27 Quotes by John Martin

We would love to be the first airport to accommodate the A380. Physically, given the size of San Francisco versus the size of other cities in the U.S., we wouldn't necessarily be first on the list, but perhaps because of the readiness of our facility we can be.

When the entire policy for hiring people is put into (this) arena ... you're creating a golden employee who can't be disciplined or told what to do.

We have acquired property in Tyler with the thought of expanding our branch network there.

This was 100 percent human error; that's the most frustrating thing about it. There were multiple failures. There were several points where it could have been prevented.

We don't rely on a lot of shelters and fixed installations. The whole idea is to build this into several vehicles for each unit, so they can know what's over the next hill.

Dealers have got to start thinking about new markets. But we are not telling dealers who are going there that they are going to make a million dollars a day. We are saying that they have got to be prepared for a long haul.

As far as the extent of residential housing (that should go downtown), we missed the boat in 1997. The view taken since 1997, to push forward with the extent of housing that the city has done, has been absolutely correct and it'll be proved in the long run.

Aspen Simulation Workbook has enabled us to integrate Aspen Plus and Aspen FIHR(TM) with a third-party design program without the need to develop custom software. The project requires data to be repeatedly transferred between the three applications. Aspen Simulation Workbook allows us to connect them together with a simple, off-the-shelf solution that is easy to use and maintain.

The West Coast shutdown had a massive effect. As that occurred, other areas became important.