The vote that permitted the outsourcing of 20+ stations took place at the end of 2004, with all of them gone by June of 2005. The word on the street was that the outstations were sacrificed to save catering in the hubs at the time. The arrests came about later, after the HP merger in the fall of 2005. I'm not sure of an exact date, but I'm sure someone else here may. If my memory serves me correctly, the 2004 vote was just after the foolish liquidation threat of Mr. Bonner from AL just prior to the busy holiday season. I'm sure that gave advance bookings a shot in the arm.