FTB

At a flight Ops meeting in January 80knots rumors you quoted plus the increased hiring was all discussed. A lot of this type of news is going to trickle out as RA wants to keep the growth news out of the media.

Watch for year over year numbers about growth to be in the 1 to 2% range. However when you dig deeper you will see it is a DECREASE in DCI of 7% and an increase in mainline in the 4% range.

Also some interesting notes came out of the LCA meeting that basically RA says we have tried to work with Alaska for the last 2 years and they have not wanted to play ball so the plan now is to grow SEA. The VP that was in charge of growing NYC is now in SEA. Gates are an issue but they are working on A and B and the satellites.

So connecting dots I am cautiously optimistic about organic growth.