In response to the question as to whether Air 2000 etcare career Companies I can definately say yes. The carriers you mention such as Airtours JMC Monarch are all -in my book- 'League Division 1. As a 40 year old Captain on the B757 I am very content. Most people seem to join with about 2000-4000+ hours so are generally in the Mid 30s bracket. As I joined at 36 and with a Command at 40 it would make no sense to look elsewhere. Further more the flying is interesting with lots of varied routes and approaches/ destinations + ETOPS flying also available. In addition as mentioned above we have such things as a schduling agreement which includes (ideally) no start before 9am after a day off. The package also includes Private Health, PHI and the Comapny put 15% of gross salary into the pension (The Pilot puts in a further 5)This is only a personal observation but expect that it applies to most.
[ 07 August 2001: Message edited by: SAM 2M ]