tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50632060818270367042024-03-13T16:09:19.736+08:00 My Life in AviationA reflection of my 47years in aviation. It includes service in Malayan Airways(MAL),
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines(MSA),
Malaysian Airlines System(MAS),
Jet Airways(India),
Magic Airlines(India),
Go Air(India),
and Firefly(subsidiary of MAS).
@rothomasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-50065150550904988392021-04-21T17:13:00.005+08:002023-04-21T12:35:02.161+08:00Malaysia Airlines - A moment to remember (Rev 6)<span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">A moment to remember, a milestone to cherish.<br />My 47 years in aviation, as an Airline Pilot, Manager, Trainer, and Vice President. <br /><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">This blog is a reflection of my time in Malayan Airways, Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, Malaysian Airways, Malaysia Airline and finally Firefly! </span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #000099; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(This blog excludes my time in India serving Jet Airways, Magic Airlines and Go Air for the period 1998 to 2007)</span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;">To God be the glory. </span><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>CADET PILOT TRAINING </u></b></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">How it all started- </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Selected as Cadet Pilot by Malayan Airways ( Final Interview Pan33el consisted of Capt Jimmy Brown, Capt Flack, and Mr Wilfred Antoniz, Personnel Manager ); commenced 16 Apr 1963. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Departure Paya Lebar Airport, Singapore. 16th Apr 1963 sometime in the evening.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><i><span style="color: blue;">Below from Left: Ivan (partly hidden), Terence, Mama, Hilary, Papachen, me, Papa, Francis, TK Pow, Puru, Pow's Mum, Gopi, Pow's brother.</span></i><br /><i><span style="color: blue;">(Photo as be kind courtesy of T K Pow)</span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnybjH2m1bAkq0d2z5hDxAtwrq_tKgJshSE4ge6wtNO-VAg4LMDfo6PwiPO8APQGUtkVZzjYvcjl3Lqs5DNrkcHqi3o-K1n6g6d3c4hueBode89fkJT88mktoUvSe0wZ4kCtSrnUpAuw/s1600/IMG_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnybjH2m1bAkq0d2z5hDxAtwrq_tKgJshSE4ge6wtNO-VAg4LMDfo6PwiPO8APQGUtkVZzjYvcjl3Lqs5DNrkcHqi3o-K1n6g6d3c4hueBode89fkJT88mktoUvSe0wZ4kCtSrnUpAuw/s400/IMG_0012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><i><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></i><span style="color: blue;">A newspaper cutting from Malay Mail, April 19th 1963 published below. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">We were the 2nd Batch of Malayan Airways pilots that were sponsored by the company for pilot training in Scotland UK.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The four of us were in Course 19 - Airwork Services Training (AST), Perth, Scotland. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">From Left: Roland, Pow T.K, </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" style="color: blue;">Choo</span><span style="color: blue;"> K.L, Foo C.W.</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6T_CzU5GGw_o3sHDntk6LOggMdlD-zDhgZu845XLApdyxzQTxbrG5jHmrlOOPWXo97zqbpbZoiFhlsrngwznn5zmjtD7GZC6YxMsklMb4-1nE_b5th_y8wRdGgCd2v9GrwMrbI7FNQ/s1600/1963-+Apr+Mail+Mail+Cutting.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6T_CzU5GGw_o3sHDntk6LOggMdlD-zDhgZu845XLApdyxzQTxbrG5jHmrlOOPWXo97zqbpbZoiFhlsrngwznn5zmjtD7GZC6YxMsklMb4-1nE_b5th_y8wRdGgCd2v9GrwMrbI7FNQ/s320/1963-+Apr+Mail+Mail+Cutting.