A recent decision by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority to build the Dulles International Airport Metro stop underground upset Virginia officials because it would cost them $300 million more than expected. Then, even more officials flipped upon learning that MWAA had committed to using union labor — an anomaly in a Right to Work state.

Now, MWAA’s chairman is on the defensive — well, as defensive as he can get, knowing everyone needs to get along. In a letter to be sent Monday to leaders in Fairfax and Loudoun counties and to Virginia’s secretary of transportation, Chairman Charles Snelling says, essentially, “Hey guys, can we just sit down and talk about this again?”