Quotes by Michael Boyd

“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 doesnt run smoothly, they might be back at the table at some point.”

“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.”

“If fuel hadnt gone up, wed be talking about how profitable these legacy carriers are,”

“They have to recast what theyre doing on the East Coast because it doesnt work any more, ... They have to shove more of their flights to feed their East to West traffic and less flights between North to South traffic.”

“Deltas problem is not labor, its 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.”

“Deltas problem is not labour, its debt. Until they can restructure their debt, they are in big trouble.”

“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 todays fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, wed be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.”

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

“In 20 minutes, the airline would be dead, ... This is an airline thats hanging by a string. Its incumbent on both sides to keep the airline flying. Even going forward, its got challenges.”

“Airlines have already cut the services they can cut, now cuts will have to come from somewhere else. The food is already nonexistent.”