39 Quotes by Gerald Grinstein

There is no painless way out of this,

need to preserve as much cash as possible.

On the one hand, I'm very confident about the future, but it is also important to see that this is a very fragile period for the company.

If we had fuel at the price it was three years ago, we would have had probably record operating profits in the first and second quarters of the year. That's how much fuel has impacted Delta.

If we had a work stoppage that had a substantial effect on our operations for 48 hours, they have the right to call the loans, and I think they would call them.

Given the critical nature of our financial situation, this provides much needed financial relief while we seek to reach a comprehensive agreement with ALPA. We greatly appreciate the additional sacrifices Delta employees - including our pilots - are making to help save the company. Working together, everyone's efforts are contributing to the operational progress and network improvements being made under the company's transformation plan.

If it needed emphasis, underline and exclamation point, Katrina did that,

I think the whole company gave it a good shot, ... But there were some things we just couldn't catch up with, and among those was fuel.

It is a situation where in a rational world, their interests are served better by not striking. They may say they are ready to follow the order to go on strike, but to be anxious to go out and strike is quite another thing altogether.