Oh now that is sad news. Our aviation careers have had no similar experiences at all, but his clever instruction got me through the CAA's somewhat idiosyncratic version of the "Principles of flight" ATPL exam.
A sentient person, that never acted like the "lif, roight, lif, roight" military type that I dread, and I warmed to him as a result. Aviation used to be a smaller, perhaps slightly friendlier world in the past and I recall he said he met my father once in "the Bristows flat" in Dubai or was it Abu Dhabi? My Dad was flying with BA but signed the wall, whatever that meant, thats all I know story wise. Anyways, a nice guy that will be fondly remembered.
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