Chesty - the fascinating thing is that you can say easyJet is in 'rude financial health'. We will make a big profit this year, as we have every single year of our existence. Like any airline, and probably any company in the free-maket world economy right now, we are concerned about the massive rise in fuel price and the potential slowdown in customer demand. For what it is worth, I would love to return to my roots and fly regional jets out of Southampton or similar. I know you folks at FlyBe loathe your managers, but for me on the outside it seems they have done a great job in making your company what it is today. Salaries are low by industry standards, which must bring a tear of joy to your shareholders' eyes. Your load factors are also low in comparison with Ryanair's and ours - but your model sems to be able to cope with that. You have truly cracked the internal market around the UK which is good news. Time will tell if the harsh trading environment that is about to appear will be of benefit to you or not - I suspect not frankly. As a fellow professional, I wish no ill on any of my pilot colleagues - my comments are merely that right now the Emb 195 is not a great rating to have. As others have eloquently pointed out, we are in a fluid market place and it may be that the Embraer becomes the aircraft of choice. My point is that until that happens, and bearing in mind lead times from ordering to acquiring it will not happen any time soon, you are vulnerable to market shifts. Many years ago I used to fly a magnficent little turboprop called the Dornier 328 - an outstanding aircraft which in some ways was more adanced than the Airbus. The problem was no one else in the UK flew them and that made you an oddity. I eventually left and got a 'proper' job! However depressing it may be, and I fully understand that this will not be a popular view, the Emb 195 will not be regarded as a 'proper' jet with mainstream airlines. Just or fair -absolutely not! Nonetheless that is the way it is. You can have all the discussions you want but perceptions are everything. In the past I also used to fly the 146 - again the same problem arose in that it was not regarded widely as a 'proper' aircraft. The issue of whether these perceptions are fair or not is largely irrelevant, in that the people who employ pilots hold these views. I fully accept that this is only a time slice and in a few years the situation may change and every man and his dog will be begging for Embraer pilots - but not today!