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

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

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

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.

There's simply no substitute for experience in terms of aviation safety.

My mother was a first-grade teacher, so I credit her with this lifelong intellectual curiosity I have, and love of reading and learning.

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.