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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 7, 2014 17:55:59 GMT 12
Some how..this has happened….  Im now sitting on the other side of the big shiny bird……..reading   Don't worry though, there was someone sat opposite to me whilst I was performing a non-critical task  |
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Post by Bruce on Dec 7, 2014 19:35:02 GMT 12
Congratulations on the promotion to newspaper reader! well done!
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Post by suthg on Dec 7, 2014 20:30:55 GMT 12
I see he has his own coffee holder! |
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Post by Barnsey on Dec 7, 2014 21:09:33 GMT 12
Well done Haughtney! How many years to command was it?
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Post by baronbeeza on Dec 7, 2014 21:17:26 GMT 12
Two foot to the left and six inches off the ground....
Well done that man.
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Post by errolmartyn on Dec 7, 2014 22:06:16 GMT 12
I am reminded of the story about the first officer undergoing emergency procedure tests in the flight simulator.
“That’s a most satisfactory performance, First Officer,” congratulates his examiner. “Now, just one final question before I pass you out with flying colours. You are cruising at 30,000 feet when the captain suddenly collapses and dies of a heart attack. What is the first action you should take?”
First Officer: “I’d turn to the Flight Engineer and say to him ‘help me get this bastard out of my seat.’”
Hopefully Captain Haughtney’s sideways move was made under somewhat less urgent conditions!
Errol
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Dec 7, 2014 22:54:15 GMT 12
Only two feet to the left?
Are those cockpits really that narrow?
In a locomotive, it's about two METRES from the left-hand seat to the right-hand seat (we do things opposite to you, unless one is in Oz or Pommyland, where they drive trains from the left-hand side).
Congratulations, BTW.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 7, 2014 23:24:16 GMT 12
Well done!
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 8, 2014 11:35:48 GMT 12
Congratulations!
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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 8, 2014 18:59:42 GMT 12
Thanks one and all, it probably seems a bit self indulgent to advertise my seat move on here, but I can honestly say I did it because first and foremost I'm a kiwi and an aviation buff who believes this place is populated by a bunch of kindred spirits....regardless of our location or position in life.
Barnsey 4 1/2 years from joining until I was released to the line, and the process itself from the initial suitability review until release was about 5 months long.
P.S your all invited to my command BBQ on Friday, the wife is baking a cake......so best stick to bear and sausages...:-)
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 8, 2014 20:13:56 GMT 12
Party at Haughtney's house! Just gotta work out where, now |
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Post by haughtney1 on Dec 8, 2014 20:30:44 GMT 12
Here you go Dave I'm at: N25°7'20.4", E55°23'39.0......or there abouts. :-)
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Post by nuuumannn on Dec 8, 2014 20:48:53 GMT 12
Good on you Haughtney, but the Daily Mail? You'll have to up your intellect a bit now you're captain.
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Post by suthg on Dec 9, 2014 8:11:25 GMT 12
Hmmm Dubai! Might need some cheap flights... |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Dec 9, 2014 9:04:18 GMT 12
Well, have a well deserved ale or two then
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Post by pjw4118 on Dec 9, 2014 14:57:41 GMT 12
Good on you , but the hard question , why is the LH seat the command seat ?
If Dubai based , at least you have cricket to watch.
And Errol M cracking a joke ,,,,, get a grip man .
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Post by errolmartyn on Dec 9, 2014 15:17:45 GMT 12
And Errol M cracking a joke ,,,,, get a grip man . Get a grip - ah yes, as in the unforgettable (some might say unforgiveable) Gryptpyppe-Thynne, one of my old heroes from the good old Goon Show days! Errol |
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Post by baz62 on Dec 9, 2014 15:39:39 GMT 12
And good old Moriarty he of the detachable knees! LOVE the Goon Show. :-)
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Post by pjw4118 on Dec 9, 2014 17:14:38 GMT 12
WOT >>>>WOT WOT wot wot wot wot . You swine Moriaty. It is you or Eccles Martyn that has sent me searching for the tapes .. I shall not rest until I have had a sleep: yours Bluebottle
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Post by errolmartyn on Dec 9, 2014 18:52:38 GMT 12
And not forgetting that seductive little minx Minnie Bannister and her debonaire companion Henry Crun, or Major Bloodnok who continues to deny to this very day ever being within a 100 miles of the scene when those Mess Funds went missing - and of course the one and only Neddie Seagoon who, in a moment of misguided nationalistic fervour in 1940 applied to enlist in the RAF in order he might become one of 'The Few', was with great regret turned down on the basis that they already had Too Many.
Errol
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