Ray Neidl
Ray Neidl
cost fence low regional risky run sitter skeptical using
I think it's pretty risky what they're doing. I'm a real fence sitter here -- I'm real skeptical you can run a low cost carrier using regional jets.
maximize openly profits stated trying
They've stated openly that they are trying to maximize profits out of that hub, so it would only go to figure.
hurricane katrina last nobody predicted
Hurricane Katrina was probably the last straw. Nobody could have predicted 60-dollar, 70-dollar-a-barrel oil.
soft
The administration doesn't want a strike, especially in a soft economy,
question work
It's all going through on schedule, ... The big question is can they make it work post-merger.
alaska believe
Right now, I still believe in the story of Alaska Airlines,
assets factory lock plans time
You want to keep assets in place for when you have a recovery. By the time you're in a recession, you have to be making plans for the recovery. It's not like a factory where you can just lock and then reopen the door. There's a lag effect.
company cost flight good needs structure
It is good for Continental and good for the flight attendants. Continental got the cost structure it needs. That is what the company needs to make it.
business court damage employees good harder matter trying united win
If your employees are disgruntled they can still do damage to you, no matter what the court orders. But all of this is going to make it harder for United to win back its good business customers, which they've been trying to do.