No cactus.
He did not say that the earnings for the rest of the year would be flat for the industry, perhaps for U, but not the entire industry. If you heard him say that recently, than the guy is dumber than I thought. Most of the airlines are reporting profits. The industry is recovering, their stock is rising congruent with earnings. The average price in 2006 for fuel was $68...the company reported $500 million. If the company can't sustain themselves with some increase in fuel, than they haven't utilized the $3 billion in cost savings achieved from BK, and do not have a consistant product that the customers will pay for and fly.
He was on CNBC this morning.His excuse for a modest profit this quarter had to do with merger issues. He gave a poor presentation, no enthusiasm, and didn't seize the moment to exude confidence as a CEO or get investors excited about the company's prospects.
His 5 minutes of Hollywood were summed up with basically speaking to the failed DELTA acquisition and that he felt that their reorganization plan for DELTA was better than DELTA's regoranization plan to move what would have been a consolidated company forward.However, the investors thought otherwise.
He was asked questions about the current merger, and that the company had some issues with transfering reservation systems, that caused some frustrations for customers. They have hired over 1,000 more employees, improved the kios machines and look to improve with these additons. He was asked about his drunk episode and how his one day in prison went. He responded that it was an awakening experience and that it would never happen again. He said that from many people who responded to him about his experience made THEM more cognizant of their own behavior and risks, and he felt that through his experience many others have learned from it and that's a positive thing....LOL...what a response. Not convincing.
So... the stock went down a couple of points from his interview alone... Closed $39 bucks.
I think wall street investors view him as many employees do... :down:
Quite frankly, the BOD needs to look for a new CEO...just my humble opinion.