People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.

When you do consolidation, you get rid of flying and you get rid of routes.

The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I'm out of the office, which is a lot.

Even though Brazil has been up and down and had some difficulties, it's still a very big country, and a very important country. It's got the fourth largest domestic market in the world.

And you've got to remember that I'm also the father of nine children.

I just don't think it's good public policy to tax fuel. It's kind of silly. It stops people from traveling and actually costs the economy more money than what you gain in the taxes.

Fares are higher [and] people don't travel as much. If they don't do that, it doesn't have the trickle down effect into the economy and the other sectors.