Boring !!!!

[Fiction]

Just seen a posting from Ballymoss saying he considers this forum boring !!! Lets try and add a bit of life here and see the history of who we have got perusing the boards.


Well, when it comes to Crewing and Ops, it tends to be the same swirl of people who move around the polished desks of Crewing and Ops offices. Let's have a little league on who has worked where and for which airlines. I wonder how many of ours (and your paths) have crossed. Doing this will obviously give away our vintage.

So I will start off. I have always been a crewing person, planning and or crew control...here is my list of companies and locations.

British Eagle International Airlines LHR (remember the BRITS)
BOAC LHR (the VC10 !!!)
British Airways Shorthaul (BEA) LHR (the dreaded Trident 3)
Saudia LHR ( L1011 Tristars)
Saudia JED (More Tristars)
Brymon PLH ( Dash 7 at LCY)
Brymon European (merger with
Birmingham European) PLH (BAC 1-11)
Brymon...again. De mereger from BEA PLH (Dash 8-300)
Emirates DXB (A380's !!!!! soon)

Looking forward to a reply ot two !!!


:cool: :cool: :cool:

[no sig]

Good one Fiction, here's mine

Scotia Airport Services, GLA (Traffic)
LoganAir, GLA (Ops)
Golden West Airlines, LAX (Flt Dispatch)
Flying Tiger Line, Lax (Flt Dispatch)
Swiftair Cargo, CYXX (Flt Dispacth)
Worldways Canada, CYYZ (Flt Dispatch)
BCAL Charter, BCA Charter, CAl-Air, Novair, LGW (Ops)
BAe, PIK, TLS (Tech Sales)
TransAer, DUB (Ops)
easyJet, LTN (Ops)

might be a dead give away to those who know you but...

[JB007]

As moderator, I suppose I should....

Caledonian Airways - LGW - Crewing
Excalibur Airways - EMA - Crewing
Airtours International - MAN - Crewing
Airworld - LGW - Crewing (including a short time with Flying Colours)
Oman Air - MCT - Crewing Manager
Go Fly Ltd - STN - Crewing
Euroceltic Airways - LTN - Ops/Crewing
Navtech (UK) - LGW - Crewing/Ops Duty Manager

[Big Tudor]

Oh, go on then.

RAF - ATC / Ops.
CityFlyer Express - Ops.
Britannia - Crewing.
RM - Training / consultancy.
Airtours / MyTravel Airways - Crew planning.

Sometime in the future - sitting with feet up, smoking pipe !! :D

[Jelly Baby Freak]

And the list goes on........and on................and on....

RAF Henlow Admin
Orion Airways (EMA) Operations
Birmingham European (BHX) Operations
British Airways (BHX) Scheduling
Excalibur (EMA) Crewing (Did I get JB's old job??)
World Airlines (LCY) OPs/Crewing/Scheduling
TransAer (DUBLIN) Flight Crew Admin
British Airways (BHX) - again! Crewing
DHL Air (EMA) Crewing

Next posting, ???

:eek:

[Watcher]

Those were the days...

LW
OM
HH (+ Others with Tempair)
KK
SV
KG
AE
CX

That should be all, next bit of planning will be where to plant the veggies.

[Uncle Cracker]

Not tellin' yer - I shall remain an International Man of Mystery. (Nobody ever understood me...)

[PRB44]

Oh well,if we're all going to do it

Monarch (ramp despatcher/ops)
Paramount (ops)
Jersey European (ops)
EAAC (ops) rather forget it
Excel (crewing) and loving it

All the best guys/seems between us there is a lot of experience
Got to keep these airlines going...

[Fiction]

Well there you go.

Thanks for the replies so far...Look at all that experience!!! and versatility of people who have moved around between different companies and I suspect moving has not always been desired as airlines come and go. I know someone somewhere in that lot.

