Exit on grounds of pregnancy!
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It was Wendy.
She got the nickname on the OCU.
The SOP for Herc Navs was to give the pilots the drift so that you could adjust the downwind leg in the visual circuit.
The story goes that our heroine was a little bit behind the aircraft and, having asked for the drift a couple of times, the student Captain came out with the immortal line:
"Oi, give me the f***ing drift, bitch!"
She got the nickname on the OCU.
The SOP for Herc Navs was to give the pilots the drift so that you could adjust the downwind leg in the visual circuit.
The story goes that our heroine was a little bit behind the aircraft and, having asked for the drift a couple of times, the student Captain came out with the immortal line:
"Oi, give me the f***ing drift, bitch!"
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back in 97 I had a short task up at Buchan. There were a large number of maternity uniforms in Clothing Stores - they were a very new thing then. They had 7 pregnant LAC(W) and SAC(W) on the unit! It seems the local boys all had pots of cash (working offshore or on the trawlers) and the fresh blood we posted up there were easily impressed.
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That is the exact story, I was on the same OCU course. She was so far behind the aircraft she could have been towed as a target by 100 Sqn
having said that I was only a few feet in front of her. 
There was a rumour that LYN Flight Planning had opened an annex in her & Nick's front room. I remember on the States trainer, Nick had meticulously planned and rehearsed the next days route into Dulles days before, so the staff changed the routing into Baltimore that morning ...... his head fell off. Oh how we laughed
That is the exact story, I was on the same OCU course. She was so far behind the aircraft she could have been towed as a target by 100 Sqn
having said that I was only a few feet in front of her. There was a rumour that LYN Flight Planning had opened an annex in her & Nick's front room. I remember on the States trainer, Nick had meticulously planned and rehearsed the next days route into Dulles days before, so the staff changed the routing into Baltimore that morning ...... his head fell off. Oh how we laughed
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Thank you, Soddit!
Just what I wanted. Murder/mystery set in 1968 (Waddington), I've got a WRAF ATC (married to a Vulcan navigator) who's getting out on grounds of pregnancy. Sad thing, later in the novel the poor girl's going to die in childbirth.
Merv Astle
Just what I wanted. Murder/mystery set in 1968 (Waddington), I've got a WRAF ATC (married to a Vulcan navigator) who's getting out on grounds of pregnancy. Sad thing, later in the novel the poor girl's going to die in childbirth.
Merv Astle
And what are your conclusions Seldom?
HF and CRM = useful fora in which crews improve their confidence, communication and understanding of factors which can only help improve flight safety?
EO = an attendence course mandated by MOD to ensure the some arbitrary tick VG can be made on everyones JPA profile so that the stats look good when probed by minority rights pressure groups?
Have I got it right so far?
HF and CRM = useful fora in which crews improve their confidence, communication and understanding of factors which can only help improve flight safety?
EO = an attendence course mandated by MOD to ensure the some arbitrary tick VG can be made on everyones JPA profile so that the stats look good when probed by minority rights pressure groups?
Have I got it right so far?
