Passenger Quotations

One of the reasons I wrote 'Airborn' was that I'd fallen in love with the great passenger airships which flew in the '20s and '30s. Their time was short-lived. They were frail, they tended to crash; and they could never be as fast, safe and efficient as the airplanes that replaced them.

In an instant, the law was transformed: from the last passenger on the safe-haven bandwagon to a pioneer into uncharted territory. For the first time in American history, it was not only legal to relinquish a baby; in Nebraska, it was okay to abandon any child of any age for any reason at any time - with the full protection of the law.

Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per gallon would eliminate our oil imports from the Persian Gulf.

Just because you're upfront with someone doesn't mean you're an honest person; you might just be someone in the passenger seat.

We manufacture automotive components including critical engine and axle parts for passenger cars, diesel engines and medium & heavy commercial vehicles. Till 1997, our focus was almost entirely on the domestic market with a relatively insignificant portion of revenues from exports.

When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.

There are consequences to jobs in the United States and they are already starting to show up. We know that the passenger car market share for the domestic manufacturers dropped in the last quarter last year.

We've always known that the air quality on board flights wasn't the best, but there isn't much a passenger can do.

We feel that passenger use of portable electronic devices on aircraft should continue to be limited for the safety of all concerned.

With the Open Sky, there will be no limits for airlines, whether limits of nationality, of flight origin, of passenger capacity or limits of airports.

We absolutely support the concept of Secure Flight, or whatever name you want to give to passenger pre-screening. It's the concept that we support. We don't support at this time Registered Traveler, we think it takes the focus away from where we really ought to have it.

We determined that the safest thing to do was to stop all freight and passenger train traffic over the bridge until it could be repaired.

The profits won't be as great. It's going to have to come from crossover SUVs or its passenger car lineup.

Some airlines have come back very strong and others have not, depending on the carrier. Continental has been very progressive in restoring service, in watching passenger loads and adding service when necessary.

missed the fact that this passenger was a positive match.

One flight, one passenger who doesn't get to his or her destination because of Chaos is one too many. For you to not know if a flight is going to operate because of Chaos is intolerable. It is better that we tell you in advance the flight is cancelled.

No one could have imagined 30 years ago that vehicles categorized as trucks would be the most common passenger vehicles on the road today. It's amazing what the auto companies can do. They have found lots of innovative ways of meeting the letter, but beating the spirit, of regulations.

On my initial look into the Bronco I observed a smear on the center console, ... As it got lighter, I did see additional spots and smears. I saw a spot on the front passenger seat, the steering wheel, and I saw an additional smear on the center console. ... It appeared to me to be blood.

I worked in the White House on 9/11, where the vice president was given the authority to, if he deemed necessary, shoot down an American passenger jet.

Freight and passenger traffic are forecast to grow in the 5 to 6 per cent range during the year but the industry is projected to record another loss of over US$4 billion for 2006.

Frequently child passenger safety restraints are installed incorrectly or the child is placed in a child passenger restraint that is not appropriate for their age and size.

If a passenger demonstrates an unwillingness to comply with our request for them to obey the rules before we even take off, then we know that we are potentially going to have difficulty with that person through the entire flight.

If a geo-restricted cab has a passenger going to the airport and they pick up a passenger (there), I have no problem with that. But during conventions, there's been evenings over there we haven't had more than 14 taxicabs come over there (to the convention center). That's what really set me off about doing something.

If Amtrak fails, intercity passenger rail will be gone in this country, ... If we can't make it at Amtrak, we're all in trouble.

If it meets our expectation and is a benefit to the passenger as we expect, we hope we'll be able to proceed,

He was a passenger in a car we stopped and he never said a word, so he was released without charges,

What might be happening is that, that passenger may have a name similar to someone on the list.

He shot an unarmed 15-year-old in a passenger seat. You don't shoot somebody for trying to steal your car.

The painful reality for passenger carriers is that the domestic market has been unwilling to accept fares that reflect high fuel prices.

He wanted to be a passenger on anything that was going anywhere, but most of all on a ship.

I was just a passenger tonight. The couple times I have ridden him, he does all the work. I just guide him. I'm so appreciative of Chris and Jeff flying me into Houston to ride him. I had a fortunate trip and was able to save ground.

It actually missed every single major hub airport in the United States, at least a direct hit that is. As a result, the system was not damaged that much as far as passenger traffic throughout the rest of the United States.

It can enter the passenger compartment from underneath the hood itself. It can creep from under the vehicle especially if you're idling for a period of time.

It appears that due to the sound and the noise, (the co-pilot) was unable to understand what the passenger was trying to tell him.

It appears after that, there was a group of individuals that pulled the passenger and the driver out of the vehicle and began beating them about the head with a large brick and sticks and stones. The investigation is ongoing.

I think the passenger restrictions are a really good idea because I think most teens take more risk when there's other people in the car.

