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Boring !!!!
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: |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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: |
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. |
Not tellin' yer - I shall remain an International Man of Mystery. (Nobody ever understood me...)
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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... |
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: |
ahh go on , ya will ya will ya will
Army air Corps Execair - gla - ops Goldair -cbg - ops/crewing Easyjet - ltn - crewing :D |
Worked in various positions within Ground Ops in LTN, STN, LGW, SNN, CBG, ABZ, ORD and others......
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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.... :) |
Osh Me Old....!!!
I'm quite confident i'll double your record in the next 35 years.....keep looking after those pilot's rosters... |
Interesting!!!!
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 |
Shoot guys
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 |
I need more jobs to compete but here goes
Ly,Fr,Go and now I've been tango'd ;) :D Rgds PP |
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 |
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. ;) ;) |
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Especially if I'm there as well....
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Banzai Chap
You've been rumbled!!!! LOL xx |
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: |
Fiction try lalapanzi........:rolleyes:
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Sabena BRU, MX
TNT LGG, Ops and now in sunny GVA dispatching some sporty bizzjets. |
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??? |
Talking of being sussed out, JB007 I still have the negatives.... :D
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Only a rough guess but I reckon Banzai Chap in a previous PPRuNe life was Anjin San.
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You got it in one Watcher!!!
:) :) :) |
...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 !;) |
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. |
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! |
Not as illustrious as some, but...
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 |
Fiction OAP
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: |
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 |
Watcher - I believe you've missed one out of your list - the next to last one:D :D :D
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No, I never worked there.
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You never worked anywhere if you could avoid it
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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 |
well here's mine.....
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 ?? |
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: |
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