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People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference.
Seat assignment didn’t matter if you’re flying Dallas to Houston and you did it 38 times a day. People just got on, you didn’t sit next to your wife, and it was a 45-minute flight. It didn’t matter.
I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.
I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It’s a little bit phantom money.
Value will always be on top of everyone’s lists now, right along with safety.
Be it $15 million here and $11 million there, it takes hundreds of millions to be successful in this business.
It’s so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.
We’re reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.
This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control.
A lot of airlines have come and gone.
I also really like getting to know our crew members better.
Our people get profit-sharing checks. I got a report the other day that says that 84 percent of our people participate in our stock purchase program, where they can buy stock at a 15 percent discount.
We don’t want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members’ best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage.
Of course, we should all be aware of what we’re packing in our carry-on luggage – anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.
I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don’t feel like ADD has impaired my ability.