When you have something in black and white, you can deal with it quicker.
Business is much less transparent than a win in a Grand Prix; in a race you drive over the finishing line first and you have won. In business it is different.
I am someone who places great value on the detail. That was always the case, even in my days as a racing driver.
If you are for a long time at the top you've basically achieved everything you wanted to. Then the ball's breaking stuff starts to be too much: it's not what you do in the car, it's what you do outside the car - the press conferences, the interviews, the sponsorship commitments, the marketing appearances - that sadly go up to a level that the whole package, including the risks you take, the workload you do to get the car to work and for you to be quick in the races, it becomes too much.
Grey zones do not interest me at all.
Ultimately, an aircraft owner does not want to have to deal with all the intricate details which are necessary for the business.
Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.
I always want to know whether the customers are satisfied; customer satisfaction is, after all, my ultimate goal!
I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.
When things change a lot, some guys handle the change better than others, but that doesn't mean the guys that take longer to get the hang of things are suddenly slow drivers!
I employ 20 people in Vienna. The other 130 coworkers are pilots and flight companions. The Overhead is limited with me. Reduces naturally the costs of my fliers.
This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one.
Sebastian [ Vettel] can also learn to be more laid-back. It's never too late to learn. He's got some way to go. He's young and will turn out well. I'm not worried about that. He'll raise the bar ever higher.
Airlines go in the long run at the competition to reason. For the passenger the competition is good, because each competitor tries to undercut the other one.
It was the same with Schumacher: the need for the adrenaline rush, to push himself to the limit was always there. So without a Formula One car to race with he went on to do motorcycle racing and other stupid things, and obviously that wasn't enough to keep him happy, so he had a problem to sort out and returning to racing was his answer to the problem.
The air travel industry moves into a new phase every five to six years.
In Germany air became generally accepted Berlin in this area. It operated with 45 airplanes within the Low Cost range from Germany, and is one the most successful carriers in Europe.
The crucial point is always the own cost structure. Therefore I created a Low Cost alliance with air Berlin.
My experience enables me to select the very best pilots in the market.
Vienna is the gate to Eastern Europe.
The alliance with air Berlin is attractive for me. I can use the whole sales network of the air Berlin and 24 percent of my own airline at air Berlin sold.
I want to bring passengers on my airplanes to present to them my product.