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></i><br /><span style="color: blue;">First time in London, England. All excited about it and visiting the the various sites like Piccadily etc.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Ended up the evening at sleazy Soho. Here's what we looked like there.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDdqqQKqkAsdUk6JI4Nd1DemGuDemGlg2n1pW1sNQ-MNMCPAWjgkRIBhN6GLs8qRUvCC0DOnAs0RDrSli7EOur9FGHrPWMT8Dfoo-qjo1qep5NG7NkrApAMf-mGahI3lYQ6dPQ8X7pA/s1600/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWDdqqQKqkAsdUk6JI4Nd1DemGuDemGlg2n1pW1sNQ-MNMCPAWjgkRIBhN6GLs8qRUvCC0DOnAs0RDrSli7EOur9FGHrPWMT8Dfoo-qjo1qep5NG7NkrApAMf-mGahI3lYQ6dPQ8X7pA/s320/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><i><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></i><span style="color: blue;">Foo and me shared the room below, while Pow and Choo were in another.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below from left: TK Pow, me, Choo Kok Liang and Foo Chee Wah.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofkFPiEBpHALtjLDEc4yQRMlUc4MJi9351MxE-00J5jR1A5-t0YLGqXLF1RhTbBx31HFwNWPXKAmwjmNs7Pb7ZpdcIzu5uxhLD4CUCBbwHbitQZPUymBh00dvUi-DdzYr6-qd0L_LeQ/s1600/IMG_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofkFPiEBpHALtjLDEc4yQRMlUc4MJi9351MxE-00J5jR1A5-t0YLGqXLF1RhTbBx31HFwNWPXKAmwjmNs7Pb7ZpdcIzu5uxhLD4CUCBbwHbitQZPUymBh00dvUi-DdzYr6-qd0L_LeQ/s400/IMG_0008.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Our relationship became brotherly and we used to share each others feelings, loves and worries.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-cxW4Qlh_zJ8iMQC60v2zt_gMoPvKTzwgTgfs-6qIeBwsXxX_AXFrScZ1EV8BK0DKPuqr0HRcKDS5Sw_hk3M7mHdHDGFzbg95RypDm36oi30yKFYpCQhBmyfuc0TkzXF8QHwToU3lg/s1600-h/1963-+Apr+Mail+Mail+Cutting.JPG"></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><u>Airwork Services Training Perth</u> </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Scotland the beautiful was the location of Scone Aerodrome in Perthshire where we were to spend about 14-15 months completing the Commercial Pilots Licence (CPL) with Instrument Rating (IR). </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It was an ideal setting for training of cadet pilots and engineers. Scone had 4 runways, all grass strips the longest being 05/23. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Here are some of the photos reproduced to reminisce those difficult but wonderful days.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Our Magazine cover in those days.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BByrtkwrGjICnoccPyXEX0Fgd22Syz-zN7fyR7bJ2Cc1ywVfrj98XXvZg0gftsLYzUDL5v1mnvxncluChX34O7DJmfTaxoTM19-fFLfm_BpS_h-wUCdrQRrp99gAyBY4jAoHQipfCQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BByrtkwrGjICnoccPyXEX0Fgd22Syz-zN7fyR7bJ2Cc1ywVfrj98XXvZg0gftsLYzUDL5v1mnvxncluChX34O7DJmfTaxoTM19-fFLfm_BpS_h-wUCdrQRrp99gAyBY4jAoHQipfCQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">An aerial view of the aerodrome and its layout. Our dorms are located in the near foreground.