34 Quotes by Ray Neidl

Right now, I still believe in the story of Alaska Airlines,

From what the union leader said, they don't want a strike either. I still have high hopes.

Fuel prices are up, and to a large extent we're being driven by fuel prices.

He has been pretty active with these emergency boards, ... If there is a strike, I think it's highly probable it will be short. If there is no intervention, I think it could drag out for the weekend. At this point I'm assuming logic would prevail, it wouldn't go on much longer than that.

Hurricane Katrina was probably the last straw. Nobody could have predicted 60-dollar, 70-dollar-a-barrel oil.

It is good for Continental and good for the flight attendants. Continental got the cost structure it needs. That is what the company needs to make it.

I think it's pretty risky what they're doing. I'm a real fence sitter here -- I'm real skeptical you can run a low cost carrier using regional jets.

I think that's what they'd want to do, and that's why they're all rushing.

Long-term to me, ... is a year in this business. If we're going to have a recession, you should probably lighten up on your airlines, because they're still cyclical. But there has been a lot of restructuring in the airlines, the way they run their business. I think they will come through the next recession.