I still know of some of my contemporaries from the early 70's from BOAC who are still doing exactly the same crewing/ops job 30 years on at LHR with Big Brother (BA mainline). I must admit I am beginning to envy their index linked pensions, but have they enjoyed the bit in between as we have !!!!!! :cool: :cool: :cool:

[walla]

ahh go on , ya will ya will ya will

Army air Corps
Execair - gla - ops
Goldair -cbg - ops/crewing
Easyjet - ltn - crewing :D

[VIKING9]

Worked in various positions within Ground Ops in LTN, STN, LGW, SNN, CBG, ABZ, ORD and others......

;)

[Banzai Chap]

I seem to know most of you!

Fiction - how's it going Ray? Don't EK want me?

JB007 Giggler (thats Mr Giggler to you!) - Crewing Manager - no way, mind you i'd rather you be in Crewing than flying me..

Big Tudor - how's the Mrs?

JB Freak - bit close!

Watcher - My hero FSM

Here goes

BIA
UK
GK
KG
BR
Back to KG
TEA
EXC
AIH
DHK

I guess JB007 you'll be overtaking me soon though with your record....





:)

[JB007]

Osh Me Old....!!!

I'm quite confident i'll double your record in the next 35 years.....keep looking after those pilot's rosters...

[Ballymoss]

Fiction - That's more like it, a thread that has generated a good
number of views (not enough replies yet) and a five star rating.:D

Not wishing to openly identify oneself (unlike some of those above
who I've worked with in the past) I shall, like UC remain a man of
mystery suffice it to say, I did once wear a brown uniform (mistaken for an AA patrolman whilst making pit-stop on M6 -
or perhaps I was an AA patrolman, it's all a blur now):D :D

[boredcounter]

OK so there are some names from the past here. What is you average time in each post.
Bored has worked for
National @ Southend 2 Years (Bust)
British Independent @ Lydd 2 Years (Bust)
Maersk @ Birmingham 9 Years and still going
Some of you are heading for more airlines than I got fingers and toes. Hard luck or am I missin simit. Can you move at will South of Watford Gap

[paperpusher]

I need more jobs to compete but here goes
Ly,Fr,Go and now I've been tango'd
;) :D
Rgds PP

[GOBWX]

I TOO HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO

HERE IS MY LIST

GHI STN GATE/CHECKIN
BWA SEN OPS ASS
BACX IOM NAVIGATION SERVICES


WX :D :D

[Big Tudor]

Osh,

Yep, missus ok. She's still talking to me so I must be doing something right, but then again it has been less than 3 months.

Between you and JB007 it reads like a graveyard of British aviation. :D Remind me never to take a job where either of you two are still employed. ;) ;)

[JB007]

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/rotfl.gif
Kiss of death mate... http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/FIREdevil.gif

[Uncle Cracker]

Especially if I'm there as well....

[poshbird]

Banzai Chap

You've been rumbled!!!!

LOL
xx

[Fiction]

Yes Banzai Chap, splashing my name all over pprune....who is he poshbird ?????

So, we have had some good replies...and some of you have really done the rounds !!!

Anyone out there worked for Air Atlantique, DC6,DC3 and Electra if we are not in this business for the money, they would have to be an interesting company to work for??:cool: :cool: :cool:

[VIKING9]

Fiction try lalapanzi........:rolleyes:

[OO-AOG]

Sabena BRU, MX
TNT LGG, Ops
and now in sunny GVA dispatching some sporty bizzjets.

[rentaghost]

Big Tudor - I think I've sussed you out...

How's life after Mario's in UPG, and remember that night in CGK...

Sussed me out yet???

[Uncle Cracker]

Talking of being sussed out, JB007 I still have the negatives.... :D

[Watcher]

Only a rough guess but I reckon Banzai Chap in a previous PPRuNe life was Anjin San.

[poshbird]

You got it in one Watcher!!!
:) :) :)

[Little Blue]

...Right
Hillards supermarket..
Superdrug...
Erm....The Red Lion wine bar
The mighty bmi......
..
maybe that's not what you wanted
but it's all I've got.
..
it's all gone very baby in 'ere !;)

[Big Tudor]

Hey rentaghost,

I still get cold shivers down my spine when I think of Mario's. Still got Bintang poisoning!!!
Since there was only 3 of us in CGK it narrows it down a bit. Did you suggest or buy the BJ's? McSatay & Chips anybody.

