Michael Boyd
Michael Boyd
additional decent denver flight grant plan service united wanting
The alternative for Denver is Frontier. I put the grant in because I thought I had a pretty decent plan to get additional service to the West. In the past, United has been pretty nonchalant about wanting to add another flight to that market.
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Northwest came into its bankruptcy and knew what not to do. They walked in with a plan that said here's what we're going to do with our labor, here's what we're doing with our airplanes. There was no dancing around.
expect red
It's what you would expect -- a lot of big, bad, red numbers.
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That's just so many financial barnacles to stick onto a bankrupt company. They're going to get scraped off.
issues number sure
At this point, the real issues are: Number one, making sure it comes out on time, and number two, there can't be any glitches in production.
agreement company costs either hit needs normal
This company needs to get an agreement in place very quickly. This is not a normal negotiation, this is not a drill. It's either get the costs down or hit the road.
airline historic showing signs strength
The airline is showing signs of showing a pulse. What they're doing is going back to where their historic strength is.
achieved labor problem until
Delta's problem is not labor, it's debt. They have achieved labor cuts, and can achieve more because they have only two unions. But until they can restructure their debt, they are in big trouble.
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Our fleet forecast projects that these manufacturers may not be able to build enough of these things fast enough. If they're anywhere near as advertised in terms of performance, it's going to be a stampede to buy them.
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Bottom line? Unless you're a bankruptcy attorney, this isn't going to mean a thing to you.
aware certainly checking news
We are certainly aware of the news and we are checking the information.
contracts labor programs rush time
To rush into something wouldn't be prudent, ... It's going to take time to put maintenance programs together, labor contracts together.
perception power versus
The perception is it's environmentalist versus environmentalist, ... But it's environmentalists versus the power cartel.
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United filed for Chapter 11 and they're selling all their product. Chapter 11 is just a change in legal proceedings.