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Old 17th May 2004, 03:29
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Buster Hyman

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Handed all the dispatch docs to an OA crew whilst they transited MEL once. Usual stuff WX, NOTAMS, CFP etc. Capt. stopped at one and started talking to the FO about it. Eventually, he handed it to the FO & the FO included the rest of the crew in the discussion (5 Techs on the B742!). Eventually, the lowest in the food chain spoke to me in English & asked; "The Capt. cannot read this loadsheet!" To which I replied, "Because it's the fuel sheet." A moments silence & then "Flight plan fuel!" from the Capt.!!

Also remember a trainer that came out from DEN for CO. She told us the story of a first arrival one frosty/snowy morning in DEN. The perspective was that of the crew as they taxiied into the gate. The bridge was low down & the lights were off as they approached. Suddenly, the lights came on & they could see someone running down the bridge. Unfortunately for the ramp chap, the bridge door was left open & the end of the bridge was icy. He subsequently ran off the end of the bridge & landed face first in the snow. Naturally, the crew had to stop their approach because they couldn't stop laughing at how his legs kept running as he fell.
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