Don't really want to get into the whole argument about the union/pension stuff. However am very interested in hearing why the A330 rating is or would ever be useless? With the shortage of pilots at the moment the 330 rating alone will get you a job on just about any Airbus type, so how is it useless? Obviously a statement from someone who spent their career behind a desk and never did more than look out the office window at a 330 on the ramp!