It is hard to kill an airline. They can limp along for years.

I think we can limp along through this hurricane season.

I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color.

If you choke an airline enough, you'll kill it. It's dangerous slowing operations when the company's in such a delicate position.

You tell people, 'I'm an orange badge at Microsoft,' and pretty much everybody in the tech industry knows exactly what that means. It's practically a subculture in Seattle.

You want to have the resources to hire the professionals you need and to service debt, make lease payments and put up cash collateral, as required to keep operating the business. And you need to pay vendors.