Thanks guys,
I really appreciate your input. At least now I know I'm not alone in limbo-land! I think we'd all feel a lot happier if all those '57 guys hadn't suddenly been dumped out on the street (I suppose they are even more unhappy about it than we are). Perhaps every last one of them won't come rushing to apply at AJV/AJX though. There are still other gigs out there, and a lot of guys just aren't willing to make that long commute and/or spend 20 days at a time away from the wife and kids. So, fingers crossed....