Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
airline future true
This really could be the airline of the future - a true hybrid.
advance book bought hard mainly patient people pushing tickets willing
Right now people are willing to be patient mainly because most of them already bought their tickets. But if this drags on, it's hard for me to see people pushing each other out of the way to book advance tickets on Northwest.
definitely management power shifted
I think the power has definitely shifted to management and I think it is going to be this way for many years to come.
airline
I think we have the makings of the airline of the future,
carriers
I think some of these carriers can still make it,
airline deserves determined fought group succeed survivors wrote
I was wrong, ... I wrote them off. But this is why they are the most determined group of survivors I have ever seen. -- This airline deserves to succeed because they fought back.
headed hit northwest paul plane reality return
If a Northwest plane headed to Minot has to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul and an American plane has to return to Dallas, which one will hit the (local) news? That's the reality Northwest has to handle.
delta hesitant protection seek
That Delta attitude, it's been there a long time, it's what made them great, and its what made them hesitant to seek protection long ago.
clients extra pay
We have clients who are very finicky about their seats. I think they'll pay that extra $15.
best cold gets hard
Who gets the best deal? You know, there is no hard cold result.
airlines expect file formula increase jockey labor legacy match position united
I do expect to see the other legacy airlines match the United increase or file an increase formula of their own. Over the Labor Day weekend, I expect to see the airlines jockey for position but by ... Sept. 6, they will probably all be on the same page.
airlines realizing selling tickets
Airlines are realizing they can't keep selling tickets for a loss.
airlines criticizes expects financial hit service social
Airlines are not a social service industry. Everyone expects the airlines to take a financial hit then criticizes them when they don't make money.
aside people pillows pushing
You can take away the pretzels, the pillows and the magazines, and the people are still pushing each other aside to get on those airlines,