( picking himself off the floor ) hahahaha!! Mike ________________________________ From: Fossil <fossil@xxxxxxx> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, 7 October, 2009 4:15:25 Subject: [jhb] Re: Latest hours “I like the memories though, keep them coming” I will – if I can remember where I left them.. J bones bones@xxxxxxx From:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Nicholls Sent: 06 October 2009 07:38 To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb] Re: Latest hours Hi John I was a very new boy not that long ago, and although I rarely fly on IVAO at present I read the forums with interest My advice for anyone new flying with JHB is to park yourself at Ronaldsway or maybe Leeds Bradford when the boys are on ATC, and fly a few circuits with them. I promise you you will learn more under the watchful eyes of Bones & co in an evening then years of flying in the Highlands without their help, however beautiful they ( the Highlands, no offense guys! ) are I like the memories though, keep them coming All the best Mike 214 ________________________________ From:A STACEY <makadstacey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, 5 October, 2009 19:12:26 Subject: [jhb] Re: Latest hours Thank you for your kind words. I have as JHB 218 been flying my rather erratic ways among the wonderful highlands and islands of Scotland...well out of the way of you guys. Spurred on by a recent stay in the Outer Hebrides, watching Otters land at Barra, and flying with Highland Airways from Stornoway to Inverness, plus flights Flybe Inverness to Manchester route. Hope afore long to summon the courage to mingle with the big boys i.e. you guys, around Ronaldsway and other romantic places. My first ever visit to the Isle of Man was many years ago in the 1960's from Heathrow in a long gone airline and no doubt long since turned - into - refrigerator aeroplane. I think it was a monoplane...it certainly had propellors. So look out for...and be advised...keep well away from JHB 218 sometime soon. ________________________________ From:Fossil <fossil@xxxxxxx> To: JHB Private Email <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, 5 October, 2009 5:34:55 PM Subject: [jhb] Latest hours Promotions get harder the higher up the ranks you go so it becomes increasingly rare to announce such events. I’m very pleased to say there is ample excuse for a celebration bash because I have three promotions to announce this week. HILL, John, 199 promoted from ATP Captain to Senior ATP Captain. STOPFORTH, Fred, 207 promoted from Senior Commercial Captain to ATP Captain. STACEY, John, 218 promoted from Flight Officer to Captain. First my congratulations to Mick for jumping off the bottom rung and moving up to Captain status – 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. 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. 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 bones@xxxxxxx