Gerard Arpey
Gerard Arpey
Gerard J. Arpeyis the former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officerof AMR Corporation, parent company to American Airlines...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth26 July 1958
CountryUnited States of America
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This is eating up time, money and energy we would like to devote to running our business,
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maybe the odds are less than 50-50 after yesterday.
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I will continue to lead by example. Actions, of course, speak louder than words.
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One of our most difficult realizations was that-in the course of two years-a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford.
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But the St. Louis experience, perhaps better than anything else, illustrates just how much our industry has changed during the past three years.
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He assembled a management team who, under his skilled leadership, guided American through the early days of deregulation and built it into one of the world's preeminent airlines,
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Our fourth-quarter results close the book on another very difficult year.
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Congresswoman Johnson recognizes the economic impact that D/FW Airport has in the North Texas region and the hundreds of thousands of jobs that are associated with it, ... The employees of American Airlines and American Eagle applaud and support her actions.
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I recognize these new contracts involve enormous sacrifices by our employees. We have our work cut out for us; we are not out of the woods yet.
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We wish James every success in his new position. Our focus now will be to select a leader who will help us build on the great progress we've made.
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Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business.
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I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.
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But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.
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The executive moves we are announcing today will strengthen American for the long-term future and reflect well on the depth of the Company's management team.