No, Ex Pat, I stand by that statement, however I chose not to work full time {done enough of that and need to take great chunks of time to play with my toys, my choice entirley} so I work as a part timer with my company contracted to various customers, so my daily rate is above the vast majority of full time pilots on the heavy metal regardless of their location, although there are of course some who are way above our pay scales, however they, for the most part live, work for, places and folks Im not interested in. Our main customer is after me to go full time as I have a small qualification in my murky past he would like to tap into, but Im getting up in years and would rather build snow forts with the Grand Kids then make a few more bucks.I think we might "pull the pin" before next Winter, al depends on finding the right place to move to before they put me in the old folks home!