Thanks. I have to move on this fast because I inherited this package and I have other packages to develop/test. So I need to report up what the deal is with the pack failing and some 'resolution'.

The thing that perplexes me most, and I just had another dev look at this, is why when the parse fails, the redirect on error doesn't just skip the row.

I guess like the post says, there is nothing in ssis that will do this.