Michael Boyd
Michael Boyd
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They're moving in a measured way to move more flying within Northwest. It gets their system costs down. It allows the them to be far more efficient, and it gives a seamless Northwest product.
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Northwest can survive if they have to go into bankruptcy, ... These labor unions have to take it upside the head. Their next job will be at the Wal-Mart.
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Northwest came into its bankruptcy and knew what not to do. They walked in with a plan that said here's what we're going to do with our labor, here's what we're doing with our airplanes. There was no dancing around.
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They have to recast what they're doing on the East Coast because it doesn't work any more, ... They have to shove more of their flights to feed their East to West traffic and less flights between North to South traffic.
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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.
people
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.