We understand this application is inherently beneficial. Quite bluntly, if you weren't requesting variances, this hearing would last maybe an hour.

We're not against Barry Bonds as an individual. We're against what he stands for. ... There was no way before the steroid allegations I would have booed him. When Barry Bonds was skinny and he was stealing bases, he was an amazing player to watch.

A lot of our grapes go to the Central Valley. These producers can?t justify higher wine grape prices.

Value has been added into the land. Now it needs to get into the grape.

So in the short term it might put pressure on management. But in the long term, it creates a lot of bad morale.

The fact that they can double their voice capacity is a claim you're not hearing much from other carriers.