If Northwest does not back off from the remaining open issues, then they can expect us to do what's necessary to defend our careers.

Under the Railway Labor Act, it is legal for us to strike, and we will fight it in a court of law, if the company chooses to contest that.

This regional jet flying issue is so crucial to our careers that any negotiated agreement that would lose any of that flying would be a significant setback for our pilots.

It's a bitter pill to swallow.

We are remaining exclusively focused on the oceans. We do not get into social issues, we do not even get into environmental records.

We lost early in the season ? Northwest and Northeast both beat us by one ? and our only district loss was to Nashville Christian, and it was the worst we hit the ball all season. We're coming along and the kids are playing with a lot of confidence and that's what we need.