[Politicians] - they'll give you everything you want to your face - and then, as you walk away, they'll shoot you in the back because it's fun to watch you die.

This is a nasty, rotten business.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

The airline business is fast-paced, high risk, and highly leveraged. It puts a premium on things I like to do. I think I communicate well. And I am very good at detail. I love detail.

If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat.

A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money.

[Politicians] - they'll give you everything you want to your face - and then, as you walk away, they'll shoot you in the back because it's fun to watch you die.