Retro 747 BOAC
10 Jan Lifted back to Blighty on BEA Trident 2 - trip over. £££allowances good
Was uniform compulsory on positioning ? I recall a BA 747 LHR-LAX where an MEA full crew were positioning from Beirut to Santa Barbara to pick up a 707 which had had the Q engine modifications done there, four quite beefy blokes very squashed into a 4-seat middle at the back of Y, and looking decidedly travel-weary and uniform-crumpled by arrival in LAX. They also repeatedly got mistaken for BA crew by passing pax, and plied with irrelevant questions, which the skipper handled very patiently (including mine about the Q mods).
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Just curious how did it work for pay in those times with such disorganisation to plan. Was it all just for basic salary, and you just had to accept what was needed ? Was Sector pay significant, and was it therefore a loss if your planned sectors were cancelled ?
Was uniform compulsory on positioning ? I recall a BA 747 LHR-LAX where an MEA full crew were positioning from Beirut to Santa Barbara to pick up a 707 which had had the Q engine modifications done there, four quite beefy blokes very squashed into a 4-seat middle at the back of Y, and looking decidedly travel-weary and uniform-crumpled by arrival in LAX. They also repeatedly got mistaken for BA crew by passing pax, and plied with irrelevant questions, which the skipper handled very patiently (including mine about the Q mods).
Was uniform compulsory on positioning ? I recall a BA 747 LHR-LAX where an MEA full crew were positioning from Beirut to Santa Barbara to pick up a 707 which had had the Q engine modifications done there, four quite beefy blokes very squashed into a 4-seat middle at the back of Y, and looking decidedly travel-weary and uniform-crumpled by arrival in LAX. They also repeatedly got mistaken for BA crew by passing pax, and plied with irrelevant questions, which the skipper handled very patiently (including mine about the Q mods).
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And now news of another retro job. G-BNLY is to be painted in the BA Landor livery next month.
https://www.facebook.com/76903425829...8142473835830/
https://www.facebook.com/76903425829...8142473835830/
An amusement for fans of the Landor livery (or their children, or their grandchildren): Aerocard BA B767
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Probably the best of the British Airways titled schemes. An enterprising local camera shop owner would take the above shot of your own approach into the old Kai Tak airport. If you called him from the UK before your departure, he would position himself opposite the famed Chequer Board on the approach to Rwy 13. This shot was of my co-pilot carrying out his first landing into Hkg!
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'YGC left Kuwait a little while ago and is due in at Heathrow at 1250; seems to be a nice day so some may see it in the metal - I expect it'll come in via Lambourne, but if it's via Biggin my head will be out of the window.
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Treadi: It did indeed arrive via Lambourne. Sadly, the day was not quite as nice as could have been hoped for but it did at least beat the rain, unlike the day it was delivered from Dublin!
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Currently inbound Heathrow, just passing Swansea and hopefully heading for the Epsom hold...