[rentaghost]

Calling Big Tudor...

I did the buying... or the company did anyway!

Glad to hear you're still kicking and screaming - keep my I.D up your sleeve!

[justforfun]

DA - Traffic (INV)
AA - Apt Svcs (GLA)
Servisair - Ramp despatch (GLA)
MAS - Ramp despatch / DM (GLA)
PIK - Depatch (PIK)
FRN - Ops Ctrlr / Grd Ops Mgr (RTM)

... thats around 15yrs for me - great fun and loved every minute!!

:D

[3 Off The Tee]

Fiction, you must be getting on a bit now to have accrued
all that experience & 'aufority!!'

Well here goes for my measily 10 years -

Brymon PLH/NQY/BRS
EK OMDB

Short & Sweet but have enjoyed all my time so far on my rollercoaster ride with aviation....even the joys of staff travel :D

You could not beat a Summer Saturday in Brymon Ops PLH
for Sporting action of the Operational Disruption Variety !!

Far from Boring Ballymoss!

Cheers 3 Off The Tee :rolleyes:

[airchabum]

Not many ex-DA bods on here. I thought everyone had worked for DAN's at some time in their career! :D

Anyway mine are:
Dan-Air
Caledonian
Eurocontrol
Caledonian
Navtech
Virgin

[Jolly Hockeysticks]

Watcher - I believe you've missed one out of your list - the next to last one:D :D :D

[Watcher]

No, I never worked there.

[Jolly Hockeysticks]

You never worked anywhere if you could avoid it

[CainanUK]

Oh heck I'll bite!

1994 Southwest Airlines...Ramp, SMF
1994-1995, Southwest Airlines, Dispatch SMF
1995-1997, USAF, ATOC, Altus AFB OK
1997-1998, USAF, ATOC, Prince Sultan AB, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
1998-2001, USAF, ATOC, Rhein Main AB, Germany
2002-Present, Globe Ground, Dispatch, MAN

[Whispering Giant]

started with Brymon at Bristol - despatch then load control....
Jersey european - crewing
British European - ops..

How's ten bellies thomason and nathan ray ???? are they enjoying there life in Dubai ??

[Fiction]

Did you know that "Whispering Giant" was the nickname for the Bristol Britannia !!!

Yes the three of us are OK here in DXB. Fortunately the operation does not have a lot of the "in your face" problems you would normally have ie very few wx probs locally around the Middle East, no slot or ATC delays to deal with, strikes, except DAC, few tech probs, average age of the fleet being only 3 years old.

So I am looking at the Emirates network this morning and not one single delay is posted from any of the 60 destinations around the world we are operating to today with 43 aircraft.

There are other problems we encounter though of a different nature !!!

:cool: :cool: :cool:

[peterc]

OK so heres my history in aviation

Royal airfarce from 66/75 Movements/UKMAMS
Air Bridge Carriers
Servisair
Saudia
BMA
Orion
JEA
Amiri Flt (Abu Dhabi)
BAC Express
Sabre
EAC
AFX
Excel
Direct Flight.
So many jobs (so much experience)
was it worth it ?????

[VIKING9]

peterc not going back to AFX then ??

[peterc]

VIKING9 not on youre nelly,not for all the tea in China or all the beer in Burton.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Watcher]

Jolly H

You're almost right, but I did have to make the occasional
tea which was a bit of a chore.

Where's your list by the way?

[Jolly Hockeysticks]

Only your own tea, and then only because nobody else would make you one...:D :D :D

JH

[COMMODE RQSTD]

Well after noticing two ex-collegues on this forum, I thought I would join in, even if I do not have half as much experiance, its great to see you both on here.

ATC, fab job & ops getting tediouse but October's just around the corner & redundancies yet again expected, here's hoping!


:D

[opsbod]

I'm obviously not as mobile as the rest of you lot:

HeavyLift 1990-1996 (Ops/Loadmaster)
JEA 1996-1998 (Ops)
easy 1998-Present (Ops)

:p

[3 Off The Tee]

Life is good thanks DR! Do you ever hear from ND?

