Maybe that speech is when Gekko decided to gut the company. "Why do you have to break up this company?" "Because it's breakable! When I heard your pitch on competing with the majors I changed my mind!"
I have always thought the same thing. This was a 'plan"? It sounded like common sense & not even very common.
Increase advertising? What, with those 20% pay cuts? Expand terminals & routes? And computerize? Any first year college student (or less) could have come up with this crap.
6. all planes are going to have functional landing gears, if we're going after the majors folks, we're gunna have to be able to land safely! each and every time! 7. our pilots will bathe within 24 hours of each flight. no one likes a stinky captain people!
I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!
10. we're teaming up with malaysia airlines! they may lose their planes, but with us? they will find their groove! now we're really going after the majors!