Helane Becker
Helane Becker
chapter last months time
It's about time they got aggressive. Had they done this last year, or 18 months ago even, they wouldn't be in Chapter 11.
airlines route talked
I wouldn't be at all surprised. In the past, these two airlines have talked and they have very little route overlap.
chapter cut three united view
I think United cut as much as they can after three years in Chapter 11. There's not a lot more they can do at this juncture. In our view they're probably positioned as well as they can be at this time.
general industry revenue side time
I think the industry in general is having a little better time of it on the revenue side of the equation.
below consensus good numbers
I think that the numbers weren't as good as Continental's and they were below the consensus estimate,
cincinnati hub safe
Cincinnati has always been described as a hub on steroids. But as this shows, nothing is safe anymore.
leaving people replace retiring thin
They got a little thin in the flight-attendant ranks. People are leaving and retiring and so they're having to replace them.
negative news obviously oil record
We've got all this in the news about record oil prices. That's obviously very negative for the airlines.