FAA has to shoulder the responsibility.

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Would not be a step forward. At best it would be a step sideways.

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There is a sense of airline financial relief fatigue among members, who feel that we have already rushed to the well on their behalf with post-Sept. 11 support and it's now up to them.

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If we elevate security without addressing the industry's liquidity, there will be no aircraft for the public to board.

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If you make a comment like that, those words have consequences. People take note of someone saying something like that, and you have to substantiate those remarks. She didn't.

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Without direct financial intervention by the federal government we could soon see the financial liquidation of the airline industry, ... That is a very serious problem.  Aviation represents 10 percent of our gross domestic product. That's $700 billion dollars of a $7 trillion economy and the underpinning of mobility on which our whole economy depends.

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This nation has been at war, ... Airlines are the front line of that war. We wouldn't think of contracting out our army to protect us against an open foreign invasion. We shouldn't think of contracting out responsibility of defending the internal United States against covert attacks.

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We cannot legislate good judgment into the minds and hearts and souls of pilots, but we can erect some strong barriers.

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This merger and the others that follow will mean fewer choices - due to reduced competition, higher fares and likely, a serious deterioration in service, I am very skeptical that the merger of these two 'customer service-challenged,' organizations will improve this already dismal situation.

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