Much of what Lorenzo tried to do made sense. Unfortunately, he wasn't a good communicator and he made himself into a lightening rod. Having seen him at a couple press conferences, he really struggled with the press. One on one or in a private group, he was very articulate and much better at explaining what he was doing and why.

I consider him sort of the Buck Showalter of Airline CEOs if that makes sense. He built the foundation and did the dirty work for others to be successful.

Incidentally, his son Cameron was involved with Bob Crandall on Pogo, which was a planned private jet taxi service using Very Light Jets which never got off the ground.