Greetings, from near the Big Muddy. The foreign aviation topics seem to have much more variety than US topics. It is interesting to read about the duty period limits etc from e-mails I've exchanged with other pilots who are based in the 'Low Countries', Vienna.... Apparently, many of the British and others are unaware of how much our airlines and vital employee morale/trust were permanently damaged by deregulation over here in the Eighties, and maybe some are surprised at how many management promises are forgotton or disregarded. "Those who forget the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them..."-is that how it goes? Many of them are getting a bitter taste of it, especially when they go to work for low salaries and see no growth in the near-future.