We're on a tight timeline. We need to know what our costs will be if we're to bid on flying for Northwest or any other carrier.

Participants generally spend about two months designing and building their flying machines.

We're still hoping to achieve a consensual agreement.

We are still hoping to reach a consensual agreement, however we do not believe the unions have the right to strike while the company is in bankruptcy.

But even with the 19.4 percent reduction, we know we are not the lowest bidder for the Northwest business. In the bid we put in for Northwest, we were in the middle of the pack.

This has to get better. If it doesn't get better, then certainly we will have passengers who will stop flying.