Re: G2 leather update:

Dear Larry,

Let me start off by saying that International Jet Interiors appreciated the relationship with JE & company.

We refurbished the GIIb using leather that JE had specified – not IJI.  The seating upholstery came out great and the problem that I agree exists is the “puckering” of the leather while in St. Thomas .

It is my strong opinion that this problem is somehow due to the high humidity level interacting with the leather causing this adverse effect.

The seats looked great when we viewed them (post - St. Thomas ) at Teterboro , NJ .

Further, the one single seat that has not left our building also looks great – no puckering – even after we put sandbags on the seats for over three hours to create the weight of a passenger.

We have contacted and sent JE’s photo’s to Edeleman and have had numerous discussions with Kasthy – our Edelman representative.  She assured me that the owners of the company as well as may others who could be instrumental in identifying the cause of the problem have all viewed JE’s photo’s.

Edeleman has about 100 sq. ft of this specific dye lot in stock and has sent it to the lab for testing.

At this point Edelman has made no suggestion as to what the problem is and if they agree that it may be their leather.

Additionally, if it is their leather, they have not expressed any terms of financial recourse.

The new leather that JE would like will take 2 weeks to manufacture.  The piping color is “in stock” in a different leather type, but one that Edelman believes would work well as it is only the trim.

I want to make sure that we are very clear as to everyone’s position at this point as you have requested for us to remove the seats without identifying who will be financially responsible in compensating IJI to perform any work as desired by JE.

I will work on special pricing to show my contribution in trying to resolve JE’s dissatisfaction.

I look forward to speaking with you tomorrow morning at 9:00.  Hopefully by then Jay and Glenn will have had time to see if they have any weight and balance information on the GIIb to see if we removed the cabin single and double chairs, would the aircraft still fall within the envelope.

We are making a very sincere effort to keep JE happy.