It might have been from last April, but the facts still remain. Mesaba and especially Compass have young work groups which translates to decreased costs. Compass, because they're brand new and Mesaba because of our bogus trip through butt kicking bankruptcy.

Further, Compass and Mesaba have streamlined back of the house activities except for HR and operations (SOC and training), which saves money. Regarding performance, I can only speak for Mesaba, but our performance numbers are very good... you just don't ever hear about them because they're not reported to the DOT.

Which ever way the chips fall, it shall be interesting. It's finally nice to be on the side of good fortune at Mesaba.