David Neeleman Quotes

• What you can’t buy is the loyalty that comes through our dedicated crewmembers.

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• We’re reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.

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• We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we’ve added some extras that people aren’t used to finding on Southwest.

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• We don’t want a third party who may or may not have our best interests in mind or our crew members’ best interests in mind because they may be serving a union of one of our competitors. They are trying to equalize us and take away our competitive advantage.

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• We are just interested in dealing with the people we’re paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.

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• Value will always be on top of everyone’s lists now, right along with safety.

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• This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control.

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• The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I’m out of the office, which is a lot.

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• Seat assignment didn’t matter if you’re flying Dallas to Houston and you did it 38 times a day. People just got on, you didn’t sit next to your wife, and it was a 45-minute flight. It didn’t matter.

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• People were desperately trying to fill their seats for the summer. And so prices are really low right now. And so they are kept from raising prices to make up for that difference.

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• Our people get profit-sharing checks. I got a report the other day that says that 84 percent of our people participate in our stock purchase program, where they can buy stock at a 15 percent discount.

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• Of course, we should all be aware of what we’re packing in our carry-on luggage – anything that might be considered dangerous could be confiscated at a security checkpoint.

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• Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD – the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

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• It’s so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.

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• I’m always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must.

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• I think they got caught up in how much money they could get from each of the city governments as far as tax rebates. But that stuff works when you make money. It’s a little bit phantom money.

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• I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.

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• I believe the public’s confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers.

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• I also really like getting to know our crew members better.

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• I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don’t feel like ADD has impaired my ability.

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David Neeleman (25)

Birth:	16th October, 1959
Nationality:	American, Brazilian
Profession:	Entrepreneur

About

David G. Neeleman was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He is a Brazilian-American entrepreneur who has founded four commercial airlines, Morris Air, Westjet, JetBlue Airways and Azul Brazilian Airlines. As the CEO of JetBlue Airways, his 2002 salary was $200,000 with a bonus of $90,000. Neeleman donated his entire salary to the JetBlue Crewmember Crisis Fund, which was established for JetBlue employees who had fallen on hard times.

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