Mike Boyd
Mike Boyd
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We had to stop the run, keep (David) Johnson contained and not let them hit the long bomb. Today, it went well. The way I look at it, we're 4-0 and two more wins we're in the state playoffs. If we keep winning we'll make the Prep Bowl, but I don't look forward to playing them again.
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United didn't miss a beat when Atlantic pulled 80 jets right out from under them.
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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.
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We failed in the handling of this call. I can't describe it in any other way.
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It doesn't mean there's going to be a strike, it just means that they've maintained some of their clout at the bargaining table. This is a usual part of the negotiations.
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I would be very surprised if they did not emerge in the next six months. But they've had a lot of misfires, and if they were better focused at the top they'd be out by now. They can get out, but if they don't do it with new management they'll be back in if they're not careful.
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The airline industry is tolerating this and letting it go,
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That scraping sound may not be an iceberg after all,
pay
Their pay won't be what it used to be.
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The objective should be to make money and survive, not to be the biggest airline on the planet. With the low-fare market, they can make money. And with charters, no one has more experience with charters than ATA.
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To do this is nickel-and-diming. People will end up bypassing the skycap altogether and going to the ticket counter, or they'll book tickets on another airline.
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US Air has still got some severe revenue problems, ... Unlike say Northwest, who only had one or two areas of cost problems . . . US Air has a lot of them.
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You might be paying more in prime time for some prime destinations.
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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.