During a nice sailing trip with another Bristow pilot a few days ago....and while re-hashing old times....we dredged up a question from Iran days.
The question is why was a humourless Scot called the "Black Sardine"?
There must be a good story there as said dour fellow gets more than a bit miffed when reminded of the name.
It is the same fellow that when it was announced within the North Denes crewroom...."XXXX" fell off a roof and hurt himself....it was greeted with a shouted response...."Nothing minor I hope!"
Can any of the "Old Gang" enlighten us about the Black Sardine moniker?