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Something Positive
Not to detract from your justifiable complaints against the "dark side", it is heart-warming to read the humane sentiments expressed by "Longtime" which inflect a tone of humility and understanding. Longtime has probably achieved the most "crew-unifying" post on this forum for a very long time - pun intended.
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Thank you for your extremely kind comments.
My post was not intended as a manifesto for elevation to Sainthood, for which I would never pass the first interview, courtesy of past exploits and indiscretions, but rather than to raise the issue of how we can all be guilty of leaving our fallen and injured behind.
I see two such ex flying colleagues. One of whom, sadly, is normally in the depths of depression. Two things of note spring to mind, the first was a passing comment made by his wife, that almost all of his supposed friends just drifted away when he had to stop flying, to the extent his wife remarked I was effectively the only one who had continued to keep in touch. How sad is that?
The second point was noticing a very recent and visible uplift in his spirits and general well being, and the only aspect his wife could put it down to, was a chance meeting he had with a colleague from his pre-CX days, who now comes round from time to time and takes him for lunch too.
It's humbling to see how such a simple gesture can mean so much to someone else.
My post was not intended as a manifesto for elevation to Sainthood, for which I would never pass the first interview, courtesy of past exploits and indiscretions, but rather than to raise the issue of how we can all be guilty of leaving our fallen and injured behind.
I see two such ex flying colleagues. One of whom, sadly, is normally in the depths of depression. Two things of note spring to mind, the first was a passing comment made by his wife, that almost all of his supposed friends just drifted away when he had to stop flying, to the extent his wife remarked I was effectively the only one who had continued to keep in touch. How sad is that?
The second point was noticing a very recent and visible uplift in his spirits and general well being, and the only aspect his wife could put it down to, was a chance meeting he had with a colleague from his pre-CX days, who now comes round from time to time and takes him for lunch too.
It's humbling to see how such a simple gesture can mean so much to someone else.
