But most important to us re profit sharing. Pre tax earnings excluding special items 1.6B vs 1.7B 3Q 2015.
From today's company press release.
"Excluding special items, UAL reported third-quarter net income of $997 million, diluted earnings per share of $3.11, pre-tax earnings of $1.6 billion and pre-tax margin of 15.7 percent."
2016 2015
1Q 688M 582M
2Q 1.4B. 1.3B
3Q. 1.6B. 1.7B
3.68B 3.58B
So we are 100M ahead YTD so far for profit sharing purposes.