Ballsout, thanks for the info. I have been talking to OAA about this and their initial response was along the lines of what you say, however I asked them to confirm and it seems the rules have changed due to JAA regs. I need to do pretty much the whole thing over and that involves 30+ hours in the sim, despite 4000 odd hours on Boeing aircraft since the 73. At current sim rates thats knocking on the 20k mark, including TRI/TRE and the groundschool element. If there was a definite job at the end then I could at least take it to the bank but spending that kind of dosh to renew a rating already in my licence on a maybe/maybe not is a bit much. Incidentally, the 75/767 rating costs the same! Probably more useful in terms of J2 as well. Still waiting to hear from them post interview. Not holding my breath but one can always hope.