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXa6cuv5uio9cNVOK-muspElFlQE5293rsFJgrU5rhektNR0WFrtYbt77_WlkQUYd8-rxbgd-3K7mtkjcid7XHoN3B5xsstHGOkCWbKFvfRrjzegHZlZYIV18gvlCJk7-_brmgbNVVg/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXa6cuv5uio9cNVOK-muspElFlQE5293rsFJgrU5rhektNR0WFrtYbt77_WlkQUYd8-rxbgd-3K7mtkjcid7XHoN3B5xsstHGOkCWbKFvfRrjzegHZlZYIV18gvlCJk7-_brmgbNVVg/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" width="488" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Below, the students dining room. We soon got sick of the same food week-in week-out, although the Scottish breakfast was a good start to the day. </span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmldc3PIFR94OLrwSWvT3ixAFiJrYXAxct6yBEOYFYgNMPUvYGXLGSoB7VPenrjvD0aVlJAqyUzsyuyunM7o19_euuFZrTmAvai9mqFnLruAxFrgTfLi73guReq8R84I3dS7y6SzbTCA/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmldc3PIFR94OLrwSWvT3ixAFiJrYXAxct6yBEOYFYgNMPUvYGXLGSoB7VPenrjvD0aVlJAqyUzsyuyunM7o19_euuFZrTmAvai9mqFnLruAxFrgTfLi73guReq8R84I3dS7y6SzbTCA/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue;">T</span><span style="color: blue;">his a typical classroom for our CPL/ALTP classes.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKo4Gn9ObJKsuDYXOMl7Rh7LNz_XmsejEDF3JZ9L6BLloG6-PONVRPJ9tQplVjmmW-EeMLjJg7NOwmT7dM5onW1MChCBl-GYDdGUiUEVqOwMOWbvMuIedpSrzmS3TfVgMHPagDzmOx7Q/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKo4Gn9ObJKsuDYXOMl7Rh7LNz_XmsejEDF3JZ9L6BLloG6-PONVRPJ9tQplVjmmW-EeMLjJg7NOwmT7dM5onW1MChCBl-GYDdGUiUEVqOwMOWbvMuIedpSrzmS3TfVgMHPagDzmOx7Q/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Cottages housing 4 rooms each. I shifted out from the dorm to one of these cottages after 6 months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2_cX-ajKD5DSVjj5vN9p0uRcFBxD1QMyCmDNT3Lp65qP8hr1UdrOB6T_RwfQDjSmzMmeeeVsq6jkcITAg0f32J4fjzsEABW2TM7E87fzc7Dyl5Hr7l3czAVMPDnArtz-2DTj25bQrw/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio2_cX-ajKD5DSVjj5vN9p0uRcFBxD1QMyCmDNT3Lp65qP8hr1UdrOB6T_RwfQDjSmzMmeeeVsq6jkcITAg0f32J4fjzsEABW2TM7E87fzc7Dyl5Hr7l3czAVMPDnArtz-2DTj25bQrw/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below, the building that houses the Control tower, Club house, etc. </span><span style="color: blue;">After one attained a CPL he was admitted use of the facilities at the club house which was like an Officers Club frequented also by our Instructors. Meals were served here and there was nice bar to unwind. </span><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjNFNyRzBKRoe-G7VQQ3DQPjPuSVJ0lNLoTRm_hUbhTH9-atyDHQh1Sq_dxHaW4o3kib4SgVc6OnGfBdmtxPqS_K2uBhAfI7KH-7x45Q2lrKrj48fagcBr2yrDKx9HgMdsPFC8wW09w/s1600/AST+Tower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmjNFNyRzBKRoe-G7VQQ3DQPjPuSVJ0lNLoTRm_hUbhTH9-atyDHQh1Sq_dxHaW4o3kib4SgVc6OnGfBdmtxPqS_K2uBhAfI7KH-7x45Q2lrKrj48fagcBr2yrDKx9HgMdsPFC8wW09w/s1600/AST+Tower.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">A view of the apron and the flight briefing and control room in the background</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It was good exercise walking to and fro from the dorms. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6ykTIq89MbVr2FUrrNdnnrqxteVRrKkjTLLU0bP52qXh92saE7sgdSU9WsY_r-jLR2LPkQF_d8D-SeAuGHrQ34-SMP3mZbdjUdLM_5FeAHZM91MrI1w-BRn1bl1hNqtgYY_G033RIw/s1600/AST+Flt+Briefing+Rooms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6ykTIq89MbVr2FUrrNdnnrqxteVRrKkjTLLU0bP52qXh92saE7sgdSU9WsY_r-jLR2LPkQF_d8D-SeAuGHrQ34-SMP3mZbdjUdLM_5FeAHZM91MrI1w-BRn1bl1hNqtgYY_G033RIw/s1600/AST+Flt+Briefing+Rooms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below, one of the main streets where we used to gather on most weekends, after a night out at the Pub, to catch the bus back to the aerodrome. I think this is Tay Street (after the river Tay which flows through Perth).</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BfQJdy0Rlm6THymyDXpkYHayaCK7QGx3n6YXBKE1jOVkssev_udW5RnhS54rot2eZOa_d20Y7YARvlRY2R_LTLO0sObuEqe2IHi8yGXivkmRYOMooBM5EgaVCaEdZbRyWbGUJZPy1w/s1600/Perth+Street.