Thanks VC, that is kinda what I expected. I personally brought in the last Futura, last LTE and most sadly the last Zoom - and dealt with the crews who were more or less inconsolable - and the a**e was burst out of it even then. I did well out of my time at Glasgow (I was just about to tick over eight years service when I was dumped on the pile at 24) but to be honest I'm just sick of not getting out the office environment to actually do things. I've not settled since I was let go and the pull remains... that said I was a load controller signed off for everything who did baggage handling as a side and the odd pushback, so how well I'd cope with gaterunning is another story entirely!
Cheers for the input folks, certainly food for thought.