Peter Fiske Quotations

Sixty percent temporarily is better than the judge coming along and imposing 100% of the $195 million permanently.

We're always excited at the prospect of somebody new coming in -- a 'white knight' or somebody who might take a different approach with regard to labor -- anybody that's possibly going to take a less adversarial approach. We're always optimistic. But again, we're not going to get overly excited because we'll just wait and see how it all plays out.

We recognize it's painful and devastating to our members, and couldn't come at a more worse time, however we do not want our future in the hands of the bankruptcy court.

We will continue to bargain. But we now have our work cut out for us. But, at least we now know what we're dealing with.

The recalls were part of their contingency plan. Now, they're kicking these people back to the curb.

The recalls were part of their contingency plan,

We were left with no choice. This doesn't give our membership much time to prepare. It's all happening very fast. What else can we say but this is a horrible time and membership should prepare their finances.

We don't think the judge will impose new conditions on us. I think the judge sees things getting closer. It's possible bargaining could go on for another week.

We think it's highly inappropriate that they would announce a raid at this time that we are going through contract negotiations,

Flight attendants are trained to evacuate within 90 seconds -- all passengers off. It's been tested, it's been drilled. Obviously something went right with this crew.

no reason to believe these allegations are true.