Gordon Bethune Quotations

Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.

You're only as good as your dumbest competitor.

No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.

You have to begin to put the infrastructure in place to put in high-speed trains...It should be a national priority. If the French can do it, why cant we?

A bankruptcy judge can fix your balance sheet, but he cannot fix your company.

The substitute for knowledge is money.

It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.

In airplanes you have a choice between chocolate and vanilla. One year could be vanilla or it could be chocolate. I don't attach any relevance to which one.

We're a stupid industry led by stupid people,

The point is... you'd better figure out what your Customers - the Customers you want - value. Because that's what they'll buy. Anything else is a waste of their money, and they'll figure that out in a hurry.