This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss.

However, the economics of our business continued to deteriorate. We barely escaped bankruptcy a year ago, and in the aftermath of that escape we had to make some even tougher decisions.

The executive moves we are announcing today will strengthen American for the long-term future and reflect well on the depth of the Company's management team.

At American Airlines, we have built a business around the love of travel that has lasted three quarters of a century. And I'm pretty sure we're just getting started.

I think in just about any business the low cost competitor is always going to have an advantage.

But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

We have, unlike many of our competitors, continued to meet our various financial obligations.

We need to take excellent care of our customers, and do so at a profit.

Accept changes but be persistent with the process.

You are the only miracle that I have no doubt.

I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

I'd like to do one of those jumps they do in the movies; in a car, over a bridge, in the air with a huge explosion. It would be a final moment of entertainment.

You really don't put a value on your first win, it is priceless no matter where you are.

Gratitude is the antidote to bitterness and resentment.

I would like a nice, powerful, mind-altering substance. Preferably one that will make my unborn children grow gills.

You never want to make a "message movie," but you always want to be talking about something that you care about.

It's a dismally lonely business, writing.