The dialogue of this story needs to be done in fairly broad Yorkshire brogue. The man that said it is not a youngster and was my Station Engineer in the 70s his initials are
JS. I was whingeing about a job and he took a few seconds to adjust my attitude. He said look here-when I saw a 1-11 for the first time I didnt just see an airoplane - I saw a Ouse. When I saw a VC-10 for the first time I didnt just see an airoplane I saw a detached Ouse with a river in the garden. When I saw a Tri-Star I saw a B---dy great mansion in 3 acres with a river in the garden and a Golf course around it. 737 airstairs are not that bad as long as you are not on your own of course.