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Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:32 pm
by Fatzdaddio
Hi to all Members,
Being an old man with some previous aviation moments , I've joined in order to remind myself of the variety of life caused by that occupation.
I was in ....RAF ( til the Varsity ! ) Gulf Air ( F27 ) Emirates Air Service (Twin Otter ) Jersey European ..Metropolitan ..Schreiner ( in Angola ) .. B.I.A. ( '1st jet' 1-11 ) .. Air Europe (F.100) ..Bangkok Airways ..British Air Ferries - British World ..World Airways .. British Mediterranean (A320 ) ..Air World - Flying Colours - JMC --Thomas Cook (B757 with TC )
My last flight was July 2010.
It will be fun for me to read any recollections of any of those aircraft types and companies !
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:36 pm
by Capetonian
Welcome. I hope you enjoy the forum.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:04 pm
by barkingmad
Welcome to the team, Fatz!
Your aquatic exploits in the Gulf surely deserve a mention?
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:32 pm
by Sat-U Lag-I
Fatzdaddio wrote: ↑Tue Jul 16, 2019 5:32 pm
It will be fun for me to read any recollections of any of those aircraft types and companies !
You'll be disappointed.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:36 pm
by ian16th
Welcome!
Looking forward to reading of your exploits.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:42 pm
by Boac
Welcome aboard, Fatz. I make that about 17 airlines...........!!!! Many of whom went bust.....gulp!
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 7:59 pm
by om15
Welcome Fatz, I was a LAME with BIA/Air UK 1979 to 1984 and with Jersey European 1989 to 1997, so our paths may have crossed, also had many friends at BAF/Jade Point/British World.
A friendly forum, do you have an allotment?
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:01 pm
by Fatzdaddio
'Barking mad' ..
How did you know that I was a diver in the Gulf ..and on the American drill ship that discovered a Dubai offshore oil field ? That was before I became a pilot !
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:15 pm
by Fatzdaddio
Hi to OM15 ..
Paths must have crossed ..
but not on an allotment ?
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 8:38 pm
by G-CPTN
I look forward to nostalgia (if you can look forward to something in the past).
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:03 pm
by barkingmad
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be in the old days........,
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:33 pm
by CharlieOneSix
Welcome on board Fatz. BAF and British World. Viscounts? If so you may well have shuttled me ABZ-LSI and back at some point.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:33 am
by FD2
Welcome Fatz - that's quite a width/depth of experience!
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 5:45 am
by Slasher
What FD2 said.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:27 am
by jimtherev
With Slash and FD2 that makes three of us.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 12:59 pm
by Stoneboat
Welcome Fatz, hope ya like trivia.
The F-27 must have been a bit of a dog in the Gulf.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:16 pm
by ribrash
Welcome Fatz.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:34 pm
by 4mastacker
Welcome Fatz.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:57 pm
by Ex-Ascot
My dear chap, welcome aboard. There are some pretty sane aviation folks on here you can communicate with but one doesn't come under that bracket.
Re: Fatzdaddio
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:04 pm
by barkingmad
Is one's sanity adversely affected by years of travelling in aluminium tubing breathing oil-contaminated air frequent crossing of time zones eating sh1t food trying to sleep in strange beds whilst the crew-disturbance unit (aka housekeeping) make as much decibels as they can whilst you try and get your allocated rest?
Be careful FatzD, there are some folks here who deserve my posting name but not through their fault!
Look forwards to your comments on the many threads here.