to go into bankruptcy, ... These labor unions have to take it upside the head. Their next job will be at the Wal-Mart.

This is more hostile collaboration than it is antagonistic negotiations. Both sides know they have to come to some agreement that makes the company work. When the dust settles, I'd put my money on an agreement being reached.

If you're looking to break into the industry, it's one I wouldn't recommend at any level. Overall, this is not going to be a bonanza in hiring in the airline industry.

This company needs to get an agreement in place very quickly. This is not a normal negotiation, this is not a drill. It's either get the costs down or hit the road.

Right now people who are flying are flying because they absolutely have to, ... This may dilute revenue more than add to it.

At this point, the real issues are Number one, making sure it comes out on time, and number two, there can't be any glitches in production.

Northwest came into its bankruptcy and knew what not to do. They walked in with a plan that said here's what we're going to do with our labor, here's what we're doing with our airplanes. There was no dancing around.

For Cincinnati, it would be like Dayton. Dayton was a hub at one time it won't be a hub again.

That's where the growth is.

Fundamentally, the airline is obscenely strong. The future belongs to legacy carriers like United.

It's very clear the employees got shafted on this deal.

He gave him the money and it kept him out of jail. Now that guy's got a job, thanks to him.

That's just so many financial barnacles to stick onto a bankrupt company. They're going to get scraped off.

Airlines live on cash, and the minute you stop flying the bills keep coming in but the money doesn't,