Michael Boyd
Michael Boyd
costs expand high labor next order protect spread three
Southwest has to expand aggressively over the next two to three years because they've got to spread out their costs in order to keep their fares down. They have high labor costs and in order to protect their costs they have to put out more product.
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If the situation runs smoothly for the next three or four days, there may be no incentive for the company to end the strike. If it doesn't run smoothly, they might be back at the table at some point.
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It was already fourth-and-long when Mr. Grinstein took over. The three reasons he wasn't able to avoid bankruptcy are fuel, fuel and fuel.
afternoon argument flight three weak weeks
If the flight is tomorrow, and this afternoon you make the change, you can make that argument ... But if the flight is three weeks from now, that's a pretty weak argument.
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The airline is showing signs of showing a pulse. What they're doing is going back to where their historic strength is.
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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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They will reach a deal with management. These are not wild-eyed, crazy people on either side. These are rational people.
expect red
It's what you would expect -- a lot of big, bad, red numbers.
airlines good variety
It's very good to have a variety of airlines like Indianapolis does,
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I want the whole world to know we all need to be accountable for the beasts in our society - so we may protect our loved ones from harm.
certainly small
Small and midsize communities can certainly be hurt.
change plan refused work
Their plan didn't work after the first 30 days, but they refused to change it,
airline high trying
They were trying to be a low-fare airline with high costs.
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We are certainly aware of the news and we are checking the information.