Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
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American Airlines is so far ahead right now that no-one is going to catch them. Southwest had 52 straight quarters of profit. It doesn't mean all airline stocks are bad. Some of these low cost airlines have a bright future.
gone huge seeing somebody
I'm not seeing that huge increase. We know somebody will go there who would have gone to New Orleans.
gold saying
I'm not saying vouchers are bad. But they're not gold.
ahead buy confident encourage less ticket trip
I'm not going to say they're going to go away overnight, but I would be less confident to encourage someone to go ahead and buy their ticket for a trip in May.
critical delays mean quickly stopped tension
If not controlled, it could mean delays and disgruntled passengers. It's critical that this tension be stopped as quickly as possible.
airline average difficult hard joe
It's hard for us to fathom. It's difficult for the airline employees. It's difficult for the average Joe consumer.
anytime benefit catch depending market might opens
Anytime Southwest opens up a new market it has been a benefit to consumers, but it might take a while for this to catch on in New York, depending on prices.
adjust air bet continue detroit fewer northwest numbers others passengers planes record year
It won't be a record year in 2006 in Detroit as Northwest and others continue to adjust their capacity. The planes that are in the air will be packed, but you can bet the passengers numbers will be down because of fewer flights.
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They cannot continue to bleed red ink. Delta is going to get hurt a lot by this. Not just the oil prices, but the loss of flights they will experience over the next several days. It could be the one-two punch that makes the brain trust at Delta say it's time to go into Chapter 11 reorganization.
airline fly
We say we'll never fly that airline again, and the first sale, we're there. We're terrible.
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You are seeing things happening you never saw before, ... are now starting to take a page out of the success of low-cost carriers. Forget market share. If a plane or route is not making money, 'we will pull it.'
call ready
You have to give it to Northwest. They're flying, AMFA's not working, ... I'm not ready to call it yet, but, boy, it's getting close.
buy
Does Continental want to buy United? I don't know. I don't see it.
along key past
Continental did not go along in the past. The key is, will they go along this time? For the passenger, it's something they have been getting free, technically, that they shouldn't have been all this time.