I like to fly, but momma and the kids cannot go on a FedEx flight. The miles accrued give our family a chance to get a taste of the "regular" airline life--i.e. travel around the world. The Hoodlum girls that were terrorizing DB and LKF over Christmas all came over on miles...many acquired while I was still an -11 FO.

Not much to say about the WP except that is A) makes me lose faith in those guys and B) makes me lose faith in flight management for not finding a way to nullify the process. (How about: all charters drop into open time at pre-determined and publicly announced time).