Talking about the VCC.. I did not fly during industrial action so I just had to take the words I read about them,claiming how easy it was,etc but I have now flown with them extensively on their supernumerary flights and it frightens me to think you count on them where safety is concerned.
They have been very apologetic on the flight and I appreciate it is not easy to remember everything -I was probably in a similar situation on my supernumerary flight but flying day after day was the key to fill those gaps.
Well, it doesn't frighten me one bit. Ok, so it may take a while to find out what's stowed in which canister, but I have no worries at all about their level of SEP knowledge. The ones I worry about are the ones who have been flying years and turn up for SEP each year absolutely bricking it because they really don't know their stuff.