33 Quotes by Paul Nisbet

It must be in the military side. I think there's some profit-taking going on.

The airlines have gone after the delivery slots at the same time like lemmings. It's pushed the industry to what looks like an order peak and makes it not likely to be repeated any time soon.

They (defense stocks) are above normal prices, but that is based on above-normal expectations. If those expectations are dashed by one or two companies, they are certainly going to feel it in their stock prices.

They (defense companies) are beginning to settle down in their operations at a much higher level than they were three or four years ago as they become much more efficient. What we are seeing now is some fear (of budget cuts) being dissipated by the strong performance.

They'll pay whatever they have to get it. They obviously see a good strong market there, perhaps associated with homeland security.

There undoubtedly are airlines out there that would prefer not to take the huge step to the A380 but want something better than what they already have,

After the huge orders that were placed in December, I think it's quite reasonable to expect that there would be a shortage of them in January.

I'm sure that this is one of the things that has been thought through by Northrop, and probably the reason they hesitated so long.

If you aren't coming up with enough of an improvement in performance, there's really no reason to proceed with it.