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Gerard Arpey

"Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business."

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"Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business."

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"The ultimate profit of all businesses should be happiness."

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"16th century advertisements cannot market 21st century products. Look for what is necessary at the present moment."

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"If you have ever experienced this type of unprofessional treatment, I doubt you would even consider giving them business in the future. Interrupting, ignoring, patronizing, or antagonizing a customer is like pouring gas on a fire and creates a more explosive situation than the original complaint. Still, it continues to happen every day, costing companies millions in lost revenue."

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"My grandfather had a paint store. It's what put my mom through college. Small business is part of my family history."

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"Every experiment, by multitudes or by individuals, that has a sensual and selfish aim, will fail."

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"For official record, if become bankrupt old retail distribution centers-labeled supermega, so-enlarged foodstuff market- later reincarnate to become worship shrine. First sell food-stuff, next then same structure sell battered furnitures, next now born as gymnasium club, next broker flea markets, only at final end of life...sell religions."

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"Agile does not mean laissez-faire, flexibility and freedom are based on the well-defined principles."

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"Redundancy is my favourite business strategy."

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"In the business people with expertise, experience and evidence will make more profitable decisions than people with instinct, intuition and imagination."

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"Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves."

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Gerard Arpey
"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."

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Gerard Arpey
"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."

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Gerard Arpey
"We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations."

Finance

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Gerard Arpey
"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

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Gerard Arpey
"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

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Gerard Arpey
"Markets that don't work we're going to step away from."

Work

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Gerard Arpey
"We need to take excellent care of our customers, and do so at a profit."

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Gerard Arpey
"But I definitely see us playing a major role in St. Louis in the years to come. We already provide service to 95 percent of the markets St. Louis travelers visit the most. And we're adding capacity in some of the most important markets."

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Gerard Arpey
"Our Fly Smart philosophy is about investing only on those points of differentiation that pay for themselves, that earn a revenue premium commensurate with what it costs us to provide that product or service."

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Gerard Arpey
"This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss."

Friendship

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