WW was a cadet pilot in Aer Lingus joining at 17 years of age in 1979 (he had his 18th Birthday a week after starting his course) He returned to EI in late 1980, and as there were no flying jobs, he worked in the office until ( along with his course colleagues) until early Summer 1981, then trained onto the 737, which he then flew for quite anumber of years.
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