May 4, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Re: ComAir and the Air Line Pilots Association

The National Mediation Board presented a settlement offer to Comair and the Air Line Pilots Association on Thursday, May 3, 2001. The settlement offer is designed to resolve the pilots' strike that has lasted for more than five weeks. The parties are considering the settlement offer, and the NMB will have no further comment on the Comair-ALPA case pending the outcome of these deliberations.