I remember being a young punk of 12 or so and took a trip from London to Montreal in a BOAC VC-10 with a stop in Shannon, about all I recall was how green the fields were coming into Shannon.
Later I asked if I could visit the flight deck, the stewardess (back then) asked me if I was ATC well of course I was !! I was in the Air Training Corps ... well after the confusion was sorted out, I got to go up front for a visit, ths captain told me he had over 14,000 hours and really enjoyed making a living this way.
Funny now, it's come full circle, I too now have over 14,000 hours and I'll be flying a trip to Shannon tomorrow, albeit from the "wrong" side of the Atlantic, and I'll get to see those green fields once again.
Ahhh memories of a mis-spent youth......