Too hard on yourself or tongue in cheek old boy. Not many could outfly you Sir . Other times in the month , you will have been dicing with death in places like Kathmandu where REAL, real men were real men. Back to thread though ; I too was a CX candidate failure but recall going into Kai tak in the back of a BOAC VC10 for the 2nd stage interviews . Crawled out of the 10 a mumbling wreck & wondered if I really wanted to do this. Failed anyway but, like you, went in & out of Kai tak with another carrier , many times. Easy. "Big Gentleman's"................steady on........I think you meant "Big Gentleman's Perambulator " as dear ole Rad referred to the A340. I wonder how they would have got that baby into the checker Board arrival ? Fun times, agreed. .