[jhb] Re: Latest hours
- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:42:37 +0100
Just after I was posted to the IoM my mate got posted to Stornoway. I spend a
magical fortnight with him exploring Lewis and then got to know the Loganair
Otter pilot who promptly co-opted me to the RHS for a couple of Benbecula -
Barra runs. Great fun and the Otter is a delightful aircraft to fly once you
get used to the overhead throttles. Horribly unofficial of course – we would
both have been sacked on the spot doing such things these days..
I never flew a Viscount either.. ;)
bones
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From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of A
STACEY
Sent: 05 October 2009 19:12
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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
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