Have they let you lose yet in the RHS ?

Do the skies of the SW know what they are letting themselves in for ??

I'm safe here in OMDB or am I :D

Cheers 3 Off The Tee :rolleyes:

[Whispering Giant]

Havent heard from ND since beginning of the year - allthough i believe that RJ has - last i heard from him he was considering whether or not to move to Germany when Brittania op's re-locate there......

Nah your never going to be safe mate - just you watch out,once i've finished my Sponsorship might be chasing a job on A330's with your lot and have a nice easy life like you !!!!! it will make a change from the likes of JER and GUR being fogged out and the French beeing on strike...

Keep in touch mate - it's great to hear from you....

Fiction....

yep i know that Whispering giant is the nickname of the Brittania - as i've spent quite a lot of my spare time -which is'nt much !!! helping keep the last one that's potentially airworthy going...

wish we were lucky enough not to get WX prob's and ATC delay's...

oh well life would be boring then though !!!!! :rolleyes:

Forgot to ask mate - how is your handicap now ????
have you leant to hit the ball yet ???? or do you keep getting them in bunker as your in the land of sand !!!

:D :D :D :D :cool: :cool: :eek: :eek:

brgds
DR.

[fred flinstone]

Hi Fiction,

There's a blast from the past.
Unfortunately I didnt have the brain's to move around like you, but here goes -

12 Years with Ops and crewing,

Birmingham European
Brymon European
Maersk

Not too impressive when I look at who's kicking around and the fun they've been having.

Still - for what its worth, Brymon was the best experience. A good change of scenery and a good bunch of people on the whole. (In the scheme of things a complete waste of time but thats life!)

[Fiction]

Yes Fred,

The Brymon European thing was a complete waste of time and very emotional for all staff concerned.

What was a complete disaster from the Brymon point of view was the abandonment of LCY after all those years of pain getting the operation up and running. Initially competing with London City Airways (BM), they dropped out and Brymon carried on until the merger. Now look how successful LCY is !!!

The Brymon folks went thru it ALL again with BACE and some have now ended up on Fraggle Rock.

But that is the business we are in and presumably that is why we do it. Again I know some folks in BA who have been grinding away at the same crewing jobs for nigh on 30 years...Who has had the more fun ???? :cool: :cool: :cool:

[reevesyk]

ok,why not add something

Gill Air/Gill Airways
TNT
Flying Colours
JMC

and now

Orange and mobile phones

Help me I need Ops/Crewing again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jelly Baby Freak]

Sussed a few old mates out there...

peterc - Eh up me duck! Thought you'd already drunk all the beer in Burton!

fred f - would I be correct in thinking that despite 3 airlines on your list you never moved far from BHX ((Hanger 1) via Sheldon and back on airport soil again?

JBF

[Miss Cargo]

It's all becoming clear now!!

Hunting Cargo
Air Atlantique - yes, someone had to!!
DHK

[Hogg]

Someone did alright Miss Cargo.

http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/burnout.gif


Hope ure having fun http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/mica/MiscDancfrog.gif


Hogg

[OO-AOG]

reevesyk

I think we've worked together, you havn't spent a long time in LGG have you?

[redsnail]

Part time night ops at Streamline, Luton. Still there.

[blackbox]

You dont want to work for the same company as me...

(Q.) How many of the following are still going...

Jun 1994 Heavylift Cargo Airlines (Ops - work experience)
Apr 1996-Oct 1997 AB Airlines / Air Bristol (Ops)
Oct 1997-Oct 1999 Debonair Airways (Ops)
(May 1999-Aug 1999 Swissair ZRH (Ops))
Oct 1999-Jul 2001 Cityflyer Express (Ops)
Jul 2001- Present British Airways (Ops)

(A.) one, just about!!!!

