Jonathan Ornstein Quotations

With these low fares, we can go a long time. Even if we fly empty, we could fly five years on the profits the rest of our company makes in one year.

Given the difficult operating environment and US Airways transition and Hawaii startup expenses, we are pleased with these results. Focusing on cost, our transition and Hawaii startup expenses of $3.6 million for the quarter were within plan.

We're pleased to be catalysts for this kind of change and opening air travel up to people.

Our goal is to offer local traveling families, friends and business people the highest quality service with the aloha spirit, at the lowest fares available.

Our lawyers feel these guys were trying to pull out all the stops from bringing our low fares to the marketplace and felt the suit was necessary. Frankly, I always view lawsuits as negative energy, and a lot of time spent on lawyers' pay with very little good coming out of them. But it's clear these guys were willing to pull out all the stops and so we felt we had no choice.

We're delighted to be a catalyst for change.

We are delighted to put this piece in place as we prepare for the inauguration of go! service.

We are dedicated and highly motivated to make this successful. We intend to do it by providing the people of Hawaii the highest level of service at the lowest possible cost.

Without the trans-Pacific operations, we can operate very profitably.

Those statements are absolutely false, malicious and untrue. They are potentially damaging to our relationship with United. We will not stand by and allow that to happen.

We chose the name go! because that's exactly what we think people want: a reliable, quick, no-hassle way to get from point to point across the state. We are thrilled to be here and are glad we can bring with us a variety of job opportunities.

There's no basis for a lawsuit, and you can't stop someone from operating in Hawaii. I don't think this is going to slow us down. It's definitely motivated me.

Strategically, this is the most important endeavor for us. This is our chance to spread our wings, have our own logo and brand.

It is strategically the most important endeavor that we've embarked upon since I've been with the company. Here's an opportunity for us to spread our wings, have our own logo, our own brand and be able to control our own destiny.

It's not going to make us pull out. It's not going to stop us. It's a desperate act and it shows exactly how concerned they are of our entry into the marketplace.

This has nothing to do with our use of confidential information. It's all about trying to get us from competing.