EK Birdcage; yea, sorry about that. Frankly I think the whole thing stinks. The company is giving guys type ratings, for free, plus full LWOP privilages (travel, superannuation) so they can bugger off and be skippers for other peoples airlines (you guys, Jet Airways, Etihad), while at the same time hiring new drivers. They just announced three new courses of four pilots each, two courses for the 744 and one for the 777. This is all while talking about downtraining so they don't have to lay off. We must be really stupid.