Ray Neidl Quotes on America (4 Quotes)

The cover-up is usually worse than the sin. The union leaders were embarrassed and understandably so. Don was a sacrificial lamb. He made a mistake and he's paying the price. It's unfortunate because American is losing a really seasoned executive.

I don't think American would have extended unless they got assurances from union leadership they had the votes. It was a flawed process to begin with.

I don't know what the likelihood of the deal being done is, ... I think it's serious, I think something is going on -- and many people were surprised, including myself, that American would even want to buy TWA, which is basically a real problem asset. And then you have the problems of integrating the work force.

It looks like it's a big deal for them (AMR and UAL) because they keep raising the ante, ... Canada by itself is a very small market, but it does have a strategic geographic importance, and it's right next to the American market, which makes it all the more important.