Thanks, but it's not the machines holding me up - it's the scarcity of instructors. The breeding programme has not kept up with demand.
Just to explain - I hadn't flown this thing since late 1998 until I finally started my refresher on 4 Jan.
As for the laughs, it's the crewing that makes it hard to provide what everybody wants as well. We've only got a couple of full-time line pilots, and the CO, DCO, and flt comds are supposed to be doing other things. If we have enough time to plan in advance...