oldest ops bloke/bird in town
 

wondered who holds the record for this - in a regular airline ops room?

surely nobody was older than col 'the bob' ???????!!!!!:ok:

Hmmm
 

How old you really are, or how old you feel?

Damn those earlies! :ok:

Col the Bob where are you now......
......when it came to squashing sandwiches.....Col was the man !:ok:

waco, you're not in the running for this....just yet! I'm still as youthful (and diplomatic) as ever!

Not sure about him being the oldest but Gerry of NEA had been in service for nearly 40 years!

10/10 Gerry you are a true legend. Enjoy the easy times. :D

old by age or experience
 

started of at 18 years old as an ops clerk-whatever that is.. 54 y/othis year
..36 years of sheer hell! ..NOT..:}

Started @ 17 in Bettys Royal flying club (AATC), been civvie since 96.
50 later this year.........and still loving it :E

VEEPS

Waco can't be far off though!!!!!!

XL surely has some REALLY old troopers.....????

Waco isn't THAT old, he just looks like he's had a hard life!!! :ok: Hehe!!!

........yep.......its a very hard life.........
It's even harder now I'm working in
.................wait for it....................
A tax office

For goodness sake...............somebody

HHHHHHEEEEEELLLLLLPPPPP

Anybody want an ops guy - 23 years in the business.....anything considered.

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not seen dada's name on here for a long time...hope all is well

TAX OFFICE?!? WHAT'S KICKED OFF?!?

P.s Thugs a Fireman!

Where's all those XL OAPs....

OMG sorry to hear it.
Sign of the times i guess.
Cheers from the dam

Common Guys, Share Yr Experience!how Has It Been Working All Those Long Years?

Some of the pensioners in BY Ops at LTN must have been knocking on a bit. Zoom, RB and Google **** to (not) name a few.

OK
 

In 1964 @ 19 still around (Flt Ops/Dispatch) and still having great fun and love to work. Jeez I'm a sad b'stard, just hand me another glass of good 'Scottish wine' afore I get the aeroperf sorted!

That young whippersnapper Big Tudor was suggesting that some of the old pensioners at BY were knocking on a bit. How dare he.!
What would he know-couldnt even be trusted to buy a pair of wellies in Gerona?
Surely what he really meant say was that they were very experienced!! RB is still in ops (Not BY) and doesnt look a day older than 20!! LOL
Actually "he" started in 1969 but Big John is also still in ops at Excel/TC is also in ops/Zoom is a Care bear at Luton (although about to retire or may even have just gone). They were all pre-1969 by a good couple of years.
Who was Google though?? Dont remember that pseudonym?

Blimey...sounds like the seniority list i've just joined the bottom of...or about to fall off the bottom of...

You should check out Virgin Ops, it's virtually an Old People's home!!