Gordon Bethune's Profile
Brief about Gordon Bethune: By info that we know Gordon Bethune was born at 1941-08-29. And also Gordon Bethune is American Businessman.
Some Gordon Bethune's quotes. Goto "Gordon Bethune's quotation" section for more.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.
Tags: Build, Economy, SystemWhen you actually take the time to go over to somebody's office and personally thank them - whether their office is in a cockpit of an airplane, or in a break room - that's an actual manifestation of interest in them. You need to take the time to show the people around you who work for you that you're interested in them.
Tags: Show, Time, WorkA bankruptcy judge can fix your balance sheet, but he cannot fix your company.
Tags: Balance, Cannot, JudgeEvery pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.
Tags: Best, Pilot, ThinksI just want to be able to get on an airplane and enjoy myself in Disneyland, not sit there worrying about all these assassins.
Tags: Able, Enjoy, SitI learned that you can be successful if you get people to help you become successful.
Tags: Help, Learned, SuccessfulIf you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.
Tags: Sense, Three, VoteIt all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.
Tags: Almost, Change, FactIt's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere.
Tags: Difficult, Everybody, PerfectIt's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.
Tags: Eat, Nobody, OldMost businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.
Tags: Fail, Results, WrongNo 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.
Tags: Respect, Someone, TrustThe substitute for knowledge is money.
Tags: Knowledge, Money, SubstituteWe tax air passengers like cigarettes and alcohol - we impose sin taxes on travellers.
Tags: Air, Alcohol, TaxWhether 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.
Tags: Best, Respect, WhetherYou don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.
Tags: Doctor, Employees, LieYou're only as good as your dumbest competitor.
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