[VIKING9]

blackbox are you taking a deathwish with you everywhere :D

[Tony_EM]

Iberia (CSA/despatch/ops)
Austrian (CSA/despatch/ops)
Singapore (despatch)
Biman Bangladesh (despatch)
Royal Brunei (despatch)
Turkmenistan (despatch)
Nigerian (despatch)
Cyprus (despatch)
British Midland (despatch)
Canadian (despatch)
Qatar (despatch)
SAA (despatch)

All at LHR, mostly as a handling agent with BD and Aviance (ptooey)

[boredcounter]

Like V9 sais

As a stable employee of a BA franchise, is it worth my pension deductions.....................................

Can you give me 6 numbers for Saturday Lotto, I'll take two lines, Six one above your choice and six one below!

For my sake, good luck.

Bored

[Leezyjet]

Can't believe that there ain't no-one from the big blue circus on here !!.

As for me - here's my list :-

LBA - Servisair (psa/traffic)
MAN - SIGMA Aviation (psa/load control)
LHR - BD (psa/Dispatch)
LHR - VS (Traffic)

Not a long list, but worked with loads of airlines in my time at LBA, MAN and LHR.

Anyone work for DNTA in DXB ?. If so, can you e-mail me the address, and let me know what it's like. Quite fancy a couple of years out there myself. ta.


:cool:

[AOG007]

Leezyjet,

If it info you want, then track down Blueboy. He is often found in this forum. So seek and you shall find.

AOG007
:cool:

[Stirling]

Nice to see a few old bods still going strong! For those who are interested.......

British Island Airways (bust)
Bristow Helicopters
Air Europe (bust)
Airtours Intl (about to go....bust!)
Air UK Leisure (bust)
CityFlyer Express (thanks to BA.....no more!)
British Airways

blackbox - how's life in the ivory tower?
JB007 - my missus still hasn't forgiven you for all those early morning EXC call-outs!

:cool:

[Blue Boy]

Evening All.

Not much to write about here,

Servisair GLA 94-98 (Traffic)
Servisair EDI 98-99 (Traffic)
DNATA DXB 99- Current.

Leezyjet - E-mail on the way.

BTW, My first post sober
;)

[Select Zone Five]

This is a boring thread...:rolleyes:

[Fiction]

OK Select Zone F..... You start a topic with 67 replies and 3655 views...beat that !!!!!!!
:p :p :p

[Frosty Hoar]

Make that 68 fiction, great post incidentally and give my regards to three off the tee (remember nailsea towers!!)and the other Brymon reject that recently arrived, my resume as follows....

Brymon BRS station control
Britannia Operations
TUI-HLF-BLX-NOS OPS Hannover

:) :) :)

[Watcher]

SZ5
If we bore you, don't read the thread. Pretty simple really

[Whispering Giant]

Nice to see you've made your way on to the Forum at last.....
How's the apple struddle ????

With the exception of R.J and Cumulous Camble that's all of us on here now mate...

[Frosty Hoar]

Its good fun actually here in the fatherland, I do still miss the shaking of the portakabin in the winter, and the manner in which a DHC8 could go tech in a every day with a different defect-where is YK now anyway??;) ;)

[AOG007]

Frosty Hoar,

Brymon Reject? :D

It was called choice. IOM or DXB? Mmmm...... Difficult choice!

How is Hannover? How long you been over?

Anyhow, you appear to be in good humour, so I pressume life is good with yourself.

Winters in Portacabin's....... Those days are behind us all now. But they sure were fun. Plus I think the DH8's are still suffering daily with numerous defects! Nout changes, except for the staff!

Hear from you soon!

[3 Off The Tee]

Hey Frosty Hoar - how did you come up with that name? Too many late nights down @ The Bungalow I reckon !

I'll drop you a line later.

Our resident plane spotter from years gone by @ EGGD Whispering Giant will let you know where YK is. :D

Infact, he's probably just about licensed to come & pick AOG007 & me up from the sandpit to come & visit you for some Oktoberfest left overs ??

Cheers 3 Off The Tee :rolleyes:

[Frosty Hoar]

3 of the tee

At risk of getting way of the thread here,

Just a play on words with Hoar Frost, used to appear on the DHC8s in the morning whilst u were drinking coffee up in the office.

I guess the whispering giant would no where YK is because its probably painted in a fly.be colour scheme now.....


