Dear, oh, dear .. a few memories come back with the last few posts. Haven't seen Big Al for a few years, now, but I guess he is still with us. I'd hazard a guess that he would be around 80 ? Lovely bloke, he was a bit senior to me at AN and I flew with him a few times .. actually, we did our F27 endorsements together, as I recall, he as an initial command and me as an intake FO.