Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Every airline pilot who has ever worked for a bankrupt airline or seen their carrier go out of business can empathize with the employees at Aloha. It's never their fault, but it's always the employees who suffer most when an airline goes away. Aloha has a proud history and their people deserve better than this."

Source: Captain Eric Sampson, Chairman of the Hawaiian Airlines unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, commenting on efforts by ALPA-represented pilots at soon-to-be-defunct Aloha Airlines to keep the bankrupt carrier alive following its termination of most flight operations March 31.

FMI: www.alohaairlines.com, www.alpa.org