The business is moving into this part of the world and our job is to provide people who travel in our network with access to regions where their businesses are growing.

They have decided to make their business profitable rather than being a cost to the company. The idea is to change the mentality of the mechanic group to become a revenue generating business unit.

Any top corporate entity wants to see the overall network capability they get by giving business to an air carrier.

This is also about niche marketing. There is business in the United States. If everybody moves out their heavy maintenance, when somebody needs it immediately, you can charge a good price.

Each fleet type, with one captain retiring, could mean millions of dollars in just training the next person to cover it.

It is equally safe and equally reliable, but it is half the fuel we consume when pushing the airplane out of the gate.