B737NG, terrific post. My faith, slowly being restored. And those of us who do not fly "the bus"....geees, what is that (?) the number 31 to Hammersmith ? According to one, we are irrelevent. We do not get that auto call on my Boeing so, I would say, everything helps. V1-5 is a real concentrator for me. "Bettigio", my hero training Captain at Seattle once reminded me that a jet engine is ALWAYS on fire..............c'mon, relaxed me a little. Safe flying chaps.