>Not forgetting an Airbus A330 also holds the dead-stick>record for distance @89 Miles.to a glider pilot, who dead sticks all the time, this would be an insult.

"Not forgetting an Airbus A330 also holds the dead-stick record for an airliner with a distance of 89 Miles."Happy? :(

Strikes me the union were at least partly responsible for the F/O not wanting to "rock the boat" as it were, just another example of a position where unions have simply too much power.

>Strikes me the union were at least partly responsible for the>F/O not wanting to "rock the boat" as it were, just another>example of a position where unions have simply too much>power.huh? airline unions are weak. especially my union. ;-) i need a raise.