Wallabie,. .. .No you did not sleep, and yes, the year is 2002. And I`m equally amazed that female/no female/good/or not so good is still a subject among professional pilots.. .. .If I have had "problems" with female flying staff, it would have been with cabin staff rather than with a female cockpit colleague. I had the pleasure of flying with a female first officer for the first time in the mid 80`s. At that time having red fingernails in a cockpit was not, shall we say something you saw every day. Did she do a good job? Off course she did. Did I have male first officers doing not such a good job? Off course I had. Have I worked with female first officers since then? Yes, many. And guess what. They have all been great colleagues. By the way, the first female pilot I flew with is no Director Of Operations for a major carrier. Not bad, for a female. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="wink.gif" />