Frogman - Can you read my post again. I'm not crying about anything (did you read the bit about "excellent deal"??). I was lucky to be offered a 200F job at 55 and took it gladly. Didn't really care about salary but it was pretty good for an "early retirement" slot. Went back onto the -400/777 anyway so it was a bloody good decision. As I said, when the retirement age changes by 10 years some Commands will be delayed but those people will get to work until 65 instead of 55. Claraball makes a good point too. "Command" is not a given anyway.