Raymond Neidl Quotes (11 Quotes)

It's smart for an airline in light of the rally that we've had in the past couple months.

It's got a simple model, simple pricing, and many consumers seem to like that.

When everybody's positive, that's the time to get out, isn't it ... But I'm positive, too. This industry is hot, hot, hot, and the economy's going to get hotter. And even if it doesn't, people will still like to gamble.

It is still a cyclical business, so management believes (it has) to keep some control over their costs. Other carriers have actually reduced some of their labor unit costs, and American has not been able to do that. That puts it at a cost disadvantage compared to some of its competitors.

When you do code-sharing, it means one airline can book passengers on the other airline as if it were their own flight.

They came in about where expected, maybe a little better, and it's no surprise. That's not what counts. What counts is going forward. They verified what we thought, that the first quarter will have a significant loss. The rest of the year remains a little more hazy concerning what happens.

I was impressed. The loss was much smaller than we were expecting.

It's a tough summer for all airlines because of continuing bad weather across most of the country and the backup with the heavy traffic, with the traffic control system. But on top of that, they are having employee relation problems. There are two major contracts that are being negotiated and this is the way the employees are showing they're unhappy with the progress being made,

I'm only surprised that Northwest and Delta beat them into bankruptcy court.

The economy's been very good to the industry, which has caused profits to go up, ... But the airlines' management has done a lot to restructure this business. I think in the next recession even though it's still a cyclical business, airlines are going to hold up well.

Still, some experts say alliances will benefit consumers. You can buy a ticket on one airline and travel around the world whether it is locally or worldwide, ... Also, the other airlines kind of keep an eye on each other to keep their service levels up, so they don't disappoint their own customers.