Terry Trippler
Terry Trippler
definitely management power shifted
I think the power has definitely shifted to management and I think it is going to be this way for many years to come.
carriers
I think some of these carriers can still make it,
airline deserves determined fought group succeed survivors wrote
I was wrong, ... I wrote them off. But this is why they are the most determined group of survivors I have ever seen. -- This airline deserves to succeed because they fought back.
headed hit northwest paul plane reality return
If a Northwest plane headed to Minot has to return to Minneapolis-St. Paul and an American plane has to return to Dallas, which one will hit the (local) news? That's the reality Northwest has to handle.
company foolish gets hurts people
I would be foolish to say there aren't people who are booking away because of the rhetoric. As it gets louder, it hurts the company more.
airline
I think we have the makings of the airline of the future,
advance book bought hard mainly patient people pushing tickets willing
Right now people are willing to be patient mainly because most of them already bought their tickets. But if this drags on, it's hard for me to see people pushing each other out of the way to book advance tickets on Northwest.
clients extra pay
We have clients who are very finicky about their seats. I think they'll pay that extra $15.
best cold gets hard
Who gets the best deal? You know, there is no hard cold result.
delta hesitant protection seek
That Delta attitude, it's been there a long time, it's what made them great, and its what made them hesitant to seek protection long ago.
grandma planning
When Americans get their vacation, they're going. If they're going to see Grandma and they're planning to see Grandma, $100 is not going to keep them home.
fly fuel kidding
If they think they can fly through this (high fuel costs) they're kidding themselves.
call ready
You have to give it to Northwest. They're flying, AMFA's not working, ... I'm not ready to call it yet, but, boy, it's getting close.
forget happening market page plane pull route saw seeing starting success
You are seeing things happening you never saw before, ... are now starting to take a page out of the success of low-cost carriers. Forget market share. If a plane or route is not making money, 'we will pull it.'