exeng: thanks, you seem to know your onions.
handsolo: you too. I value your advice. I'm a 37yr old military bloke with a wife and two school age kids. I'm in the BA hold pool and have been advised by mates in the industry to go for BA shorthaul (fastjet=no longhaul) over the charters on account of quality of life. The facts seem to be that final salary pensions are shortly to be things of the past. Would you move to anywhere else, and if so, why?