“This is an especially good time for you vacationers who plan to fly, because the Reagan administration, as part of the same policy under which it recently sold Yellowstone National Park to Wayne Newton, has "deregulated" the airline industry. What this means for you, the consumer, is that the airlines are no longer required to follow any rules whatsoever. They can show snuff movies. They can charge for oxygen. They can hire pilots right out of Vending Machine Refill Person School.” MeanPersonsShowsSchoolFunnyPlansPolicyIndustryMachinesAdministrationConsumersParksGood TimesAviationPilotsOxygenNewtonAirlineWayneNational ParksSnuffYellowstoneVending MachinesRefillsAirline Industry Author:Dave Barry
“Failure saves lives. In the airline industry, every time a plane crashes the probability of the next crash is lowered by that.” NextIndustryPlanesCrashProbabilityAirlineSave A LifePlane CrashesAirline Industry Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“What opened up the American West was the fact that you owned the real estate. You owned the gold mines, the oil wells. The creation of these, back then, million dollar industries drove the railroads and eventually the airlines to provide this kind of transportation.” WellsKindRealFactsMillionsCreationMinesIndustryGoldDollarsWestOilEstatesMillion DollarsAirlineTransportationRailroadsAmerican West Author:Peter Diamandis
“And [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels for the airline industry is there's only 1,700 pumps in the world that fill up the airlines.” WorldMeanIndustryExcitingSellsCleanFuelBreakthroughAirlinePumpsExciting ThingsAirline Industry Author:Richard Branson