Mike Boyd Quotations

United didn't miss a beat when Atlantic pulled 80 jets right out from under them.

Unions don't give in easily. It's going to be ugly, and Parker can't do much about it but negotiate with the winner.

We failed in the handling of this call. I can't describe it in any other way.

I would be very surprised if they did not emerge in the next six months. But they've had a lot of misfires, and if they were better focused at the top they'd be out by now. They can get out, but if they don't do it with new management they'll be back in if they're not careful.

I have long known throughout my days in policing about the progressive, international reputation of the Edmonton Police Service. For me, this is where it is likely to happen, where a progressive police culture is part of the culture.

For me, the time is now, the place is Edmonton,

If those people making the calendar are ticked off, they have a reason.

If Southwest decides to put a moderate operation into and out of Charlotte, thats going to be a real fight for this entity going forward,

He was a big believer in the cause of democracy, in public participation,

It doesn't mean there's going to be a strike, it just means that they've maintained some of their clout at the bargaining table. This is a usual part of the negotiations.

We had to stop the run, keep (David) Johnson contained and not let them hit the long bomb. Today, it went well. The way I look at it, we're 4-0 and two more wins we're in the state playoffs. If we keep winning we'll make the Prep Bowl, but I don't look forward to playing them again.

To do this is nickel-and-diming. People will end up bypassing the skycap altogether and going to the ticket counter, or they'll book tickets on another airline.

US Air has still got some severe revenue problems, ... Unlike say Northwest, who only had one or two areas of cost problems . . . US Air has a lot of them.

There's no advantage to this at any airport. It doesn't speed anything up and people would pay $80 for the same security they get now. There's no better security. It's just a lot of smoke and mirrors.

There will be screaming and yelling and gnashing of teeth, but at the end of the day it will probably get approved. They know what's at stake.

Ten minutes and we didn't get anything. That hurt. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense, and we did a good job of taking them out of theirs. It was an old-fashioned defensive struggle.

Southwest is taking on two entrenched carriers that have low costs and a full service product, ... And it is not a cheap airport.

You're not too far off. You're on the money,

You might be paying more in prime time for some prime destinations.

This is a whole new world for Southwest. They have to react, to go to markets they never dreamed of before. Southwest is now a carnivore. They have to go into other people's hubs because that's where the traffic is.

This is not like a normal negotiation - the company set the bottom line, and that was it.

They're here as much as we (the teachers) are, and you have to be in today's world.

(It's) all with the intention of being more transparent.

It's like monkey see, monkey bad. People say customer service is bad, so people just repeat that.

The objective should be to make money and survive, not to be the biggest airline on the planet. With the low-fare market, they can make money. And with charters, no one has more experience with charters than ATA.

The airline industry is tolerating this and letting it go,

That scraping sound may not be an iceberg after all,

Their pay won't be what it used to be.

If there's a morale problem at United Airlines, the employees aren't telling people about it. Their service is at the cutting edge of excellence.

In the airline business, cash is like blood - you run out, you die.

If the (Melbourne) airport didn't do this, they'd be remiss.

He basically taught me to be good at what I did,

You can't operate a global airline like that,

The cut you're proposing isn't a paper cut, it's a guillotine.

The economy is so strong and the airplanes are full, so that gives the industry some leeway to raise prices.

The city is smart to do this. It certainly makes a lot of sense. And dumping the regional jet facility is a good move for everybody. Regional jets are yesterday's airplanes.

The day of the regional jet is over, in terms of demand. They can't make money.

The level of compensation is outrageous when you look at the sacrifices United employees made.

The linchpin in the value of what was US Airways is Charlotte,