What we have on the table is a proposal and the union board will debate, discuss and vote on it within the next few weeks.

If you look at any six-year period, it's difficult to find one where you're in a down cycle the whole time. We have concerns [about chances for the contract to be rejected] based on feedback we're getting. Those concerns have been expressed to management.

American has expressed views that United should have gone into bankruptcy with more cash available.

That's a 'no-later-than' date. It could be sooner than that.

Certainly there was no mention whatsoever of Northwest. That said, it wouldn't surprise any of us if they made a move in that direction. They looked at that two years ago. If you look at route structure of the two carriers, they're some complementary aspects to combing the two.

I cannot give you a definitive answer on where we're standing, because our board has not taken a step.