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?

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?

I was a mechanic in the Navy. And mechanics in the Navy are like mechanics in airlines. You may have more stripes than I do, but you don't know how to fix the airplane.

It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out?

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.

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.