One of the reasons I voted no to the BK cram-down contract, was I said no NEWCO (Compass) and I ment it (also the duration of the contract).

I see, and understand, everything Splash says (do you live in FSD?). However, maybe I'm not thinking long range enough because I see this as a cake and eat it too opportunity. We let the flows go away and get a scope bump AND we hire all the Compass and Mesaba guys we can....probably higher than the flow numbers anyway. I understand we give up the flow down, but if the DCIs continue to shrink, it could be moot as we need more and more mainline guys.

I'm sure I'm not seeing the knight moving into position to take my queen (my biggest chess weakness) so please fire away.

Ferd