Since 1978 the record pretty well shows that no start-up airline . . . has really been successful, so the odds of JetBlue having long-term success are remote. I'm not going to say it can't happen because stranger things have happened, but I personally believe P.T. Barnum was, in that respect, correct.

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.

You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.

Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

The first step to problem solving is figuring out who's got the problem.

I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.

We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.