Mike Boyd
Mike Boyd
negotiate parker unions
Unions don't give in easily. It's going to be ugly, and Parker can't do much about it but negotiate with the winner.
describe failed handling
We failed in the handling of this call. I can't describe it in any other way.
They're here as much as we (the teachers) are, and you have to be in today's world.
far
You're not too far off. You're on the money,
might paying prime time
You might be paying more in prime time for some prime destinations.
dreamed markets traffic
This is a whole new world for Southwest. They have to react, to go to markets they never dreamed of before. Southwest is now a carnivore. They have to go into other people's hubs because that's where the traffic is.
bottom company normal
This is not like a normal negotiation - the company set the bottom line, and that was it.
carriers cheap costs full low service taking
Southwest is taking on two entrenched carriers that have low costs and a full service product, ... And it is not a cheap airport.
calendar people ticked
If those people making the calendar are ticked off, they have a reason.
decides entity fight moderate operation thats
If Southwest decides to put a moderate operation into and out of Charlotte, thats going to be a real fight for this entity going forward,
believer cause public
He was a big believer in the cause of democracy, in public participation,
airport
If the (Melbourne) airport didn't do this, they'd be remiss.
iceberg sound
That scraping sound may not be an iceberg after all,
pay
Their pay won't be what it used to be.