Hope to catch up soon with yourself and NT


:cool: :)

[AOG007]

3 Off The Tee

Guess you were not busy last night then? :D

[Whispering Giant]

Dont know where YK is now - it's not in our colour scheme yet !!!! - but according to our maint plan, it's in EXT for a C-check at the end of next month as were now doing all the Dash maint for Citi Express.....
If you remember Alan ex PLH and who trained us to despatch - he's coming to join us in EXT from the 18th of Nov as a Op's assistant...

3 off the tee - yep not long now till i'll be flying. So watch out i might end up flying you back from the land of sand one day.,so watch out mate....

catch you all later - save some beer from the oktoberfest for me...

[AOG007]

WG

Well if your guys are going to be doing DH8 maintenance for BACX, I can only pressume they are firstly paying you well, and secondly, given up on the fact that they can't do it themselves. A damn shame, seeing as a lot of the guys lost their jobs as a result of shut down in PLH, and major cut backs in BRS.

If I ever see you sat at the pointy end, when ever I fly back from the sand, I'll get off. I can clearly remember a flight from Filton many years ago, which has put me off flying with you for ever! :D

Anyway, look after AJ, I'm sure he will be fine!

AOG007

[Whispering Giant]

Look's like BACX are getting rid of all the Dash8's - there are 3 of them here on check at the mo - and YT and one of the other's sat on the far side of the airfield waiting to be ferried back to canada.

What do u mean it put u off - i was just showing you the full performance envelope of the PA28 !!!!
Just u wait - one day i might be flying one of your A380's if your really unlucky !!!

When are you 2 gremlins coming back from the land of the sand ??? we'll have to all meet up and catch up sometime...

I'll pass my re-gards onto AJ for you...

[Frosty Hoar]

AOG007

Unfortunately if wg is flying the A380 you wont be able to see him sat at the pointy end until its too late, I suggest you get on to EK HR and get them to insert the clause "pork pies need not apply" when recruiting for junior jet jockeys.

best regards Frosty

PS WG Only joking, hope I dont see you sat at the front of a blue aeroplane either though :eek: :eek: :confused:

[AOG007]

Frosty Hoar,

How true are the words you write! Could you ever Whispering Giant in command of one of those beasts! It create's worrying images in my mind!

Mind you, with that awful colour scheme on your blue one's, maybe he could help out by scratching it all off. I'm sure he could have fun with a few airbridges!!!!!!

:D

3 Off The Tee is back in blighty shortly, I don;t expect to return till at least March, but then again, why leave when the weather is so nice here! Surely you guys should come over here!

AOG007

Ooops!

Almost forgot what the thread was.......

Servisair BRS
Brymon Airways PLH
Emirates Airlines DXB

Not many, but then I have years ahead of me.

Sorry Fiction! :D

AOG007

[jockmcstrap]

AOG007


are you not forgetting a certain company that you worked for between Brymon and EK ?????

[Whispering Giant]

I'm surprised you ever noticed the frost at that time in the morning - you allway's seemed to spend your time chasing after the despatch car rolling down the ramp...........

catch you later mate...

[AOG007]

jockmcstrap

Not forgotten, just not airline related, well not really.

How are things at SHG anyway?

AOG007

[jockmcstrap]

AOG007

Yeah still as thrilling as ever !!! They done some restructuring cause every1 left !!!

Great fun!

[Frosty Hoar]

AOG007

Would be great to come down to the sandpit sometime, plse book me a tent and a cheap camel. I can only apologise for our blue smiley bombers, not a patch on the blue and white stripes..

WG

Ok seeing as the can of worms is now open, I seem to recall you also liked chasing (any)thing back in the good old days...

rgds FH .:p :p ;)

[AOG007]

jockmcstrap

Received most of the Info regarding restructuring, and as a result was very glad of my move to the sand pit. Chin up, I'm sure something will come along soon.

WG

A certain check-in/cabin crew member springs to mind.

Frosty Hoar

Would we be thinking along the same lines?

