It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap,… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
It's like telling Mozart that there are too many notes in an opera. Which one do you want us to take out? — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
I was a mechanic in the Navy. And mechanics in the Navy are like mechanics in airlines. You may have more stripes… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
In airplanes you have a choice between chocolate and vanilla. One year could be vanilla or it could be chocolate. I don't… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane.… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
I don't think JetBlue has a better chance of being profitable than 100 other predecessors with new airplanes, new employees, low fares,… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
Since 1978 the record pretty well shows that no start-up airline . . . has really been successful, so the odds of… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share Image
It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
I don't think JetBlue has a better chance of being profitable than 100 other predecessors with new airplanes, new employees, low fares, all touchy-feely… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
But I like to think that a lot of managers and executives trying to solve problems miss the forest for the trees by forgetting… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
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… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
In airplanes you have a choice between chocolate and vanilla. One year could be vanilla or it could be chocolate. I don't attach any… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
I just want to be able to get on an airplane and enjoy myself in Disneyland, not sit there worrying about all these assassins. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
The point is... you'd better figure out what your Customers - the Customers you want - value. Because that's what they'll buy. Anything else… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
It really helps to know what success is before you get there, and if you know, then you can head right for it. For… — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
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. — Gordon Bethune Copy Share
