We believe that it's not only a good exercise of business judgment, but it's fundamentally right to offer as many options to our labor force as we can.

These are personal situations. They are family situations, people have to talk to their spouses and their children.

The creditors' committee is not Noah's Ark, you don't take two of every species.

It's demoralizing the executive rank.

He was one of those Germans, know what I mean, a tough dude. Quick off the ball, he'd explode off the ball, make great contact and pound the hell out of offensive tackles. And he could chase. He was all football and a team player all the way, a good guy.

We believe this order is a significant benefit for a number of suppliers.

We don't make money, in fact we lose a fair amount of money, on what we produce here in the United States. The fact is, we have a huge burn rate.

We are concerned about the decision's effect on the rank-and-file. Anyone who does this for a living and says they don't care how it affects people's lives is lying. But we have to move this company forward.

The discussions between the company and the unions and GM are active and vibrant, and I'm not going to comment further on them. The debtors will do the appropriate thing next Friday.