Well, to put the positive side of things:
Yes, there've been a few changes to SOPs, but they've been introduced in a gradual, sensible manner. (Locked cockpit doors are a necessary pain for everybody in the industry, I imagine.)
Flying is much the same. My pay has risen, my allowances have gone up with longer tours, and I get good food most days.
We are still on our own AOC for the time being, but the snappy little callsign has, alas, gone. However, I'll put up with this - see above
The chaps at EOG seem to be a nice bunch of blokes, and we are looking forward to moving in at Jubilee House, if not the Z car park.
The economics of all this are beyond my payscale. No doubt somebody else will pipe up with the negative aspects.
[ 07 December 2001: Message edited by: Brakes...beer ]