CAC737 - Well said, sir!! Once upon a time, I worked at one of those old premier carriers (think big Blue Ball) and Chapter 11 put me out on the street. After 4 mos of unemployment, my choices were $12000/yr at American Eagle (which at that time was only dreaming of RJs, a Jetstream 31 was the entry seat) or $24000/yr at a Supplemental 121 Pax & Cargo outfit, starting back in the 72 FE seat. I sure didn't feel like a bottom feeder at the time. 4 years and 2 upgrades later, my 72 PIC got me hired at Fedex,where I now make 3 times what I made in the same seat at the ACMI outfit. Of course, it is 10 years later. I do get a kick out of all the guys who ***** about horrible conditions here at FDX, as I have seen some of the alternatives.

Another point is that many of the pilots at 121 supps have something in their record that would keep them from being hired by a major, like a DUI or no college. They won't get to move on to bigger and better, but some of those guys were the most skilled airline pilots I've ever seen.

Normy - I'm with you, bud. My 121 supp experience was with Express One Intl. There are quite a few ex-Longhorns here at FDX.

Space Monkey has a lot of growing up to do.