Chic Eather
The Reverend
Joined: Oct 1999
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From: Sydney,NSW,Australia
Another amusing anecdote about Chick ("just do your job old son") was a flight to Haneda with a new British F/O keen to please, asked Chick about the standard night stop entertainment of bending the elbow at the nearest beer hall.
No old son, I'm just going to give the old stick a bit of a work out. Oh said the F/O, do you mind if I join you? Are you interested in that kind of thing, asked Chick? Oh rather, nudge, nudge, wink, wink;was the answer. Little did he know that Chick was an avid disciple of Kendo which was practiced with wooden swords!
No old son, I'm just going to give the old stick a bit of a work out. Oh said the F/O, do you mind if I join you? Are you interested in that kind of thing, asked Chick? Oh rather, nudge, nudge, wink, wink;was the answer. Little did he know that Chick was an avid disciple of Kendo which was practiced with wooden swords!
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Malaysia
Sector Hogs
Chic was a pussycat compared to the Angry Ant. And how about "Wonder Boy Gibson" of BOAC who gave away one sector during his long career and resigned after a very near miss with the ground at Nairobi? Then there was the truly infamous Captain Gillette, a.k.a. "The Blade", possibly the last of the North Atlantic Barons, who, thank God, was never allowed off the VC10 - much to the relief of the Boeing crews.
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: Hong Kong
Very true and to boot..the new boys have no idea about CX history, Chic, Farrell or De Kantow..probably same can be said of most of the managers and that includes the stem cell pilots and apprentice lizards!!
