Michael Boyd
Michael Boyd
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You're dealing with tough but rational people on both sides of the table there. Both sides know what happens with a strike. I think that's high on everybody's minds.
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In 20 minutes, the airline would be dead, ... This is an airline that's hanging by a string. It's incumbent on both sides to keep the airline flying. Even going forward, it's got challenges.
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This is more hostile collaboration than it is antagonistic negotiations. Both sides know they have to come to some agreement that makes the company work. When the dust settles, I'd put my money on an agreement being reached.
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We are certainly aware of the news and we are checking the information.
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It was a business plan that didn't work 60 days after they started,
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Except for the financial barnacle stuck to their side, they're doing great. They had an actual profit.
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Except for the financial barnacle stuck to their side, they're doing great, ... They had an actual profit.
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Our ambition is to stage one of the most significant cultural festivals of the year.
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People say it will be like FedEx for people,
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Bottom line? Unless you're a bankruptcy attorney, this isn't going to mean a thing to you.
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At this point, the real issues are: Number one, making sure it comes out on time, and number two, there can't be any glitches in production.
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The $17 billion (loss) is meaningless because it involves all sorts of accounting issues.
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The alternative for Denver is Frontier. I put the grant in because I thought I had a pretty decent plan to get additional service to the West. In the past, United has been pretty nonchalant about wanting to add another flight to that market.
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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 today's fuel prices. But if oil had stayed where it was a year ago, like we thought it would, we'd be talking today about how profitable the airlines are today.