Hi Check Airman, Dream Land,
Alive and well the last time that I looked in the mirror, thank you for the nice compliment of noticing my absence!
A fairly good guess Dream Land, I'm not "on" the A380, but it's because of the A380 that I've temporarily disappeared. Introduction of the new aircraft has absorbed a large number of our training and checking staff, and there's a huge backlog of trainees for the other aircraft, thus, yours truly has been totally immersed in clearing this log jam.
I think that I'm wearing 4 hats at the moment, flying (and simulating) my butt off, holding Approved Flight Examiner for 2 countries, doing a mountain of Performance Engineering work, and re-writing manuals. And then, just when I thought that I was getting my personal time management under control, my boss retired, and along comes hat number 5. At least the latter will allow me to work well beyond the nominal retirement age,
AND allow me to keep flying.
Working right to the legal limit for flying duties, and then, on what is laughingly referred to as "days off" and/or "rest periods", chipping away at the mountain of Performance Engineering work. I forecast that there's enough in my P/E Inbox to keep me gainfully employed until about 7 months after my death.
I must admit to taking an occasional peep in PPrune's window, but don't seem to know too many of the "new" regular contributors, I see that my PM Inbox is full, so I WILL try to reply to the great group of cyber-friends I've made on PPrune ASAP.
Actually, there's probably a large number of people who are glad that I've disappeared, but, to their horror,
I shall return (with apologies to General MacArthur
Regards,
Old Smokey