Doug Parker
Doug Parker
William Douglas "'Doug" Parker is an American businessman who is the current Chairman and CEO of American Airlines Group, Inc., the parent company of American Airlines...
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The biggest news from our third quarter 2005 was the completion of the US Airways/America West merger, and obviously our third-quarter results do not yet include any of the expected positive effects from that merger.
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Our quarterly financial results reflect the continued difficult industry environment but also show some encouraging trends. Both US Airways' and America West's stand-alone results, excluding special charges, are much improved versus last year despite a nearly $200 million increase in expenses due to higher fuel prices.
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The issue here is we haven't been operating a reliable airline. We have been working as hard as we possibly could to figure out what the issues were and to get them addressed.
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Today's results reflect overwhelming support for our proposed merger with US Airways, which will create a stronger airline that offers improved job stability for our employees, expanded service for our customers and a more long-term, viable investment for our stockholders.
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The weakness has been largely concentrated in the technology sector.
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Our consolidation was largely driven by crisis. US Airways needed it to survive. And as the industry improves, there will be fewer crises.
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If we can make it work -- fine. But we also have a problem with aircraft (being able to fly the route).
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I'd like to ask you to slow down. Are we in some kind of hurry to get things done?
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It's been one of the worst weeks for (Toronto) stocks since April.
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There's a lot of buzz in the industry about consolidation. There's a lot of value to be created by putting two airlines together.
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It's taken us some time to truly understand what is needed to do it.
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I know he has the potential to go to the NFL. I don't want him to mess that up. I just want him to live out a better experience than I did. But it starts with making the right decisions.
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He's still on the streets of New Orleans, hasn't had a shower since Monday.
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We are exceptionally pleased about where we are right now.