On Jun 22, 2004, at 5:18 PM, Russell McMahon wrote: > BUT the best oldies are derived from the best young uns with a > few decades of life skills added. > "Think of it as evolution in action." The bright young pilots WITHOUT the good judgement/etc skill do not become "oldie" test pilots. (most probably become managers who wouldn't hire "oldies", rather than actually getting out of the gene pool, but the effect is the same.) BillW -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.