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Old 1st Dec 2014, 19:19
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Halcyon Days
 
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I was one of those male cabin crew misfit on the 707 freighters for a while as well as the Standard and Super VC.10s and 436 -Conway engined 707s. They wouldnt let the girlies fly alone with all those men at that time-cant imagine why??!!
Kept the crew fed and watered (and awake ) for many long night sectors from Hong Kong etc.
Having fed one crew was told not to worry about coming up with coffee etc later-but they would call back if they needed anything. A fairly long time passed and I thought they surely would be wanting breakfast/coffee etc by now-so popped my head in to see -only to find the flt engineer asleep along with both pilots!! A polite cough and a louder call asking "WOULD YOU LIKE A COFFEE NOW CAPTAIN " quickly brought them around with an embarrassed look and a rapid instrument scan!!
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