Best captains I have ever flown with (exceptmyselfofcourse...)

- Guys who have a very good oversight of the 'big picture'. Whatever that means. But you know those folks when you meet them.

- Pilots who never lose their cool.

- Pilots who are competent and precise and thorough but don't lose the ability to have a lot of fun doing the job.

- Pilots who act as leaders. Again, nebulous. You know a leader when you work with one. And you know a weasel when you work with one. This world has more weasels than leaders.

- Pilots who come to work to work, not to sleep on the job and let the F/O do the whole thing. Even though I liked doing the whole thing......

- Pilots who weren't patronizing. (read: pilots who recognised the obvious fact that I was better than them... )

- Pilots who could laugh for four solid days.