AOG007 :D

[Frosty Hoar]

AOG007

Affirm amongst others, although I fear that I am not entirely innocent!

:o :o

[AOG007]

Frosty Hoar

Aye, maybe not, but WG certainly had a reputation! And the previous one that I mentioned, I remember a story you told me of, regarding one fine afternoon in Clifton? Ring any bells? Dorr Bells that is!!!!!! :D

AOG007

[Fiction]

GENTLEMEN !!!

I think we have lost the thread here, don't you ??

[AOG007]

FICTION

Just trying to raise the amount of views!!!!!

Welcome back!

AOG007

[mabrodb]

As what appears to be the only North American contingent. I'll slip my two cents in.

TWA (JFK/STL) 3 yrs - Flt Dispatch
UAL (ORD) 1 yr - Flt Dispatch
PolarAir Cargo (LAX) 1/2 yr - Flt Dispatch
UAL (ORD) present to ?? - Flt Dispatch

Cheers,
Sparks

[Tarek Nor]

FICTION

"Anyone out there worked for Air Atlantique, DC6,DC3 and Electra if we are not in this business for the money,
they would have to be an interesting company to work for?? "

It was interesting for a few years, but the lack of money and
the lack of appreciation that the Ops bods get really spoiled it.
I arrived with a bank balance and left with an overdraft. :(


Where have I been ?

Execair - GLA mostly, with a little bit of EDI and BHX for good measure.

Air Atlantique CVT :D

Air Atlanta - LGW to start, but then.........MAN,STN,MAD,AYT,PAR,JED,AMD,BOM :eek:

Euroceltic LTN :rolleyes:

Cougar STN :cool:

[The Grooover]

Jeez, this post must have been good, I even re-registered to add my tuppence worth, and in an unprededented move put the Sun crossword down, well I was stuck halfway through anyway. (3 down, a jolly chap...... starts with G ends in Y................... I'll be bug***ed if I know !)

Business Air - Best time of my life, young free single, without a care in the world, with a skip in my step reminisant of a young Terry Scott, setting out on a career spent in pre-fabricated buildings with porticabins stacked up outside.

British Midland Commuter (Wasnt that the same company ?)

British Midland Regional - Hey gotta pad it out a bit !!

Suckling Airways - Hey nothing but good mamories (get it ?) but those benches outside did nothing for my arthrites !

ScotAirways (this is getting silly !!)

Eastern Airways - Oh yeah I did, Did I ? - Hey I didn't know how I got there, it was all a bit blurred after I fell off the ferry..........

Gama -

And finally........Railtrack (Eh? shurely shome mishtake)
Yes Railtrack, the moneys good, and hey Joe Publico never really seems that bothered if a train runs late or there are leaves on the line, or much else for that matter it wasn't that much of a wrench to give up on Aviation, I never really did enjoy the nights (what the f**k am I doing here then...........what they have internet in cells now ???......pass the soap Jeffery, there's a good chap) , but I suppose that for one day only, it would be nice if the 08:30 Leeds to London KingsX had a SIP of 08:45 and you had 4 phones ringing at the same time, and some f******g biscuit chucker is offering you some serious favours to get her out of doing a Guernsey night stop on a Saturday, and the boss is slagging you off for not waking him up during the night when he threatened to sack you for doing the very same thing the week before.........................Oh well back to the crossword, it wasnt really all a dream....................was it ??


Prisoner 459621x (on day release......obviously !)

[Buggs Bunny]

Very boring compared to the rest of you but my mum can still iron my shirts and for an all inclusive £5.00 a week!!!

1986 - 1993 GHI MAN traffic
1993 - present Sigma / GlobeGround MAN Ops / Cust Ser.

MAN AOC like a GHI old boys reunion..All been great fun.

Thanks

[acmi48]

bma 5 years..fantasy island 25 years..

[SFG]

Hi Ray

Finally managed to get a login.....very busy you know !!!!!!!!

1 year Caledonian (the original in the days of B707's and Britannia's)
18 years Caledonian // BUA - BCal The very best days ever
5 years BA LGW and LHR
6 years GB Airways
2 years SITA Crew Management