But that horse is long out of the barn, down the road, over the hill, and never to be seen again.[/QUOTE]

A friend of my Dad's who retired in early 1980, and was number one at a major, never saw or experienced the effects of deregulation. I have since retired and do remember him telling me that once off the gate, he was airborne within five minutes and if he wasn't, it was because of one of two reasons.....weather or a mechanical. And it was like that for him spanning his whole carer from 1946 - 1980. Can you even imagine? Do they teach patience in ground school these days?