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I like that they call it an airplane cabin. A cabin is where you go to get away from stress. The cabin is a respite from the terminals on either end of the flight where noise bombards you as soon as you walk through the gate.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

When you get into an airplane by yourself and take off, you find yourself in this lovely, three-dimensional world where you can go in any direction. There is no feeling any more exciting than that.

It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

People think that at the top there isn't much room. They tend to think of it as an Everest. My message is that there is tons of room at the top.

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.

When a man has seen the aerodynamic shape of a Caravelle jet at an airport, he doesn't need aerodynamic furniture.

Bigger airplanes, with two aisles instead of one, provide a better experience overall, and I think it's more comfortable.

I used to fly airplanes myself, so being above the ground doesn't worry me too much.