Michael Roach Quotations

Unfortunately, Middle Eastern people are going to be approached more often than not,

I can't imagine what it would take to lure someone who is obviously qualified to be the chief financial officer of a $20 billion corporation. I have to believe they have people inside who are fully qualified to do the job.

Katrina and oil prices are simply the straw that broke the camel's back. Delta was going to file anyway. And Northwest was playing chicken with its unions. It seems to me they didn't do nearly enough and waited much too long. They thought they could just ride it out. But the rise in oil prices upset everyone's plans.

I see no rush to beat the latest bankruptcy law deadline.

Perhaps the number is around 50 or 60 in Australia that are working in separate cells, ... The threat is real. It's a matter of when this (an attack) will happen.

They are coming out with costs too high. They are going after the premium customer, and they believe they can get it. If they don't get the revenue, they are in deep trouble.

It's a combination of reacting to lower volume of work and providing the work at a lower cost location and therefore at a lower price.

The big thing you can do in Chapter 11 is stiff your creditors and get rid of all the airplanes you don't want and force employees to accept givebacks.

But if that person has nothing to fear, nothing to hide, and is just being approached politely, that person by rights should not be concerned.

Chad is basically a kid who has all of the material that you need to be a star.

I don't see anything bad happening to Florida at all. We may not know who will be serving Florida in 10 years, but it will be served.

The loss of a CFO shouldn't be a big deal.