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4th September 2020 via LinkedIn
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I still remember that my first flight was travelling from Hong Kong to Bangkok with Cathay Pacific's Boeing 747. I was only six years old and was extremely excited about the trip. My father, who worked for the airport police, told me that we would fly with the "goose head" aircraft.
Some years ago, I remember climbing up from the tarmac of Frankfurt Airport into the small three-engined, Yak-42 of Donbassaero Airlines, thinking that this trip to Donetsk could go horribly wrong.
My first job in the airline business was as a crewing assistant, the lowest of the low in a very busy, powerful and professional operations department.
In the early 1970’s, when I was struggling and eventually failing to become a Commercial Airline Pilot, two topics were constantly discussed alongside the usual training subjects and both have stayed with me throughout my career.
As I see the stream of linked-in posts from super-qualified, energetic and ambitious, but out-of-work industry colleagues, turn into a torrent, I am torn between relief...
I'm father and a husband, as well as a long-term owner/manager and would be academic, my identity is naturally fluid depending on how others see me at the time, but I have strong core values that remain independent of the situation.
I was a terrible pilot. At just 18 years of age, having won a full sponsorship from British Airways, it was a heart-breaking experience to fail to achieve my dream of becoming a commercial airline pilot.