Gordon Bethune Quotes

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• You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.
• Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.
• 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…
• 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…
• It's not about market share. If you have a successful company, you will get your market share. But to get a successful company, what do…
• We're a stupid industry led by stupid people,
• But I like to think that a lot of managers and executives trying to solve problems miss the forest for the trees by forgetting to…
• The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you…
• We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.
• 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.
• 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,…
• You have to begin to put the infrastructure in place to put in high-speed trains...It should be a national priority. If the French can do…
• Since 1978 the record pretty well shows that no start-up airline . . . has really been successful, so the odds of JetBlue having long-term…
• 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 ...…
• 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?
• 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 not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.
• There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts and it only…
• 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 relevance…
• Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.

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