"Are we expecting those operational costs for the F-35 to decrease?"
"So it is the generation of the fourth generation, the C model, which is deteriorating faster?"
"I think there is a cure, and it is something that we can do."
"How much of the operating cost of the F-35 factors into this?"
"The tanker fleet's end strength will require careful synchronization between KC-10 retirements and KC-46 production and delivery."
"We are all in this together. Everybody is in this together."
"When the banks were going under, what did we do? We saved them because it is good for all of us."
"If we do nothing, the system crashes and it takes down virtually everyone with it sooner or later."
"Obviously, this has the attention of all of us, that we can have the greatest flying fleet in the world but if we can't get it refueled, it is a big problem."
"Several years ago we had General McDew in, who said to a question I asked him, what keeps you up at night, and he said refuelers."
"If you can walk away, first position in bankruptcy are wages."