Originally Posted by Bill Lumberg

That's true, and if we keep the current contract for a few more years fighting it out for a 25% immediate raise, and still add the 717s and MD90s, we will get an extra 32 76 seaters to the max of 255, not 223 that is in the current TA. Those extra 76 seaters are nicer, and will eat away at even more of our premium routes. They will get them one way or the other, and may not pay us any raises in the meantime. All they have to do is add planes and keep us at our current payrates for a couple more years, and they are paid off.