You lost me with the we're-kids-playing-in-traffic analogy (and our MEC is what - our benevolent father?)

Most f/o's I know are in their 40's with a little more life experience than you intimate (I don't, for example, need the lecture on representative democracy).

This costs us money, Tony. Either Dave finds a way to decrease that a little, or this becomes the Parking Lot Deal for our generation.

Even an empty gesture would be something at this point. "Hey guys, I know this sucks for you but I'll try and make it up somehow...."