A very good and long time friend is the head of training of a major US airline. I can confirm what MM is saying. Timeline unknown, but it will come to pass. As he mentioned, you only have to look at the facts of the industry and the manning situation to realise that such a move is more than likely. Not sure why such a suggestion is getting you guys so riled up. It's like you have a personal agenda that is at stake (oh, like management of our airline).