In the next 18 months we are likely to see more change than in the last 10 years combined. If we go to war with Iraq, it will spike fuel prices, scare the living daylights out of the traveling public... and be the kiss of death for airlines.

I was scheduled to go to Paris next week and I was really sweating it until yesterday when the conference was canceled. Yes, I'm in the business and I understand that the statistics are in your favor when you fly, but I'm just like everybody else -- I don't make decisions based on statistics.

Demand is falling further and faster than we ever thought it could.

If United were to slip into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and go out of business, the loss of this competitor would surely push up prices.

You need to ask yourself whether it is prudent to be traveling in the next couple of weeks and, if you do go, have a contingency plan for being stuck.

Typically, when you have an air disaster, travel falls off for a week or 10 days. This is mind-boggling on a number of levels.

Everything is going to happen pretty quickly for the airlines, ... We could be looking at a stampede to Chapter 11 in the next couple of weeks and possibly a total collapse of the entire industry.

This decision will put at significant risk the interests of the consumer, United Airlines' employees and the economy.