David Neeleman Quotes

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• You don’t have to spend a jillion dollars on advertising to get your word out. What matters is that customers have a good experience with your product at every single point of contact.

  David Neeleman

  What Matters, Dollars, Advertising

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• The Blackberry is really essential for keeping up on my emails when I'm out of the office, which is a lot.

  David Neeleman

  Office, Email, Essentials

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• Never, ever forget that you are a servant.

  David Neeleman

  Forget, Servant

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• It's so important to experience what your customers are experiencing and listen to their suggestions.

  David Neeleman

  Important, Suggestions, Customers

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• People do a better job if they respect the leader of the company. I learned that on my mission - the value of people and how to truly appreciate them.

  David Neeleman

  Jobs, People, Appreciate

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• In the midst of all the chaos swirling through your brain, all the disorganization and impulsiveness, the condition (ADHD) also seems to trigger a certain kind of creativity.

  David Neeleman

  Creativity, Brain, Chaos

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• Trust strikes at the heart of our success at JetBlue. Trust is key to the speed of our growth. The Speed of Trust articulates better than any book that trust is the one thing that changes everything-in business and in life. With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.

  David Neeleman

  Book, Heart, Keys

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• With high trust, success comes faster, better, and at lower cost.

  David Neeleman

  Cost, Faster

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• Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate.

  David Neeleman

  Creativity, Thinking, Add

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• We're reviewing everything to see how we can do it better, faster, and more efficiently.

  David Neeleman

  Faster, Can Do

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• We tried to set up a company that patterned ourselves after Southwest in all the fun, the spirit, the great people, the smile, the efficiency side of it, but we've added some extras that people aren't used to finding on Southwest.

  David Neeleman

  Smile, Fun, People

  "ON THE RECORD: DAVID NEELEMAN / Jetblue Airways". San Francisco Chronicle Intreview, www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2004.

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• I actually thrive on all the challenges, and I don't feel like ADD has impaired my ability.

  David Neeleman

  Challenges, Add, Ability

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• People who invest in aviation are the biggest suckers in the world.

  David Neeleman

  People, World, Aviation

  "Column: Boring? Not These Airline Execs" by Rick Seaney, abcnews.go.com. October 5, 2012.

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• I think that as the market moves and costs get higher and fares get higher, it always creates opportunity. That's been the cycle over the years.

  David Neeleman

  Moving, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: skift.com

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• I really see low-fare carriers, quality low-fare carriers anyway, continuing to become more and more popular.

  David Neeleman

  Quality, Lows, Continuing

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• If it's torture flying one airline and [yours] is a pleasant experience, it certainly helps your revenue.

  David Neeleman

  Flying, Helping, Torture

  Source: skift.com

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• Fares are higher [and] people don't travel as much. If they don't do that, it doesn't have the trickle down effect into the economy and the other sectors.

  David Neeleman

  People, Economy, Higher

  Source: skift.com

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• Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety.

  David Neeleman

  Safety, Lists, Values

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• Even though Brazil has been up and down and had some difficulties, it's still a very big country, and a very important country. It's got the fourth largest domestic market in the world.

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  Country, Important, Brazil

  Source: skift.com

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• People don't really look forward to flying that much. It's like they want to get to the place, but they don't look forward to the experience.

  David Neeleman

  People, Flying, Looks

  Source: skift.com

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• When you can sell [empty seats] at the gate for an upgrade for 500 bucks or 600 bucks... it makes all the sense in the world.

  David Neeleman

  World, Bucks, Empty

  Source: skift.com

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• When you do consolidation, you get rid of flying and you get rid of routes.

  David Neeleman

  Flying, Consolidation, Routes

  Source: skift.com

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• And, of course, customers really need to feel safe and are seeking reassurance when they fly.

  David Neeleman

  Safety, Needs, Reassurance

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• We are just interested in dealing with the people were paying every day. We know federal law allows them to vote in a union at anytime, but we think we can resist that by talking to our own people and giving them enough upside.

  David Neeleman

  Thinking, Talking, Law

  "ON THE RECORD: DAVID NEELEMAN / Jetblue Airways". www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2004.

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• One of the constraints on the U.S. business is the pilot shortage. There's not an abundance of pilots. There may be an abundance of cheap fuel and airplanes. There probably isn't an abundance of gates at popular airports, either.

  David Neeleman

  Airplane, Airports, Fuel

  Source: skift.com

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