I would respectfully disagree and say that what was relevant at the time was United's provisions and Delta's payrates which we achieved plus a little. All contract negotiations are based on the history of older contracts. Delta did not band their 767-400s in the top pay group. I get the fact that Continental did hence their desire to keep it that way, but I think the "sand in the line" tactics were what folks found tough to swallow. Like I said, in the end I'm glad we got the banding the way it is, and I, for one, do not believe it resulted in a lower top tier pay rate. I think it merely increased the total number of top paid pilots, and that was a very good thing.