I think it's become an economic necessity for people to be able to learn and grow throughout their lives, because most people can't get through their entire career with one skill set. We have to keep reinventing ourselves.

Each generation of pilots hopes that they will leave their profession better off than they found it.

One of the things I teach my children is that I have always invested in myself, and I have never stopped learning, never stopped growing.

I've missed half or two-thirds of my children's lives.

You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.

We have made flying so cheap, I'm afraid we are going to make it cheap at any cost.

That's what we're trained to do.