"Live by the sword - die by the sword", Longjohn!. .You benefitted by, . . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">trying the grass on the other side of the femce</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">about 12 years ago, when Ansett gave YOU a job at the expense of another pilot MORE QUALIFIED THAN YOU to hold it, hence costing Ansett a helluva lot more to train YOU.. .You sure as hell didn't use that argument then, did you!. .. .How airlines spend their money wrt who goes on to which type has got us ALL perplexed. Obviously accountants at the various airlines have figured out some way of saving the companies money by spending MORE of it! . .It's blatantly obvious to many that common sense and logic is NOT a part of today's accounting and management practices at many airlines.. .. .The proof of my statement is in the number of them (airlines) going down the tube - but I'm only a pilot, so what would I know? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Confused]" src="confused.gif" />