[jhb] Re: Latest hours
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 00:30:48 +0100
Damn.. I hadn't spotted that.. <vbg>
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Phil Reynolds
Sent: 05 October 2009 21:35
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Latest hours
Blimey, longer than I imagined. I guess "lapsed" probably doesn't cover
it, I'm surprised I'm still getting the pay cheques!
Phil
Fossil wrote:
> Sept 2006
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> bones
> bones@xxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Phil Reynolds
> Sent: 05 October 2009 17:55
> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jhb] Re: Latest hours
>
> Well done all! I must find more time to fit in a flight now and then
> myself. I can't remember the last time I logged an official JHB flight?
>
> Phil
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> Fossil wrote:
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>> Promotions get harder the higher up the ranks you go so it becomes
>> increasingly rare to announce such events.
>>
>> IÃ?Â?m very pleased to say there is ample excuse for a celebration bash
>> because I have three promotions to announce this week.
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>> *HILL, John, 199** promoted from** ATP Captain** to** Senior ATP
>> Captain**.*
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>> *STOPFORTH, Fred, 207** promoted from** Senior Commercial Captain**
>> to** ATP Captain.*
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>> *STACEY, John, 218** promoted from** Flight Officer** to** Captain.*
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>> First my congratulations to Mick for jumping off the bottom rung and
>> moving up to Captain status Ã?Â? the first of many I hope.
>>
>> Fred has been plugging away at flights solidly over the last few
>> months and has crossed the 500hr mark to promote him to ATP Captain.
>> This is a well deserved promotion and I congratulate Fred on achieving
>> this level.
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>> John Hill has taken a break from ATC but has not been idle, flying
>> some long sectors in recent months. Having broken the 750hr barrier
>> this promotes him to Senior ATP Captain and places him eighth in the
>> JHB rankings. I doff my cap...
>>
>> Senior ATP Captain marks a plateau in the rankings because the next
>> two levels to Master and Command ATP Captain require a huge jump in
>> hours. In truth the Master ATP Captain rank was introduced late on in
>> Noble Air because it was not anticipated that some pilots would ever
>> break the 1000 hour barrier and the Command ATP Captain was only
>> brought in after some Noble pilots broke through 3000 hours of flight.
>> To put it into perspective the current 3500 hour requirement for
>> Command ATP Captain would require a pilot to fly for 2.5 hours every
>> night for nearly four years.
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>> Regardless of these high levels any promotion is well deserved as each
>> is graduated so that your level of experience will have improved
>> markedly from the previous level. I sincerely congratulate everyone
>> who achieves a higher ranking..
>>
>> Now where did I put that tankard..
>>
>> bones
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