John Hotard Quotations

We would rather cancel early rather than wait and have passengers trapped at the airport.

We have said all along that anyone is free to bid. We feel American Airlines has the best bid because it preserves almost all of the jobs, and more importantly, offers a major worldwide network into which we can integrate TWA, which we feel is much better than an offer that would try to operate it as a single small carrier.

He saw ... a plume go straight up and fizzle out. At no time did he feel his flight was targeted.

There is an extremely large cushion of safety out there.

Miami is a major point, and this is a major disruption.

We are hoping to continue that through the weekend.

Today we have 2,077 pilots on the sick row.

We will have about 125 flights today. That's about half of our normal schedule.

We always tell people to check the Web site or their travel agency. Most people know that when the hub is closed or the airport is closed, they're not flying tomorrow. When we can accommodate them, we try to, but most of our passengers are going to have to wait until we get going again.

The bottom line is, it has basically disrupted or stopped the traffic flowing from Latin America into North America. Miami is a major point, and this is a major disruption.

They may have done some research. If it's an issue of being able to control a fewer number of passengers, they may have been astute enough to know that Tuesday and Wednesday are your lower load factor days.

It tells you 60 seconds before impact how close you are.