Chris Chiames Quotations

Frankly, we aren't quite sure what it is going to take to please the pilots,

Our preference is to reach a resolution with the pilots directly and not involve outside parties.

We know that the aircraft broke into several pieces and there was a fire at the rear part of the aircraft,

We're gratified with the judge's order but clearly disappointed it has come to this. A majority of our pilots are doing their jobs and we hope the rest come back real soon.

What we heard from the union negotiating team as well as individual pilots is that they didn't like the stock options part of the wage package. They are concerned about bottom line take-home pay. They didn't see that stock options helped them with that. We tried to address that concern by rearranging the deal, adding more of a structural wage increase in the package in exchange for the stock options.

We feel that we're in a good position, that this will make us a stronger airline, ... We'll be able to clean up our financial status with regard to balance sheets and aircraft that are too expensive to fly, and emerge as a stronger, more viable competitor on the East Coast, where most of our flights are operating.

At no point did we undercut fares. We matched, not undercut, fares.

They are trying to block this (alliance) for their own competitive interests, and have done a fairly good job in distracting people.