The fuel was a little higher than expected, but the revenue was a little higher as well,

You want to keep assets in place for when you have a recovery. By the time you're in a recession, you have to be making plans for the recovery. It's not like a factory where you can just lock and then reopen the door. There's a lag effect.

Air travel is usually one of the first big hits of a slowing economy, but these guys don't believe the economy is slowing. It's only going to be a good quarter.

In the long term, we believe Republic will be one of the major players in the regional airline market. We think that Republic has the scale and financial capacity necessary to continue to aggressively expand.

If your employees are disgruntled they can still do damage to you, no matter what the court orders. But all of this is going to make it harder for United to win back its good business customers, which they've been trying to do.

If there's a bright light for the company, I'm sure management will try to be turning it on, but I don't see it.

If the recent spike in oil prices sticks, it could also impact demand for air travel through a decline in consumer buying power and confidence.

If not, we have trouble in River City, ... You wouldn't want Bush to step in right away -- you'd hope you go back and see if there's something that can be changed to win approval. It's never good to have a contract imposed.

They've stated openly that they are trying to maximize profits out of that hub, so it would only go to figure.

The US Airways route system fits very nicely with the United Airlines system. If this deal goes through, it would turn the airline industry on its head.