The payment would further help the company's strong cash position, he said.
"We're not certain at all what their cash position is," she said.
He never again allowed his cash position to fall so low.
At the end of 1993, the airline's cash position was $163 million.
In the last nine months, the company has more than doubled its cash position, to $9 billion.
A solid cash position could also support a stock's price in a down market.
The company should have ended 2008 with a net cash position.
They all want to go out of the third quarter with big cash positions.
A large cash position is not the only route to such freedom.
The company's cash position has remained above $4 billion, despite its loss for the quarter.