Vale David T Wales
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Vale David T Wales
I am very sad to report that David passed away peacefully in his sleep in the early hours of this morning. He was at home with his wife. David had been unwell for the last 10 months..
Is this the Dave Wales I knew in in BOAC and BA? If so, he was a one off and wonderful to know.
I also had many pleasant and amusing flights with him in CX. A true joy to fly with and a gent of the first order. A man who could talk to kings and vagabonds and treat them either equally or in reverse order, depending on how they treated him in return.
I learned a lot about aeroplanes and about life from him.
I learned a lot about aeroplanes and about life from him.
What a character! Always a pleasure to fly with or just have a beer with. RIP Dave.
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One of my first memories in CX where he forever earned my respect, was in an early simulator conversion ride.
A particularly cranky old Capt was called off reserve to crew up, and was about as unhelpful as you could be. DW bless his socks said quite directly something along the lines of; Look, the young fella clearly knows nothing, why don't you at least try and help, or I'll jump in the seat, and I certainly couldn't do a worse job than you!
Always a pleasure to fly with, and a very knowledgeable man who was happy to share such knowledge when asked.
Did he stay in hk aftercreturement, as I did see him at HHYC a few years back?
A particularly cranky old Capt was called off reserve to crew up, and was about as unhelpful as you could be. DW bless his socks said quite directly something along the lines of; Look, the young fella clearly knows nothing, why don't you at least try and help, or I'll jump in the seat, and I certainly couldn't do a worse job than you!
Always a pleasure to fly with, and a very knowledgeable man who was happy to share such knowledge when asked.
Did he stay in hk aftercreturement, as I did see him at HHYC a few years back?
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I am so sorry to hear this, Dave was one in a million. An absolute pleasure to work and play with. One of my favourite anecdotes about him. He'd just joined and was on the induction course. Noel Jones, aka the poison dwarf, came into the room waving a set of air tickets and harangued the assembled throng with his usual welcome of, "Don't care who you are or where you come from, you'll meet Cathay's standards or you'll be on the first flight out of here," to which Davey replied, "Well if that's your attitude, give me mine now, I don't want to work for an airline that treats its crew like that." Needless to say, the diminutive one backed off and amended his 'welcome' speech in the future.
Very funny r4. I remember Dave well and agree with all above. RIP.
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It was people like Dave that made the old Cathay the wonderful organization that it was. Even among that cast of classy characters, he stood out. A lovely bloke!
if there is a Cathay Club up there, somewhere...he is there now, sitting at the bar, with a cool drink in his hand and a welcoming smile.
if there is a Cathay Club up there, somewhere...he is there now, sitting at the bar, with a cool drink in his hand and a welcoming smile.
UK Church Service and wake details in the 'Where are they now ?' fred - https://www.pprune.org/where-they-no...imization.html July 12th. Anecdotes sought. Looks like it'll be a good p-u !
