Al Murdoch, thanks for the editorial and personality assessment. Polax and others appear more succint and answer the thread question. I thought I did too with a bit of illustration.I will try to be a bit more articulate and less illustrative from my own unworthy bank of experience. Great to note the CTC chaps slotted right in and as a result, no doubt, would thoroughly recommend the career. In my 40 year span, the career has changed beyond recognition and will attract a different kind of pilot applicant. I am observing 40 years of deterioration. You strike me as being, possibly, a little newer and unable to see the deterioration that I and others are writing about. Particularly, the level of investment required will not recoup the financial or other rewards expected. It was a simple question, most of us have answered, with regret.