My first time on brakes.......
I arrived at a certain base in Rutland as a new liney and spent my first Friday afternoon towing some of the 28 ac from the line to the hangar. I get a brief from the Cpl i/c and get into the front cockpit. For reassurance, there is an experianced liney in the back to keep me company.
Just as we set off, I'm told that my passenger has just returned from the med centre after being on suicide watch due to girlfriend/wife/money issues. The canopy closes and the chap in the back starts moaning about life being poo and wanting to end it all. As we pass ATC, he passes me an ejection seat pin and tells me he's about to pull the handle to bang out.
Naturally, I tried getting out but, of course, the canopy wouldn't open! I was a jibbering wreck as we got to the hangar....but the towing team were pis#ing themselves laughing as it's revealed that my miserable pax did indeed have a spare ejection seat pin and the episode was part of my 'welcome'..........