Leo, I don’t agree with your sentiments but I do enjoy your posts and I find your enthusiasm for the company inspirational. 5 years ago when I joined Ryanair this enthusiasm ran right through the pilot community and everyone you spoke to was excited about the future. It is a great pity that this feeling wasn’t nurtured. We would be turning away direct entry captains by now instead of trawling the gin dens of the former communist back-streets dropping the Kings shilling into the pints of those too p1ssed to realize what they have signed up for and exploiting the street kids who have hocked the family silver and dare not go home without a job.