If you are ‘worried’ about the truckers
, try 15 years ago, when having suffered an MGB chip warning, we had to shut down and await eng assistance. (A long wait as we knew that all the aircraft were out and we would wait until one and a crew were available.
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Speaking to the crane driver, (who was the HLO as a ‘secondary’ duty), I learnt that he was earning more than I was, (as an SFO with that company), BUT, he was also earning more than my Captain!
His ‘roster’ was 2 weeks on and 3 weeks off, he lived in France and his life was ‘rosy’!
But forget the grass is always greener crap, I suspect that he was binned to save costs when oil prices nose-dived, or at least replaced by someone cheaper, I have moved on and still have a job!