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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We've got fuel prices coming down and good travel numbers coming out, so it's not surprising airline stocks are going up.
Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular.
Our goal is not to produce immediate results. We've been tasked with producing long-term results. That means that there's more risk in any individual thing we take on. But we still aspire to a strong return on investment.
We make a series of investments, some will pan out and some won't.
We have the fact we sell out every week to 67,500 and hopefully 75,000 in the future. We have a lot of assets.
First, we have to lower our costs to levels that are more competitive. This will prevent the lower-cost airlines from pushing us out of the markets we want to serve. We've made great progress on this front, but we need to keep pushing.
Aircraft are always going to be something that terrorists are interested in because you bring down an airliner, you have drawn the world's attention.
The strength in our third-quarter financial results is cause for excitement. I'm particularly pleased that we continue to demonstrate impressive growth at the same time we are engaged in important merger discussions.
It is well to fetter the wings of our fancy and restrain its flights.
To send our troops, our ships, our planes to this war is ridiculous.