It hadn't been returned, so she went to East St. Louis to look for it on her own. When she found it, she opened the passenger side of the vehicle and was trying to get the keys out of it. The driver panicked and was trying to get away.

I think there's a general awareness that's caused a spike in our tire business. Right now we're seeing a bit of a fall off in the Firestone passenger tire business, but that's the only line we carry, and frankly, it's not as dramatic a falloff as I would have expected.

I think there's a general awareness that's caused a spike in our tire business, ... Right now we're seeing a bit of a fall off in the Firestone passenger tire business, but that's the only line we carry, and frankly, it's not as dramatic a falloff as I would have expected.

I see growth continuing but slowing. We anticipate passenger traffic to grow between 3.5 percent and 4.5 percent in 2006, compared with 12 percent in 2005.

Our hope is that the X Prize Cup activities will help bring suborbital tourism operators to the southern New Mexico site for year-round passenger launch operations.

Our strategy is to play on the dreams and aspirations of the people. A passenger travelling sleeper class aspires to travel AC class, not by air. If we offer AC travel for just a little more than what the passenger is paying for sleeper, he would be more than happy to travel with us.

Our vision for the airport is that it will remain primarily a general aviation facility with some commercial passenger activity. Its role will not change.

Passenger demand is robust and the cargo business should show healthy growth.

Our maritime system consists of more than 300 sea and river ports with more than 3,700 cargo and passenger terminals nationwide.

Our local laws officer checked and wrote out the ticket at the rear of the vehicle and placed the ticket from the passenger side on the windscreen,

SUVs are becoming more popular as family vehicles because they can accommodate multiple child safety seats and their larger size may lead parents to believe SUVs are safer than passenger cars. However, people who use an SUV as their family vehicle should know that SUV's do not provide superior protection for child occupants.

Spring is near, the holiday weekend is approaching and an above-average passenger volume is expected. We are prepared to handle the crowds, but I ask the traveling public to follow a few simple steps to assist us in getting you through the checkpoints as quickly and efficiently as possible.

London Buses must put passengers' safety first. The number of complaints is up as is passenger dissatisfaction.

The absolute worst way to hunt elk is off an ATV, ... There is something about the pitch of an ATV that's just wrong. They are much louder than an average passenger vehicle or 4-wheel-drive vehicle.

I was pretty strong then so I'd just pick her up and put her in the passenger seat.

which is more demanding than the (current) 27.5 miles per gallon for passenger cars.

We estimate that after losing $4 billion pretax in 2005 and $28 billion over the past five years, the U.S. passenger airlines could approach break-even in 2006.

We can accommodate all of the corporate jets out there. The market for an airport like this is the commercial passenger planes, commercial freight and also general aviation - usually piston-engine aircraft and jet traffic. We also have several military contracts with (United States) Customs, (the Department of) Homeland Security and all branches of the armed services.

Unfortunately, street racing is a growing problem. A lot of times it's something spontaneous. In this case the passenger told us that they didn't even know who the other person was they were racing.

We were in the driver's seat. Now it feels like we're in the passenger seat, and I didn't really want to be dealing with that.

We don't have the authority under law to reform CAFE standards for passenger vehicles. We need Congress to give us the authority to do passenger cars.

We're not sharing information with respect to passenger and crew interview data at all. We have never, ever given it up.

What you've got to remember is Asia's economies weren't hit as hard. Secondly, and in terms of confidence, passenger confidence for flying, people know or feel it's ... a lot safer to fly around Asia, down to Australia, than ... the U.S.

We displaced over 120,000 passenger to make this happen.

We're known right along that the administration was not happy with the fast vehicle ferries. I think that's a mistake. I think if we look at it from a passenger transportation point of view, that the idea of service has been put on the back burner.

We are investing billions of dollars in construction at Dulles Airport to handle the anticipated growth in passenger traffic there.

We'd like to get to a point where the kiosks could actually negotiate the compensation a passenger will get and rebook the flight.

We put people of concern on the watch list or the no-fly list, so we have a number of layers of security beyond the airport checkpoint. We gather as much information about a passenger as the law allows without profiling.

We don't believe any passenger information has been compromised.

We would agree that intercity passenger rail can be part of the solution (to traffic and gas problems), but today it's not, in too many parts of the country,

This route performed exceptionally well in the 1990s with high load factors and strong passenger growth. Unfortunately, demand has softened and operation costs have risen in the past few years, making this service unsustainable in the immediate future.

There have been some intermittent improvements over the years, but the station has, over time, experienced deterioration to its concrete passenger platform. We have conducted annual inspections that revealed water infiltration and the effect of salt corrosion.

We think the market is heading towards more point-to-point service. You as the passenger want to get where you want to go, and that's not necessarily through a hub.

We believe he was a passenger on board the United Airlines flight. He stated that the plane was being hijacked.