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2BfQJdy0Rlm6THymyDXpkYHayaCK7QGx3n6YXBKE1jOVkssev_udW5RnhS54rot2eZOa_d20Y7YARvlRY2R_LTLO0sObuEqe2IHi8yGXivkmRYOMooBM5EgaVCaEdZbRyWbGUJZPy1w/s1600/Perth+Street.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">The four of us off to Ground School on a cold morning.</span><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3SmG2THJorm3ZUo6oHUt0gouPK3BoZcMS3KESmMHlw6jO3pwRtz7MN497vJ6TeiKuWg1cugMtQzbkBNuvbYt_4qEEcwe52ceVU-uWbiGdMRvWLcwUaAnlvqoBXHclcIPDhdN14bJxw/s1024/WhatsApp+Image+2020-03-22+at+11.07.33.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="941" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz3SmG2THJorm3ZUo6oHUt0gouPK3BoZcMS3KESmMHlw6jO3pwRtz7MN497vJ6TeiKuWg1cugMtQzbkBNuvbYt_4qEEcwe52ceVU-uWbiGdMRvWLcwUaAnlvqoBXHclcIPDhdN14bJxw/w368-h400/WhatsApp+Image+2020-03-22+at+11.07.33.jpeg" width="368" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: in a Cessna 172</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDr5vvxGW6llEUApor7litrKswpIv85bqRShGtPimcUiHxyIaHBburuq1axZBIqzE9u61WO5Ba31viKGZasjKxxIKfgbUyWgbyQYBsWdxfIZQZf0d7rnTFtXmG9-5wnKlqGAZfZQ2dA/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoDr5vvxGW6llEUApor7litrKswpIv85bqRShGtPimcUiHxyIaHBburuq1axZBIqzE9u61WO5Ba31viKGZasjKxxIKfgbUyWgbyQYBsWdxfIZQZf0d7rnTFtXmG9-5wnKlqGAZfZQ2dA/s640/IMG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below from left: CW Foo, Inderjit Singh Sekhon and me</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMs2mmDMcz8olSTRi76zu-BrmwPvMpU3LVbWhnRCNeOn42nR0tvdJ4Vv2oCGTvpTfCFb_YiFLUcgyQkkndpQkcXmrpAkF8wBXJerb1fkoxGYHD8NIzd8yG28bb3UqbP2HRLhC5NjJmQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqMs2mmDMcz8olSTRi76zu-BrmwPvMpU3LVbWhnRCNeOn42nR0tvdJ4Vv2oCGTvpTfCFb_YiFLUcgyQkkndpQkcXmrpAkF8wBXJerb1fkoxGYHD8NIzd8yG28bb3UqbP2HRLhC5NjJmQ/s400/IMG_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">Later on in the year 1963 another Batch of Pilots joined us from Malaysia. They had already commenced their cadet pilot training in Curuj, Indonesia (I think under Colombo Plan) but had to leave mid-way due to the "Confrontation" which started between Malaya and Indonesia. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below photo of the Course 20 trio. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">From left:</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Tengku Shamsul Baharin, Mohammad Ali Abubakar and Arshad Rahman. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">All three ended up as Captains in MAS but sadly all have since passed on.</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EHBNlojtw7-d1h9WP8fth_Rq1MYyOL149JQJqn3Y_TyEF6LPMgfLEtoZSXHfdbE3ee3GPCM1w1o0iBRZ-tgFZt2VvvsaUAgVdu0aAioTWGViwrzabijET0eY9jiXSoloejn4oMgNiA/s1600/IMG-20170330-WA0042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3EHBNlojtw7-d1h9WP8fth_Rq1MYyOL149JQJqn3Y_TyEF6LPMgfLEtoZSXHfdbE3ee3GPCM1w1o0iBRZ-tgFZt2VvvsaUAgVdu0aAioTWGViwrzabijET0eY9jiXSoloejn4oMgNiA/s320/IMG-20170330-WA0042.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">Photograph below as per kind courtesy of Capt Len McCully of SIA. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">A typical Dorm' behind us.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">From left: </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Front row - Me, Foo and Maurice De Vaz. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Back row: Choo, Val (? Burmese), Sekhon, Pow, Burmese, Paul Yap, the late Ng Kah Lok and Len McCully. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK5Kknfd5pGt36ejZGiMI7HTyXP2FX5osYFsUhytzdOx4bA8LFEaf85FCWmHza8VCqoP2OlimABmcMyzr4BPUZMb3AcQM_vVL_gGwUG2zAxyayAeIP1tgZs_z3iJSkBolFgFH-Fn78A/s1600/image.