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I spent my entire childhood living abroad because of my father's occupation, so we were on long-haul flights all the time.

I love traveling, but I hate planes.

I fly my own airplane, and I have since 1960. I rarely fly anywhere other than my own airplane.

I grew up kind of self-supported, that kind of environment, because my parents both worked for airlines.

When I go on the plane to fly home, I'm literally capable of forgetting what I do for a job. That also comes about because I choose to take massive breaks between projects, and because I choose to do this ridiculous thing of keeping home, home.

The airplane has had a big impact on my life.

I tell my employees that we're in the service business, and it's incidental that we fly airplanes.

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 of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.

I've always been able to keep my private life separate from my business.

My professional life has nothing to do with my personal life and vice versa.