Bit of info.
after meeting john @ work one day i decided to do a bit of research to see just how well informed this guy was! i discovered the following.
John earnt his wings in 1974 and has logged around 5,000 hours-for reasons both proffesional and personal since.
he is a qualified cpt in the gulfstream II, learJet 24, Hawker1A, Citation 1 and 2, Tebuan and Vampire Jet, and a first officer on the 707 and he has completed FO B747 sim training.
John keeps his skills up to date through the usual refresher courses, traing @ American Airlines, Pan AM, SimuFlight, Qantas and others that i dont know of.
he got his Qantas wings on 24th June 2002.
Over a quarter of his 5,000 hours have been in the Gulfstream..... around 1,5000 hours.
And i think we all know about his "spirit of friendship tour" with Qantas as Ambassador-at-large.