There are reports of numerous casualties. It appears the freight train hit the vehicle (which had come off a motorway bridge), which then ploughed onto an adjoining line and was in collision with the passenger train.

The passenger volumes are increasing, but we're seeing an 18 percent time savings because we're not looking for small scissors and tools.

The passenger left the checkpoint before the screening was complete so TSA evacuated the terminal and postponed outgoing flights.

The passenger kept making several attempts underneath the seat, kept refusing the officers' request. The officer saw him pull something out and the officer fired one shot, striking him in the groin.

The passenger cars are not inherently as profitable as big SUVs or big pickups, but they have to refurbish their car line, even if it doesn't get them back to historical profit margins,

When you have a teen passenger in the vehicle with a teen driver, the risk of a crash is twice as high. If you have two or more teen passengers in a vehicle the risk can be five times as high.

With our increases in passenger traffic, it's the perfect time to bring Hudson News on board.

With our fuel costs rising fast, New Zealanders are now starting to think along the same lines as Europeans and are becoming more receptive to smaller, economical passenger cars and vehicles powered by thrifty diesel engines. It makes a lot of sense when you can save 40 per cent on your running costs compared to a larger petrol vehicle.

Unfortunately, because of privacy laws and for safety reasons, we can't disclose passenger information without permission from the passenger or without the involvement of authorities.

The reason we are doing these types of pat downs and using the advanced imagery technology is trying to take the latest intelligence and how we know al Qaeda and affiliates want to hurt us, they want to bring down whether it is passenger air craft or cargo aircraft.

Extending the passenger limit of the GDL law from six months to one year will help reduce injuries and deaths from teen crashes both by reducing the number of distractions for novice drivers and the number of potential crash victims.

This technology solution will improve the passenger experience at Atlanta airport by allowing travelers to use their mobile phones and data devices anywhere in the airport. The strong and reliable network offered by the in-building distributed antenna system makes the airport a premier launching pad for these next generation technologies.

This was a classic inside job, ... Their status gave them unrestricted access to international passenger and cargo flights.

You have to have a Class B Commercial Drivers License with a passenger restriction. That means the only thing you can drive is a bus.

The president is claiming that he needs Congressional authority to set higher fuel economy standards for passenger cars. In reality, like Dorothy in Oz, he has had this authority all along but refused to use it. When given the chance, this administration has time and time again failed to make meaningful improvements in fuel economy.

We do not know how the fire started. It broke out in the passenger accommodation. We don't know exactly where it started.

Everything from 1-year-old to 100-years-old - they all love it. Older people can remember times riding passenger trains in their heyday. And I've met very few little kids who don't love trains. Almost everyone has this magnetism for trains.

During this past year, passenger complaints were up 75 percent. In the first four months (of this year), they are up 115 percent over last year.

There's no net advantage for kids in SUVs than kids in passenger cars. I suspect that will run counter to most peoples' assumptions.

The work is not completed until the American people know that when they get on a passenger plane, ... it has a smoke detection and suppression systems,

It was a little tight for our 6-foot engineer, who was sitting in the passenger seat during the driving. And you should know that the rear seats don't fold down because that is where the high-voltage batteries are placed.

The suspect was most likely in the passenger seat of the vehicle at the time.

Right now we're still focused on the airline industry, which is doing well, but a part of the business we're looking seriously at is being able to handle passenger to business interior work to get involved in the business jet conversion market.

Public safety can be enhanced by passenger screening but police must not heighten tensions by targeting young men from ethnic minorities.

Our efforts have always been, and will continue to be, to make sure the driver ... and the passenger are not consuming the alcohol.

Delta is responding to strong passenger demand for convenient service to some of the country's most popular summer leisure markets like Anchorage, Bangor and Traverse City. Interest in visiting the breathtaking glaciers of Alaska, the Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor area of Bangor and the beaches and hiking and biking trails of Traverse City increases in the summer months and we are pleased to be offering our customers throughout the country easy one-stop connection opportunities through our hubs.

Delta is responding to strong passenger demand for convenient service to one of Canada's largest business and leisure markets. In addition, we are building on the success of our winter service to Bozeman by offering twice-weekly summer service to one of the fastest growing leisure destinations in the country. These two new destinations will benefit from the extensive connecting opportunities offered by Delta's Atlanta hub, including convenient connections to Latin America and Europe.

Delta employees continue to rise to the challenge every time something is asked of them, ... Delta employees know how important their job is and how every passenger matters.

Ants built a mound in the passenger side of my car. They built it over night, and I didn't even notice it until I was driving down the road and they began to swarm. I freaked out,

approached at a high rate of speed and then conducted activity that in itself was suspicious. There were individuals hanging outside with what looked to be a weapon. It stopped and immediately put itself in reverse. Again suspicious activity. Our soldiers on the scene used established rules of engagement and all the training received ... (and they) decided that it was appropriate to engage that particular car. And as a result of that the driver was indeed killed and the passenger was hurt by shards of glass.