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Gordon Bethune
American
Businessman
Born:
Aug 29
,
1941
Airplane
Business
Get
People
World
You
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Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.
Gordon Bethune
You
Jewelry
Men
Unless
Wear
Only
Watches
I've spent my life as an airplane mechanic, pilot, aircraft manufacturer and airline CEO who never lost a life or an airplane. I am considerate of the risk we take every time we fly. I also know we need to fly and always to improve safety.
Gordon Bethune
Life
Time
Safety
Pilot
Mechanic
Fly
My Life
Lost
Every
Every Time
Considerate
Aircraft
Spent
Airline
Airplane
Risk
Take
Never
Know
Also
Always
Am
Improve
CEO
Manufacturer
Who
Need
You're only as good as your dumbest competitor.
Gordon Bethune
Good
You
Competitor
Only
Dumbest
Your
It'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.
Gordon Bethune
You
Old
Fly
Will
Airline
Eat
Cheap
Nobody
Make
Old Adage
Pizza
Adage
I learned that you can be successful if you get people to help you become successful.
Gordon Bethune
You
People
Become
Learned
Get
Successful
Help
It all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.
Gordon Bethune
Change
Culture
Corporate
Way
Silly
Only
Fact
Almost
Sounds
Just
You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.
Gordon Bethune
You
Lie
Doctor
Employees
Own
Attorney
Your
I just want to be able to get on an airplane and enjoy myself in Disneyland, not sit there worrying about all these assassins.
Gordon Bethune
Myself
Sit
Enjoy
Worrying
Airplane
Able
About
Get
Just
Want
Disneyland
Assassins
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.
Gordon Bethune
You
World
Build
Down
Honolulu
Back
Back Up
Airlines
Complex
Airplane
Complex System
System
Runs
Take
Economy
Without
Overnight
Up
Very
It's difficult to have everybody like everything you do. I don't know anybody that's perfect and doesn't have a zit somewhere.
Gordon Bethune
You
Somewhere
Difficult
Everybody
Everything
Perfect
Like
Know
Anybody
Grounding airplanes to cover your butt would never have let Orville or Wilbur change the world. We would still be spending weeks to cross the Atlantic to do business in London.
Gordon Bethune
Business
Change
World
Change The World
Spending
Airplane
Would
Atlantic
London
Cross
Weeks
Never
Still
Cover
Your
Grounding
Butt
A bankruptcy judge can fix your balance sheet, but he cannot fix your company.
Gordon Bethune
Business
Balance
Judge
He
Sheet
Fix
Bankruptcy
Cannot
Your
Company
The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you every day.
Gordon Bethune
Day
You
Business
Every Day
World
Fighting
Every
Airline
Run
Consumed
Over
Sport
Opponents
Biggest
Your
Team
Team Sport
Among
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