Dominies Finningley-Gibraltar
Please does anyone remember the near-end-of-course despatching of slack handfuls of Dominies from Finningley to Gib? Always a Friday.
I certainly do, because it was always stressful for a mere chairbound weather man, in that Obs were thin over the Iberian coast, TAFs were rubbish, satellite cover of fog/ low St was unreliable, Spain was a no-no for Divs, and N Africa a bit dubious.
Radiating icy-calm, I would brief OCOps/Flying with great confidence. Radiating icy-calm, he would promise to have my guts for garters if they came unstuck. I briefed several cancellations, all subsequently justified, very fortunately.
The ulcers flared up during that tour.