Ed Stewart Quotations

We're sort of waiting by the phone to hear what they decide.

Unfortunately, no one other than Southwest has been willing to come to the table.

Simplicity is the key. It is a marvelous thing to have crews that can fly on any airplane at any time, and to have a maintenance department work on a single aircraft type.

No one here is looking for real estate in Phoenix.

If the senator is successful in his efforts, the people of Kansas City and St. Louis will be well pleased by the results of the senator's action,

I don't know what to say other than we're flattered, ... When it comes to the political side, we're a zillion miles away (from the campaign). But we love customers. Boy, do we love customers.

Fortunately, the captain noticed the smaller plane out of the corner of his eye. He immediately pulled the airplane into a much steeper climb.

For us, it's all about fuel, fuel and fuel.

Here's the problem -- fuel, fuel and fuel. When you're looking at a bill that is $600 million more than last year, you have to govern yourself accordingly.

good first step, but our ultimate goal is repeal of the Wright Amendment.

He just answered the question honestly, but it started a lot of wild stories,

Just like the Berlin Wall, the Wright Amendment will fall.

We were very happy for four or five days. But we're pretty tough and we can take it.

We have some protection, but it's not 100 percent. This year, the fuel bill is going to come in $600 million more than 2005.

We're very pleased with the response. It's gotten off to a rousing start.

We're really grateful when anybody writes us any check. But to have a big check come in, it's a real boost.

We are not happy about it, I am here to tell you. It just came out of the clear blue sky. Right after the holidays, a $24 million bill shows up on our doorstep.

We are not going to change our minds,

There are three things we're concerned about at Denver, and those are costs, costs, costs.

We like to be able to control the distribution of 100 percent of our product 100 percent of the time. We don't want to depend on middle men. There is less-than-0-percent possibility that we'll change that philosophy in the near future.

There comes a point where you have to be realistic. Even the most savvy of analysts would agree that fuel is something we just have to keep an eye.

This will give them an opportunity to have somebody in the seats, and it was the only opportunity, given how they've done out at Love Field.

We have made no indication that we want to go there. Our desire is to stay here. We were basically minding our own business, try to repeal the Wright Amendment, and they came knocking on our door.

We go to a city to be a successful operation. When you start service on Monday, you expect to be profitable by Tuesday.

We think it is a fairer method of sharing some of the cost as opposed to a surcharge.

This shows when you have real competition the consumer will benefit. And it shows how North Texas has been punished for so long by the Wright Amendment.

There would not be any reason to abandon our full fare to go to their full fare unless you're interested in losing money.

Apparently Eddie Bernice Johnson didn't give much thought to the fact that we're one of the top taxpayers in the city of Dallas. We're a major economic engine for this city. It's bewildering that she would want to do this to a business that is in her district, and to suggest that it would hurt D/FW, it doesn't make sense. Once you bring true competition into the marketplace everyone benefits.

At first glance, you think, 'What is that commercial saying? Is it saying Southwest changed its mind?'

Absolutely no. We can't be a low-fare airline if we do something like that.

It's truly no big deal. Some people are upset by what came out of the government, but in terms of our operation, we'll just go with the flow.

It's too early to assess, ... This was a bad storm. I can't begin to put a dollar amount on it.

It should have been resolved without letter writing or a presentation at our council meeting,

Not at all. It's a very competitive industry and Gary just wanted to fire up the troops. He wanted to bring out that Southwest Airlines warrior spirit, and that's what the memo was all about.

They are here, I think they are going to love Love Field. We sent them over some flowers and treats to welcome them here. I think they will love it and its just competition as usual.

They came knocking, and we decided, as a courtesy, to grant the opportunity.

I can probably count the number (of peanut-free flights) on two hands. And on an average day, we fly 2,300 flights.