Bumped into DC whilst on Flight Safety course at Yeovilton over the summer, and remember discussing with him over a cup of tea "what it all means" (those of you who have been in that hangar will know what it means ), the job we do, the element of risk involved in every flight we make. The conversation got round to whether we'd swap it in for a desk job, the 9-to-5, the routine, and so on. After i'd finished bleating about the endless paperwork, the nause, niff naff and trivia, he simply said:
"but getting up there, doing what we do, makes it all worthwhile, doesn't it? Wouldn't swap it for anything, really, would you?"
No, mate, i wouldn't.
Never a truer word spoken.
RIP