Famous Quotes & Sayings

Canceled flights really irritate passengers tremendously, because you're stuck, and you usually can't get out of an airport for a day or more, and so it really disrupts their travel many times more than a delayed flight.

Frank Murkowski

By this letter I wish to formally notify you that I will continue to withhold my consent to the proposed realignment of Kulis Air National Guard Base in Anchorage and the 'warm storage' of Eielson Air Force Base until I receive assurances that the mission of the Air National Guard will not be compromised in Alaska,

Raul Gonzalez

By the process of elimination naman, pwede naman yun ma-identify eh. The ATO (Air Transportation Office) can do that kasi sila ang nagkiclear ng flights and the tower in NAIA (Ninoy Aquino International Airport can tell you that too,

Jeff Hawkins

but you can get info like a stock price, an airline schedule or traffic information.

Charles Lindbergh

But I have seen the science I worshipped and the aircraft I loved destroying the civilization I expected them to serve.

Glenn Tilton

Before today, of the 166 airline bankruptcy filings since 1978, only two passenger carriers have successfully restructured and exited as viable businesses. That will soon change to three.

Gary Numan

I became an air display pilot. I used to teach it. I was an examiner for a few years as well. It was great fun. I would still be doing it now if pretty much everyone I knew who was doing it hadn't died. In the first team I joined there were six people in it. By the time I stopped, there was only me and one other left - everyone else had died.

Mika Brzezinski

I am up at 3:30, reading the op-ed pages and getting ready to be on the air by 6 A.M. on the set of 'Morning Joe,' and after three hours of TV and two hours on the radio, it is only 12 noon.

Certainly, Pittsburgh is important to us; we have a good relationship with the airport there. Right now, it would not look like we would be looking to expand that operation.

Cats were meant to be outdoors, running around and roaming and playing in the fresh air and sunshine. They're much happier. These kittens we have outside within the enclosure just tear around the yard, tackle each other and play.

But what airlines won't tell you is that when you try to redeem your free ticket you're competing with 40 million other frequent fliers for the same ticket. We all want to go to the same place and there aren't enough upgrade seats to go around.

But we want to give the Air Force the option of exploring all of their thought processes with (the Pentagon) and not have to cross a trip wire from which there is no return.

But we had hardly arrived at the airport when I was handed a letter that had anything but good news. We were told that we would have 30 days to vacate our home of three years.

Rick Perry

But it wasn't until I graduated from Texas A & M University and joined the United States Air Force, flying C-130's all around the globe, that I truly appreciated the blessings of freedom.

Eddy Curry

But it was a breath of fresh air to know the Knicks wanted me.

John Stockton

But the system must be capable of a wide range of operation, ... During a major fire the demand can go up four-fold. It can go up to 13.5 to 14 million gallons a day. We have the capability to go up that far. When our firefighters go out they will not be pulling air through.

Michael Griffin

But the space program is a long-term investment in our future. We must deal with our short-term problems while not sacrificing our long-term investments in our future. When we have a hurricane, we don't cancel the Air Force. We don't cancel the Navy. And we're not going to cancel NASA.

But there is no panic in the air because Friday's decline was explained. Earnings that came in were a little disappointing, we had a huge run-up in January so profit taking was expected, everyone knows what's going on geopolitically and it was a Friday with options expirations.

This is a fundamental change in policy and it fundamentally violated the Clean Air Act. Anything less than (IGCC) is going to lead to higher levels of air pollution.

This is a dispute that should never have happened. This is an irrational one. These pilots are the best paid in the country. Air Canada had offered them a 4.5 percent salary increase per year in a context where inflation stands 1.5 percent lower.

This is a critical milestone for the airplane as we make the transition from the development phase to the production phase. With most of the drawings complete, our suppliers and fabrication plants can begin manufacturing detailed parts.

This includes isolating countries where air safety is a concern, publicly naming unsafe air destinations, airlines and grounding aircraft.

Robert Byrd

This ill-considered (ticket tax) proposal resulted in real cuts in firefighter grants, first responder grants, Coast Guard operations, and in the number of airport screeners,

This growth story is attracting a lot of investors and new international airlines are trying to ride the boom in India.

They spent at least 24 hours at Narita. They slept on the floor. The airline gave them pillows and blankets.

They're threatening to bring the airline to a complete halt.

They're the only other team to beat (defending World Cup champion) Germany this year, ... They're very strong, very physical, very good in the air and very good in the counterattack.

They're talking about using more money for random checks. Terrorists coming through the airport may still not be spotted.

They're talking about two different kinds of airplanes. One is far more of a logistical aircraft and the other is far more of a combat aircraft.

They're very good cost cutters. It's obviously a pretty tough time for airlines given the way fuel prices have gone up, they've done a pretty good job managing it.

They tried to tell us about the low air pressure stuff. We didn't listen.

They tried to take air out of the ball. But we played smart and picked our spots to trap them.

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Some air you inhale was exhaled by Cleopatra.