Thanks to all three of you for this really interesting testimony.
I want to start with Mr. McCrea. You specifically brought up interline agreements, which is certainly an area of interest and actually was one of the key motivations for me to ask for this study to proceed, given the importance and the potential that it brings for northern carriers.
I'm going to reflect how Joe Sparling, the CEO of Air North, described it in his testimony in May:
Mandatory interline and code-share agreements...would serve to level the playing field between small regional carriers and large network carriers by providing regional carriers with access to mainline networks and thus 100% of the market rather than just a portion of the market.
He reflected that this has already been achieved in other industries, such as telecommunications and railroads. There are parallels already.
Could you reflect on how government can facilitate interline agreements? What do you see as the pathway?