That's actually a good question. So much of this is chance. Say we do acquire new business and they operate/want a CRJ fleet, well common sense dictates that the flying would go to either the XJT-CRJ side or to Skywest. Say we get some of eagle's farmed out work (I hope not) and they're ERJs, well TA or not, just strictly talking about cost JA will drop them on this side of the house, who the hell knows?!

What I do know is that whether we drag this out or not management still wins (by management I mean Skywest). They'll either save by having a combined, predictable cost structure; or they'll save by avoiding additional training events when the CRJ side furloughs and downgrades.

Here's a couple of facts that people keep ignoring:

1. Management already said there will not be a flush bid regardless of the outcome of the SLI, too expensive.

2. The UA (CAL) contract that JA negotiated is a 1 to 1 replacement ratio for most frames, unlike the Delta CPA.

So I'll ask a serious question for a change seeing as people like edit out inflammatory remarks.

WHAT INCENTIVE IS THERE FOR THE ERJ GUYS TO GET THIS DONE QUICKLY?

Anyone.........?