Aaaaaah the AE memories. Went in there with the 73. Very marginal and the company was evaluating 757 ops. Route & Airfield bod reckoned it wasn't safe and refused to sign off.He had the underslung gear to resign the post. Replacee signed the place off and in went the 75's.
I had just transferred to 75, yet to be checked out for Funchal and not looking forward to it when one of our much admired aces pranged.
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Bilbao in the T1E was bad enough. Started going grey at age 27, Funchal saw me totally white at 35. White enough to apply to CX !....ooooops, another story........