CM, I support the need to ensure a quality product is delivered by quality people. The less the poor quality give the more their colleagues who do care have to give to make up for them as well you know. I support the need for flexibility and terms may need tweaking. I have vast, but not personal experience, of short term, ten-in-a-house hotbedding, with a view to doing it cheap and getting out in three/four years with a cash sum to set up a business elsewhere. The likes of MOL thrive on it. Blair did it and made £16 million last year. I hope WW does not "Blair" BA and leave it on the life support machine UKplc finds itself in. The hotbedders are leaving in their droves. Who will stay and rebuild? I suspect WW has a deal that pays out on the difference between what he found when he arrived and the bottom line when he leaves. I realise this company is part of a career path you worked hard to achieve but please do not forget others may not have the technical background you have acquired but still enjoy being part of the success that is BA. They deserve to be recognised for that. Comparing Southeast medians does not always cut it when you are tired and stuck in some hotel etc.