Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
assumption attention detroit fair labor nobody northwest patience pay people rely tired
People are tired of Northwest and their labor problems. Customers' patience is at end. It's a fair assumption to make that if so many people in Detroit didn't have to rely on Northwest to fly, nobody would pay attention to them at all.
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This takes a relief off everybody. It's excellent news for Northwest Airlines, employees and the people of Michigan, Minnesota and Tennessee. It's not so good news for United, American and US Airways that when Northwest becomes lean and mean they will be a force to reckon with.
bus charge continue costs prices t
Those $29 fares were too low. You don' t charge those kind of prices and continue to operate. The bus even costs more.
experience figure foolish people situation tough
We'd be foolish to say there hasn't been (an impact). This is a very tough situation to try to figure out. I know from experience some people are booking away.
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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 future true
This really could be the airline of the future - a true hybrid.
amount bring tremendous
We're just scratching the surface. I think 2006 is going to bring a tremendous amount of changes.
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.
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.
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.
consumers days glory time wise
The frequent-flier programs' glory days are over. It is time to 'spend down' on all the airlines. Wise consumers are already doing that.
airlines realizing selling tickets
Airlines are realizing they can't keep selling tickets for a loss.
hell
It would be a hell of an airline,
buy
Does Continental want to buy United? I don't know. I don't see it.