it was not goinggto go any further and i was stunned in minneapolis stt paul for the night. they handed me a ticket for the next morning. i went to pick up my ticket and pot on the plight and i was not bboked. -- went o geto get on the flight and i was not books. the computers did not work at all. which should have been obvious since i did not have a seat. the only way they did it was by teeephone to someone that they found in atlanta. so much for the efficiency issue of mergers. that is just a personal problem. my real concern is one of safety all the way around. iiwas astounded by the information given by the ceos about who was going to make sure that the main myt!aintenann china and singapore was a quality as though thee had no responsibility themselves for that. regard to pilots and other airlines thht contract with united or with continental, it is the responsibility of the management of both united and continental today to say nothiig going forrard, it is their responsibility to provide assurances at the highess quality maintenance wherever it may be is done. i ill do

they're goinggto go to china. everybody's going to go work in china. and these were the arguments made. we looked at the data. we tried to hire to help us independent compensation consultants. well, you couldn't find any independent -- so we hired the next best thing, academics, and we developed models. and you're right, the model that we used in most cases was, cash compensation, base cash salary, under $500,000 per year, no guaranteed incentives. you've got to earn it. the remainder of your compensation in stock, but stock that can't be transferred, except a third after one year, a third after two years, a third after three. long-term integration between the total comp of the individual and the company where he or she works. now, we think that was the formula. it worked pretty well. wall street doesn't like it. they went along. they had to, under the law. but we thought it was the best way to go. tying individual comp to company performance over the long term in the form of stock. i think it's worked pretty well. and 85% of the individuals whose pay

going to do? and then they raise other gang members. instead of worrying abo 11 million peopleho are in this country illegally, when is the predent -- when are all these feel-good groups goinggto start worrying about the middle class? guest: lauren, one thing you were say thrg about gang members is a very interesting point because with these 11 million people who are un documented we've got to get them right with the law. by doing that we figure out which ones are gang members and we believe in order gain status you have to go through a background check so t person here and doesn't want to register for legal status we know they are a problem. los angeles or any place here in the nation who is documented or not, wants to live in a secure and safe community and want to make sure their children can play on the street and in the park every day. that's what they want. that's why they came to america. they don't want that gang member in their neighborhood just like you don't want that gang member in your neighborhood so we know the person who is not going to register is the one here to do harmo our law enforcement resources can go after them. if we have 11 million people and there's