Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do you have to have? The same metrics of success that your customer does.

Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.

Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.

But I like to think that a lot of managers and executives trying to solve problems miss the forest for the trees by forgetting to look at their people -- not at how much more they can get from their people or how they can more effectively manage their people. I think they need to look a little more closely at what it's like for their people to come to work there every day.

You have to begin to put the infrastructure in place to put in high-speed trains...It should be a national priority. If the French can do it, why cant we?

We're a stupid industry led by stupid people.