Ramp, there's no need to rise to any bait, there's nothing fishy about my concerns. Can you tell which part of the planet are B727 able to fly with any commercial viability and where we ourselves would want to be with them? Also what makes you think that the volume that the A300 has on offer is desirable to DHL given its current ratio of wide body to narrow body and its future plans to acquire 34 narrow body aircraft with an option on another 10? Is an ageing wide bodied aircraft with an over populated flight deck with the ability to carry 30 tonnes short haul but not medium haul, really going to fit in with DHL's near term plans? I wonder! I don't wish to sound like the harbinger of gloom, should I/we be looking else where? Will this posting be the catylst that sparks a deluge of facts. Your not old you were just born too early, so given your extra experience; whats going on? Who d'ya Know?