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Old 4th Mar 2010, 14:01
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Wow. Lighten up again Heathrow Director. Remember even you were young once

I used to listen to you (Bren?) on 120.4 when I was an 11 year old boy sitting in my parents garden in Fulham watching aircraft approaching overhead our house on the way into Heathrow. You and your colleagues were one of the inspirations for me wanting to enter aviation as a career which I have now done.

I have had Pilot friends of mine saying hello to me over the radio after departure from Heathrow (luckily not on 120.4..I hate to think what would have happened!). I've also heard overflying airline captains allowing their kids to make calls over the RT to ATC. OK - it isn't totally professional but it WAS a bit of fun. It made everyone involved smile, no one got hurt and it was most likely a memory that stuck in those kids heads for a long time. It may have even encouraged them to want a career in aviation when they were older!

I really hope this guy just gets a ticking off and nothing more serious.
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