Originally Posted by
JEM60
By pure coincidence, I met him at his home a few years before he died, when my farmer friend collected some equipment from another farm. I didn't know who he was until my friend was making out his cheque.
I believe Captain Thain's post-accident career was the inspiration for this often cited anecdote about a 1960 landing miscue:
The Captain of the Pan Am B707 which landed at Northolt instead of Heathrow was (allegedly) asked by ATC for his intentions. "I guess I'll take up Chicken Farming" was the reply.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post8165751