Ikan, with due respect to you "braveness" to venture out there are many excellent MAS pilots ( who are certainly NOT THIRD RATE ) who choose to remain for very good reasons of their own...like family commitments and filiel peity which you may find hard to understand. I jumped ship a long time ago but I respect my former colleagues who chose to remain for various reasons. I wished more of the senoir ones would leave which will certainly send a clear message to the management, but alas it was not to be. It is hoped that with the current recruitment drive in the Asian region will spur more to venture forth.