Ok here comes the boring bit. I've been in NZ for 11 weeks now. For anyone that doesn't know already I'm being sponsored to do my Airline Transport Pilots Licence (ATPL) out here by a company called CTC McAlpine. If all goes to plan then in 2005 I'll be flying for either Thomas Cook Airlines or Easyjet in the UK. I'm hoping it'll be TC since it means I'll be able to fly 757s out of Newcastle. I should find out fairly soon. There are six people on my course and we all share a very nice house in South Auckland. We are currently in the VFR phase of training, flying Diamond Katanas out of Ardmore airfield. The Katana is a great little plane, very fast & modern & well equipped. Most of the flying so far has been around Auckland but I'll be doing some longer trips down to the south island later on. Watch this space for details.