Quotes by Chris Chiames

“They are trying to block this (alliance) for their own competitive interests, and have done a fairly good job in distracting people.”

“At no point did we undercut fares. We matched, not undercut, fares.”

“Vanguard is alive and well.”

“We feel that were in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... Well be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.”

“What we heard from the union negotiating team as well as individual pilots is that they didnt like the stock options part of the wage package. They are concerned about bottom line take-home pay. They didnt see that stock options helped them with that. We tried to address that concern by rearranging the deal, adding more of a structural wage increase in the package in exchange for the stock options.”

“Frankly, we arent quite sure what it is going to take to please the pilots,”

“Were gratified with the judges order but clearly disappointed it has come to this. A majority of our pilots are doing their jobs and we hope the rest come back real soon.”

“We know that the aircraft broke into several pieces and there was a fire at the rear part of the aircraft,”

“Our preference is to reach a resolution with the pilots directly and not involve outside parties.”