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To: 777 Captain who wrote (19110)	2/25/1999 7:48:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 23519

Captain, You lucky dog you!!! I only need another 10 1/2 points to hit B/E. Its a long way to 13 but then it is even a longer way to the high teens low twenties(which is B/E for some of our other less fortunate longs). As I mentioned before, IMO our real test will be when we hit the $8 to $9 range which I found is the B/E level for many who are holding large positions (some over 100k shares). At that point do these guys just want to get out and be happy to B/E or do they want some blood money for all the market manipulation torture? Who knows but if the sheep start running in that blood money can easily come to them in the form of 50 to 100% returns which will make it all well worth their patience. Time will tell.

To: 777 Captain who wrote (19110)	2/27/1999 2:55:00 PM
From: AlienTech	Respond to of 23519

With BIGK's recent concerns about hype and everyones health here is something else.. Passenger parachutes were once a major marketing strategy.... Airline Pilot 101 S.B. Canyon February 26, 1999 Welcome to the UPSIDE Plane Truth Airline Pilot Academy, where we are ready, willing and able to make your life a never-ending tour of exciting airport bathrooms all around the world. After graduating, you, too, will be able to get a job as a pilot with a major airline and will never again have to work at a real job. Those who are new to the world of aviation in general and to airline flying in particular may not be familiar with some of the requirements of the job. First, you must have at least a four-year college degree. It doesn't matter what discipline it's in: It could be in American studies or basket-weaving. We're not quite sure what the connection is between studying English literature and flying a 747, but evidently airline management types understand. You'll also have to spend five to 10 years flying in the military or in the general-aviation field--flight instruction, banner towing, forestry flying, charter operations, fish-spotting flights or overnight package delivery in small airplanes. I don't know which method of acquiring a piloting background is the most difficult, but I do know that the military pays better. Military flying, on the other hand, promises a decade of bad haircuts and holds the potential for violent death as well. If you are coming to our academy via one of those quickie "pilot factory" schools (you know, the ones that promise a flying career for just $30,000 to $50,000), note that you will still have to spend five to 10 years in dead-end, low-paying and sometimes even frightening flight jobs before the major airlines will even consider you. Know, too, that you can't underestimate the importance of luck. Better people than you will lose out simply by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. And nobody truly knows what the airlines are looking for in pilots. One company may want to hire only Navy pilots, while another wouldn't give a Navy jock an interview even if he or she washed the airline's planes with his or her tongue. upside.com