I apologize in advance for the thread drift.

blueridger,

Is there any evidence that you can provide that shows that 'anyone' can get into CX and EK? It seems to me that they are two of the most sought after and (in return) selective companies out there. If you follow the threads in the international forum, posters have indicated that they have had to prepare for in the region of six months just to interview succesfully at these carriers.

Also, I'm not sure if you meant what you said about foreign investments. The lower dollar actually makes buying us out a more attractive proposition- we just sold Budweiser to a European company. I never thought I'd ever see that day. If maybe you meant that the weak dollar makes us less attaractive as the standard countries use to base their currencies on, then I have no argument.

I can easier make sense of an 'ESOL' student who is rational and logical over spurious native english speakers.