Not A Crew Chief,
Respect on your travails on the 3 engined monster. I feel a senior moment coming on. Myself - 214 entry Halton 69-71. I remember being given a lift back from ASI to Brize, on a Tristar, after a long det with a 24 Squadron crew, werent they all ??? They ( the tristar lads) couldn't drop us off at Lyneham, and the loadie went ballistic at the thought of me setting my hammock up in the freight area, despite our crew being the only passengers on board. Even the freight looked lonely !!! A few years later, the very same loadie(now a Herk operator) asked me if I could "spell him" for a couple of hours, and lend him my hammock on the way to Banjul. Long story short, what goes round comes round I suppose. I loaned him the hammock, made the drinks for the front end for about 6 hours and put the frame to bed after landing. He never criticised my chance for some "pre activity recreational time" after that.
Smudge
PS, 219, was that an Entry or an intake ??????
