Excuse me if I refrain from writing abuse and insert a fact here but aren't there two parallel airways over Siberia, one for .83 or more and one for .83 or less? I believe they were instigated because of the speed differential between Airbus' and 747s.. .. .Is it also true that Richard Branson's last trans-world balloon attempt failed because he got stuck behind one of his A340s?. . . . <small>[ 20 March 2002, 17:04: Message edited by: M.Mouse ]</small>