i'm here to speak in support for the permit of impala. mr. castro, i'm very excited about the type of problem they're trying to bring contrary to the "new york times," i'm not a clubber. i like to go to art events and they are planning to support a number of creative events to this place that will enable a unique environment that our community desperately needs. they have shown themselves to be responsible operators. i hope you will give them a chance to continue proving that. so thank you. commissioner joseph: thank you very much. please state your name. you have three minutes. >> hi, my name is blake tally. i recently about six months ago met art and alfonso. we've been working together on helping me start my business. in this economy you would think that many people would be going way above and beyond. these are the few people that have followed through and done what they said. so thank you very much. commissioner joseph: thank you very much. state your name. >> my name is mike gaines. sorry about that. i am -- i'm both a promoter and prod

castro, with the impala talking about the security that he goes over with his securities on a regular basis. it really pays off in having the same regular workers there on a regular basis to let them know the team concept. i'd like to have that over at butterfly as well. another issue that we have came up. we've had a real spike is the cellar and that's at 685 sutter street. this is a note they got from my sergeant that worgs the midnight shift just the other day. steve, we recently had a number of calls to sutter and taylor around the cellar. the caller reported fights between large numbers of people between 1:00 and 2:30. there were reports of shots fired. this place is becoming a nuesans and the clientele is far from desirable. i will keep a fire on the calls or service, prohibitouts from this place and the reports -- print outs and this place and the reports generated from this report. please let me know if you have any suggestions from action to be taken. a couple of days later, i got an e-mail from my captain that was from a neighbor in the area. dear captain brown. we had near-

david strine, a portfolio manager of impala asset management llc. these and gentlemen, as you know, we will put your statement in the record. we ask that you summarize your testimony in a five-minute period, and that will allow both myself and other members to ask questions. with that, the chair will recognize captain wendy morse. captain wars? -- captain morse? >> we have more than 7700 active pilots at united, and i appreciate the opportunity to look -- to speak to the subcommittee. over the past decade the airline industry has experienced the worst economic storm in the history of commercial aviation. an unprecedented series of financial shocks have taken their toll on airline service and on employees. bankruptcies, laos, concessions, and outsourcing have all been well chronicled. the proposed merger between united and continental represents not only an opportunity for both airlines, but a possible sea change. how this merger is handled will determine whether it is changed for the better. this trust cannot be clear. in the recent history, there i

we've been in discussions with washington, with secretary impala tunnel and carol browner at a white house, on how we might make that transition. we will be looking at restoration, long-term environmental issues, assessments, and what we need to do long-term to return the goal to not only the condition it was in before the spill, but take on the larger issues that have been put off for a long period of time. we do not have an exact timeline but we will have some conditions to transition in the organization that i my head up. we have to kill the well. we have have no oil coming ashore so that we know the activity is on the surface -- the activities on the surface have been completed. i met with ken feinberg before we came down here. that needs to be up and operating. one of my response abilities is interfacing with the bp claims process. someone needs to assume that responsibility. the report by the secretary mabus needs to be structured and identified in a leadership position, said they know who is going to be the new person talking to you here. and when all those conditions are met,

we've been in discussions with washington, with secretary impala tunnel and carol browner at a white house, on how we might make that transition. we will be looking at restoration, long-term environmental issues, assessments, and what we need to do long-term to return the goal to not only the condition it was in before the spill, but take on the larger issues that have been put off for a long period of time. we do not have an exact timeline but we will have some conditions to transition in the organization that i my head up. we have to kill the well. we have have no oil coming ashore so that we know the activities on the surface have been completed. i met with ken feinberg before we came down here. that needs to be up and operating. one of my response abilities is interfacing with the bp claims process. someone needs to assume that responsibility. the report by the secretary mabus needs to be structured and identified in a leadership position, said they know who is going to be the new person talking to you here. and when all those conditions are met, we will be of point where i can h