Hi big Dave, Was flying execs to earn a crust having been furloughed by big. Airways for a second time. Early 1980s. Fear for 1200 former colleagues being laid off, plus thousands around the world as there is nowhere to go. I never had a second string to my bow and was lucky that medical issues didn’t strike until late 50s. Couldn’t get in or out of your Warrior Now! Trained on the Cherokee in the early 70s. Sad to see the end of the 747 having spent 22 years on the Queen of the Sky’s
Hi Clipped wings,
I must admit getting into the Warrior is getting more difficult as I get older. However, it does have adaptions to permit me, being a left leg amputee with a prosthetic to fly it. Getting the adaptions signed off however was another matter!
Yes, sadly BA isn’t seeing good days at the moment. I flew to/from LA on a BA B744 in first class last Christmas and the crew onboard were fantastic. With BA parking all their B747s airframes currently I don’t know if they will fly again – they seem to be flying only the B777 and B787’s currently on their very few long-haul flights. I hope I do get another chance to fly in a B744 again, as the 20 Club seats upstairs have something rather special about them.
I always feel just that bit happier crossing the Atlantic with 4 RB2-11’s ‘turning & burning’ than with only two!