First of all let me say--Damn...I love your avatar 's. Now about the big inflatable things, when I was working for American Eurocopter they had a contract and a specialist crew for replacing the American Aagle turbopprops deicing boots and various other repairs. They brought in some guys from Mexico to train them and before you knew it--Yup the Grand Praire Tx crew was out of buisness,, But I Really would like to know how many veteran Continental pilots who knew how to fly this plane were recently let go to hire guys like this one with 3 mos experience--to save more---To give Continental executives those awsome bonuses.