“I think some of these carriers can still make it,”
Terry Trippler
“[Better terms. Contracts with steep termination fees are another barrier to dumping a carrier. Carriers could initially roll out longer contracts with higher termination fees, but may compete over the long run by offering fewer binding contracts.] It's going to be hard for carriers to stick with a system that punishes consumers, ... Consumers just won't accept that.”
Adam Goldberg
“For a small carrier, the thing that might be good with rate regulation is that it prevents larger carriers from undercutting and provides us a way to remain competitive in the marketplace. A lot of carriers don't like it because it's an inconvenience and costly, but if you look at it from a consumer's standpoint we have to be able to justify our rates to our consumers and that's the bottom line.”
Howard Lee
“I think it makes sense to see some mergers. The competitive advantage seems to be with the low-cost carriers.”
Joel Denney
“The bankruptcy court doesn't think TWA is viable as a stand-alone carrier and neither do I. It would need a massive infusion of capital, it'd need a completely new game plan, and it'd need massive concessions from labor, which it's not going to get.”
Ray Neidl
“The bankruptcy court doesn't think TWA is viable as a stand-alone carrier and neither do I, ... It would need a massive infusion of capital, it'd need a completely new game plan, and it'd need massive concessions from labor, which it's not going to get.”
“I think that most of the major carriers should be able to avoid [bankruptcy] if things start to improve in the first half of the year. If a period of time goes by with no more terrorist events, I would say sometime in 2003 the industry could return to profitability.”
Jim Corridore
