Aircraft Quote by Gordon Bethune

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

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

It's not a testosterone-driven industry any longer. Success is making money, not in the size of the airline.

— Gordon Bethune

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

You're only as good as your dumbest competitor.

— Gordon Bethune

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

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

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

We're a stupid industry led by stupid people,

— Gordon Bethune

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

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

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

— Gordon Bethune