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"But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit."
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"In 1975 I decided that there was no future in flying (airline jobs were impossible to get, and who wants a job where you are judged only by seniority?) and headed off to grad school."
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"You've got to keep things flying."
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"Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified."
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"The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it."
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"It's difficult to do that internally, because you're flying five, six hours."
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"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
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"I could not claim them because I was not supposed to be flying in combat."
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"Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying."
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"I could have gone on flying through space forever."
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"As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me."
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"One of our most difficult realizations was that - in the course of two years - a connecting hub in St. Louis had gone from something we thought we needed to something we could no longer afford."
Thought
"These are times of unprecedented challenge and change in the airline industry, and the appointments we are announcing today will put American in an even stronger position to continue the substantial progress that has already been made under the tenets of our Turnaround Plan."
Change
"Our planes should be full, which among other things means we have a golden opportunity... to build on the momentum reflected in the financial results we are reporting today."
Opportunity
"We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations."
Finance
"I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage."
Business
"But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit."
Flying
"Just to cover the increase in fuel costs over the past two years, American would have had to raise fares nearly $75 per round-trip ticket. During this time period, our average fare increased by only $15."
Time
"Despite the painful changes we have had to make, we continue to believe in the St. Louis market. And we are hoping to add flights, in a careful way, as the economics of our business improve and the demands of the traveling public in St. Louis become clear."
Business
"The executive moves we are announcing today will strengthen American for the long-term future and reflect well on the depth of the Company's management team."
Management
"Markets that don't work we're going to step away from."
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