But they say they are not deferring any of their plans.
Unlike some other airlines, JetBlue is not deferring the delivery of new planes or delaying its plans for growth.
Not deferring to the status quo, in its view, is not just un-British, but anti-British.
"The trick is to make your workers so accustomed to dealing with you that they're not deferring to you or playing up to you," he said.
Attorney Mark O'Mara, who represents the DuBose family, said the decision to set a bond at $1m suggests judges and prosecutors are "not deferring to officers quite as much as they have been in the past".
While Mr. Carrión is viewed by many as part of a group of young, up-and-coming politicians in the borough, he nonetheless has been criticized for appearing overly ambitious by not deferring to Mr. Rivera.
His selection of Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff suggests that Obama's not going to be mindlessly leftist, and that he's going to shape a legislative strategy that is attentive to Congressional realities while not deferring to a Congressional leadership whose interests may not be his own.
For example, if I tell you not to use the N-word, that I do not use the N-word, that I don't want to hear anyone use the N-word, and then you use it in whatever hipster parlance or context seems A-OK, you are not deferring to my experience with a word that I clearly find racially offensive.
"We are not deferring spending," said finance chief David FitzPatrick David FitzPatrick on a conference call.
Finally, to close that gap between financial aspirations and actions, commit yourself to not deferring retirement savings to pay for another need.
When asked whether regulators were deferring to the banks on the issue, he said they were not deferring, because regulators would have to approve whatever conclusion the banks came to.
