I spend far too much time at FBos, which are a pretty good indication of how things are in the world, where we used to thread our way through lots of heavy metal to park, we now have the pick of the ramp in most places, crew rooms empty of the sound of the fractional pilots bitching about their lot in life, no cookies in the jar and no free coffee at some places, if these items are not an indication of a downturn, then I dont know what is! The comercial real estate mess is the sleeper in the USA, its a sleeper for most folks but it will go down the tube shortly, then watch the G5s and BBJs vanish to some far of place beyond the reach of the repo man. Its being so cheerfull that keeps me going!