American - Businessman | August 29, 1941 -
No one is going to stick their head out of the trenches for someone they don't respect or trust. You can get shot doing that.
Gordon Bethune
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I was a mechanic in the Navy. And mechanics in the Navy are like mechanics in airlines. You may have more stripes than I do, but you don't know how to fix the airplane.
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Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.
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You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.
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The guy in the airplane goes with you. So he has self-interest to do the good things, too, and I don't know of any pilots that don't have a self-interest in staying alive.
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We tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.
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There is no economy without airlines. Airfreight runs the world. There is no Honolulu without an airplane. This is a very complex system. If you take it down, you can't build it back up overnight.
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It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere.
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Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.
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I learned that you can be successful if you get people to help you become successful.
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It really helps to know what success is before you get there, and if you know, then you can head right for it. For some people, it's the most money. For some, it's the most power. For some, it's the most girlfriends. Everybody's got a measure. For me, I guess it's having the respect and admiration of your peers.
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Whether I'm at the hangar or at the airport or on an airplane, I get respect. And that's the best part of my day.
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