Hi BBall,are you already planning for a career after retirement from airline flying? Your style of writing, factual accuracy and sense of humour would make you a prime candidate for the position of aviation writer/correspondent for one of the quality papers :).In short - I thoroughly enjoy your column and thank you for sharing it with us.Cheers,Gosta.http://hifi.avsim.net/activesky/images/wxrebeta.jpg

Gosta,Thanks very much for your kind words.AFA my plans post retirement? HA! Actually, I'm planning a "historically based" non-fiction novel, but I'm sure I'll always write about aviation. My wife is currently doing very well in her chosen profession, so I'm even hinting at "early" retirement...LOL. The only problem with that is, of course, she would expect to see my logging lots of time in the laundry room and other such frivolous duties...rather fly than do laundry, right?latest "Column" up now at:http://www.frugalsworld.com/columns/BBall.shtmltake care all,BBall-------------------------Capt. William "BBall" BallBoeing 757, Northwest AirlinesSenior Editorwww.frugalsworld.com