Jim Corridore
Jim Corridore
animosity came extremely hold surprised unions united
I would be extremely surprised if what the unions came up with was enough to keep United out of bankruptcy. Typically these unions have a lot of animosity with each other. I don't hold out a lot of hope.
full help improvement margin rising
We think that a full and rising backlog and margin improvement should help Boeing do better than its forecast.
asking carriers equity fair government guarantee high price reason
The reason that UAL and other carriers haven't done it (seek guarantees) yet is the government is asking a fair and high price for the guarantee -- an equity stake,
obviously stay throws
If we get back into the $70s and stay there it obviously throws our model.
advantage airline bankruptcy couple file maybe might next
But the airline might file sooner, maybe in the next couple of months, to take advantage of the more lenient bankruptcy laws.
backing earnings focus investors last obviously oil relatively strong today
Obviously oil backing down a little today allows investors to focus more on the relatively strong earnings performances last week.
billion bit bought burn came continue expected fuel goal prices themselves
I think that they've bought themselves a little bit of time, certainly. But I don't think, even when they came up with the goal of $1 billion in concessions, that they expected fuel prices to be at these levels. I expect they'll continue to burn through cash, and they'll need to do more.
biggest bucket certainly costs dip face government helping labor level loan might willing
That would certainly go a long way to helping the company. Labor costs are the biggest bucket they can attack. The government might be more willing to help with this level of cuts. Even with DIP financing, they're going to face a liquidity problem. They could use those loan guarantees.
biggest bucket certainly costs dip face government helping labor level loan might willing
That would certainly go a long way to helping the company, ... Labor costs are the biggest bucket they can attack. The government might be more willing to help with this level of cuts. Even with DIP financing, they're going to face a liquidity problem. They could use those loan guarantees.
certainly determined northwest prepare seems
It certainly seems like Northwest is determined to prepare for the eventuality,
control entire flying labor management sitting taking
Labor is taking control of the plane, flying the entire company, and management is sitting there waiting.
airline industry positive
We're pretty positive on the airline industry right now.
airline gulf high industry losses oil third trouble
With the trouble in the Gulf oil refineries, the airline industry will see pretty high losses in the third quarter,
entering fact items obviously profitable quarter rest strong summer travel weakest
The fact that they were profitable excluding items in their seasonally weakest quarter was very encouraging for the rest of the year. Obviously we're entering what's going to be a pretty strong summer travel season.