Whilst I would be delighted to have a 737 or Airbus rating, I'm not paying for one, nor do I want to sit in the RHS for years again, just to fly a bigger aircraft. I totally see where NSF is coming from in that an Airbus or Boeing rating makes you more marketable, but there are many of us out there flying regional jets/tprops for a living with companies like Flybe, Eastern or BMIR who (shhh whisper it now) actually quite like it. I get to be based where I want, fly newish planes for a decent enough outfit with nice people and get home to my own bed at night. Many of my younger colleagues (including the FO I flew with this morning in fact) are off to BA or elsewhere and I am genuinely delighted for them. But for some of us a double Belfast or a Jersey and back will do nicely thanks and whether there are 30, 70 or 370 seats down the back bothers me not a jot. I just hope whatever we fly we get to keep the job we have as the oil price keeps rising.