No apology needed, Al. I can't locate my issue of Airliner or Airways magazine (forget which one) that had an article on "Con-Air" so I'm not sure when they took over most of the flights from contractors. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan9" <exatc@neo.rr.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Sierra Pacific Airlines > David, > I must apologize. Most of what I recall id probably ancient history.. I > retired in 1994. > In those days I don't recall the government operaating too many aircraft. > Most were contracted. > > Al