Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
bleed brain cannot chapter continue delta experience flights hurt loss next oil punch red several time trust
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.
aside people pillows pushing
You can take away the pretzels, the pillows and the magazines, and the people are still pushing each other aside to get on those airlines,
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.
airlines criticizes expects financial hit service social
Airlines are not a social service industry. Everyone expects the airlines to take a financial hit then criticizes them when they don't make money.
amount earn emergency exit expect rows
The emergency exit rows can probably earn them more than $15. So I expect to see that amount increased.
definitely management power shifted
I think the power has definitely shifted to management and I think it is going to be this way for many years to come.
carriers
I think some of these carriers can still make it,
airline deserves determined fought group succeed survivors wrote
I was wrong, ... I wrote them off. But this is why they are the most determined group of survivors I have ever seen. -- This airline deserves to succeed because they fought back.
expect fine food paying
If you're paying that kind of money, you expect fine food and wine.
airline average difficult hard joe
It's hard for us to fathom. It's difficult for the airline employees. It's difficult for the average Joe consumer.
gone huge seeing somebody
I'm not seeing that huge increase. We know somebody will go there who would have gone to New Orleans.
gold saying
I'm not saying vouchers are bad. But they're not gold.
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.