Republic is up against it's peer group. The regional pay for departure group as a whole has pretty much the same compensation. I think the NMB has a difficult time distinguishing amongst them. Therefore release from mediation is hard for them to justify, when the counter proposals mirror the peer group. G4 is bottom in every category for its segment of the industry. IMHO I don’t think the NMB will find our request unreasonable. Therefore it won't be an open-ended process.

SM meeting with MG does nothing to abrogate the union membership. We would have to vote on a contract proposal. I’m sure there was nothing of real substance discussed anyhow.