Jon Austin

It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but read more

It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but in our judgment they're also necessary if the airline is going to survive. If there's an industry or business that's in worse shape than the airline industry, I don't know what it is.

Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to read more

Our two networks are so dissimilar because they overlap in so few places that this is not really going to affect any one service.

I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have read more

I'm not going to play games about who's going to call who, but clearly these guys walked out. They have to walk back in.

When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers.

When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers.

We are enforcing the provisions of the contract we signed with our pilot employees when they joined the company.

We are enforcing the provisions of the contract we signed with our pilot employees when they joined the company.