Few if any here actually wish any malice on the other side. I've been pretty lucky in my career and I know it. I know a lot of LUAL pilots and know you guys have gotten hammered over the last dozen years, so I'm sympathetic. I think the thing that gets under our skin (at least my skin) occasionally is the notion that things have gone great over here at your expense. We have had a small furlough (small in comparison to yours) and some reduction in flying. Still, I see the obvious over the past couple of years and I know it's frustrating from your side of the "fence."

Having said that, I expect my Merger Committee to fight tooth and nail for every slot on the list as you expect yours to do the same. We've all got our ideas about how the SLI should and will go, but the only one that really matters is the arbitration board. Few will get exactly what they want, but we'll move forward. I honestly think in the long run this merger will be a good thing. I just hope we see the benefit before our careers are over.