Originally Posted by
Bergerie1
Badger, That's about right. But I would also add that at least half of the salary was earned by recognising an impending problem and then making the right decisions a few hours or minutes earlier, this avoiding the emergency in the first place.
I heard a story about the Duke of Edinburgh making a lengthy cockpit visit high over the Atlantic in an RAF Comet. After some considerable time with everyone relaxed and enjoying the chin wag with HRH, one of the crew received a brief radio message, acknowledged and changed frequency. "Crikey!" said the Duke "it's all go up here, isn't it?"