Jim Higgins
Jim Higgins
cents equal gallon increase
It's probably equal to about 5 to 6 cents of the per- gallon increase in fuel.
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That is a competitive straw man, ... A peanut entrant can not possibly compete with United.
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It's not as if the entire airplane is for sale.
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Everybody is going to be weak, ... Revenues look like their taking a nosedive, and that's because of the economy. Airlines are a lagging economic indicator and they're finally being hit.
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It's going to come out to a balancing act between Northwest and Delta,
northwest tough walk
It's going to be tough to do, ... I just don't think Northwest is going to walk away from this easily.
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It was so cool to see them walking. I was seeing groups of 10 to 15. It looks like a wagon train. They're walking in the sand.
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They didn't actively guide things down, but they talked about things getting better six months out. We've been saying all along that second-quarter numbers are too high and there's nothing I heard or saw today that says otherwise.
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They are very far apart on difficult issues like work rules. Delta has a work rule advantage versus other competitors that it doesn't want to give up. And among the pilots, there is a very vocal dissident group, and it makes it more difficult to reach a settlement,
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It's clear that DOJ doesn't like the deal, or it would have been approved by now. But the fact that it's up to Justice and only Justice does mean its easier for United to effect a fix here, to agree to the asset disposition it needs to get approval.
business laid people
It's different from other cities. You go to D.C., and there's just something about it. People are not as laid back. It's all business there.
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It's a good way for them to get what they think they can, what they're comfortable with.
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We understand that proposed non-labor benefits include such items as full estimated benefit of the alliance with US Airways -- items whose economic value is uncertain in amount and timing, ... Everything we see in this glimpse at a key piece of UAL's loan application suggest a low probability that they will grant approval.
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We are just hoping to give these people a good start. Most of these agencies are trying to make their life better, so we are trying to give them a good start on that.