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at 10z first b757 g-oooa arrived manchester. were you there?
Wodrick
3rd Apr 2014, 06:42
We know you were, still coasting downhill?
How are you ?
scotbill
3rd Apr 2014, 08:41
A great airline, led by an innovative team which revolutionised the charter scene by introducing legacy standards of service and generated a marvellous esprit de corps amongst the troops
staircase
3rd Apr 2014, 11:48
One of the best things that happened to me in aviation was Air 2000, certainly in the days before Neil left.
Maybe it is about time we tried to get the 'big scots guy' to organise another reunion?
First.officer
3rd Apr 2014, 12:12
Ah, good old A2B.....good days indeed, although I was a relative late-comer to the party ;-).
F/o
Fokkerwokker
3rd Apr 2014, 19:30
Yup was on it down the back
Ahah! A "proper" airline. Even the night Larnaca was fun!
Loved it!
Mcdhu
brakedwell
8th Apr 2014, 21:31
A great airline, led by an innovative team which revolutionised the charter scene by introducing legacy standards of service and generated a marvellous esprit de corps amongst the troops
Air Europe was providing legacy standards of service before Air Two Bob entered the fray.
..............and neither of those carriers were in the same league as Orion......
brakedwell
9th Apr 2014, 17:43
Was that the little newcomer with brown 737's? :E
Shaggy Sheep Driver
9th Apr 2014, 18:47
If they were that good, where are they today? :)
scotbill
10th Apr 2014, 10:08
Air Europe was providing legacy standards of service before Air Two Bob entered the fray.
Hot breakfast, Bucks Fizz, hot towels etc?
brakedwell
10th Apr 2014, 11:05
Full hot breakfast/lunch/dinner was standard. Hot towels - yes. Bucks Fizz - not sure as we weren't allowed to drink when flying :cool:
Remind me how long did Orion last?
Phileas Fogg
10th Apr 2014, 12:03
"Bucks Fizz" my @ss ...
I'll suggest it was cheap "vino collapso" sparkling wine mixed with orange juice?
ATNotts
10th Apr 2014, 14:37
Remind me how long did Orion last?
Approximately 11 years, swallowed up by Thomson, and integrated initially into Britannia Airways. A pretty good innings I would say.
Had Horizon (who owned Orion) not been bought out then Orion would probably have lasted a deal longer, though with the general nosedive in services levels on bucket and spade carriers I fear the "legacy standards" would have gone by the board at some stage whatever.
Tempsford
10th Apr 2014, 18:08
They came, they went and very few have managed what Monarch has done.48 years this year as 'The Monarch' (how much has that call sign annoyed you over the years). Often derided, but a survivor. Here's to you Monarch and the 37 years I spent with the Spotty M.
Tempsford.
stanley
10th Apr 2014, 22:06
British Eagle where doing the full hot breakfast in the early 60s
Phileas Fogg
11th Apr 2014, 01:45
They came, they went and very few have managed what Monarch has done.48 years this year as 'The Monarch' (how much has that call sign annoyed you over the years). Often derided, but a survivor. Here's to you Monarch and the 37 years I spent with the Spotty M.
And where does the money come from that keeps Monarch going all these years, isn't it from another organision whose initial is also "M"?
Tempsford
11th Apr 2014, 09:58
Phileas, that's a good rumour to start.
Phileas Fogg
11th Apr 2014, 14:12
Tempsford,
It's a rumour that's been doing the rounds since I was young.
When I was young Monarch were operating a clapped out fleet of the likes of B720's and BAC1-11's, pray tell me how they have managed to outsurpass so many of their betters unless there is some truth to the rumour of them being a money laundering operation?
Airfrance7
11th Apr 2014, 15:56
Who were the brains behind Air2000 and where are they all now?
GGR155
11th Apr 2014, 16:14
Lets get the ball rolling with Errol Cossey,also in at the begining at Air Europe.
Never mind Buck Fizz, I copped for a new wife from AE.
Still going strong today. Must be the Buck in the Fizz........
Fuel Crossfeed
11th Apr 2014, 17:21
Error Cossey also at the beginning of Flying Colours - another fun airline at the start!
scotbill
13th Apr 2014, 08:02
Who were the brains behind Air2000 and where are they all now?The afore-mentioned Errol Cossey on the commercial side, Angus Kinnear in operations and Neil Burrows as a pilot boss who inspired tremendous loyalty amongst his troops. Still think the original colour scheme was one of the best ever for the 757.
But isn't it sad that a thread presumably started as a tribute degenerates so quickly into tribal bitchiness?
tman1uk
13th Apr 2014, 09:30
Phileas Fogg
When I was young Monarch were operating a clapped out fleet of the likes of B720's and BAC1-11's, pray tell me how they have managed to outsurpass so many of their betters unless there is some truth to the rumour of them being a money laundering operation
Monarch had operated the 757 4 years before Air 2000 had even existed !!:}