I've never invested in any airline. I'm an airline manager. I don't invest in airlines. And I always said to the employees of American, 'This is not …

- Robert Crandall

If you want to travel on the airline system, you give up your privacy. If you want your privacy, don't fly. Flying is voluntary.

- Robert Crandall

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

- Robert Crandall

A lot of people came into the airline business. Most of them promptly exited, minus their money.

- Robert Crandall

I've said many times that I'd be thrilled to sell the airline to the employees and our guys said no, we'll take all the money, anyway.

- Robert Crandall

This is a nasty, rotten business.

- Robert Crandall

If the pilots were in charge, Columbus would still be in port. They believe the assertion that the world is flat.

- Robert Crandall

The airline business is fast-paced, high risk, and highly leveraged. It puts a premium on things I like to do. I think I communicate well. And I am v…

- Robert Crandall

[Politicians] - they'll give you everything you want to your face - and then, as you walk away, they'll shoot you in the back because it's fun to wat…

- Robert Crandall