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhK5Kknfd5pGt36ejZGiMI7HTyXP2FX5osYFsUhytzdOx4bA8LFEaf85FCWmHza8VCqoP2OlimABmcMyzr4BPUZMb3AcQM_vVL_gGwUG2zAxyayAeIP1tgZs_z3iJSkBolFgFH-Fn78A/s400/image.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">I returned from Perth in June 1964 having completed the Commercial Pilots Licence and immediately got into the business of reporting to our Paya Lebar Office and completing all formalities pre-flying training.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>MALAYAN AIRWAYS</b></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Malayan Airways- 1964: A summary of the Flight Crew then. All wonderful people then. Notice that the majority were expats and a handful of local Senior Captains.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><i>THE PILOTS (As they come to mind)</i></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i> </i></b></span><i>Danny Fenton (DFO) ; Jimmy Brown (Chief Pilot) ; Bill Woods; Charlie Chan ; Johnny Flack ; Douglas Chen ; John Hawkes ; Nagy Segar ; Joe Hutcheson ; Ong Tong Bee ; Pat White ; Len Sorrell ; Tommy Yee Teck So ; Bev Brown ; Teh Hock Ho ; Charlie Rosler ; Johnny Tai ; Ken Toft ; Nick Nichols ; Ambrose Tai ; Ian Laing ; Geoff Kirrage ; Ron Gilmour ; Wally Brunn ; A.C. Leong ; Harry O’court ; Ken Morley ; Y.Y. Fong ; Karl Young ; Jan Bussell ; Jim Couper-Johnson; Allan Morris ; Jimmy Butcher ; Don Cox ; Choi ; Johnny Muraille ; Tommy Duncan ; Hasim ; Tommy Soong ; Johnny Osmond ; John Pereira ; Neil Morison ; John McCausland ; Winkie Ho ; Dave Richards ; Jack Clegg ; Hayden Ashley ; Len McCully ; Andy Andren ; Maurice de Vaz ; Rusty Russell ; Harry Roderick ; Duncan Mclachan ; Roy Parker ; Amar Singh Gill ; Ces Zuber ; Colin King ; Peter Flanagan ; Victor Ma ; Michael Lai ; Kandy Kandasamy ; Vic Gurm ; M.S. Leong ; Jeh Yeh ; Stan Dinsdale ; Peter Owen ; Don McGuigan ; Bill Mortimer ; Al Virtue ; Wu Teh Wai, Terry Chiole. </i></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>F/O's Hassan Ahmad (went on to be the first Malay Captain in MAL/MSA) and later F/O Khairi Mohd. Both Hassan and Dato Khairi ended up being Director of Flight Operations in turn. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Many of the above have passed on, however fond memories linger on and on. Our gratitude to them for the foundation they set to establish SQ and MAS on sound footing.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>Course 18,19, 20 at AST (Airwork Services Training) Scotland</b>: Maurice de Vaz, Len Mc'cully, Ng Kah Lok, Paul Yap, Inderjit Singh Sekhon, Choo KL, R A Thomas, Pow TK, Foo CW, Kwa HL, Mohd Ali, Tengku Shamsul, Arshad Rahman, Tan GC joined by Chong TM later.<br />Ng Kah Lok, Ali, and Tengku Shamsul have passed on. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>THE GIRLS:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Rosemary Tay (Chief Hostess) ; Susie Pang ; Kitty Murphy ; Ambi Kaur ; Maggie Koh ; Shirley Van Der Beek ; Betty Wee ; Maureen Weinert ; Molly Koh ; Jane Lim ; Milly Koh ; Evelyn Yeo ; Molly Woodford ; Kitty Kong ; Evelyn Teo ; Lily Chen ; Dorothy De Sourza ; Patsy Chan ; Helen Soong ; C.M.. Rodrigues ; Honey Leung ; Betty Lee ; Diana Cheung ; G. Rodrigues ; Velge - ; Violet Lee ; Chiu – ; Thio - . Amy Lim ; Nancy Liu<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br />Below, Malayan Airways Cabin Crew (all females) standing on the pax boarding steps of a DC-3 in 1963:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8V_JEB2QGTjONDubbW_iwv5GUypGC_XUpIeEyIeLi1XZYc64dp1COtRNKnAVFh3ncio9Yc9IYDKggEh9aLR7Zgi4dbO8vt_FMNnPq6uGmWdbFcdc03g8567cqQTAY2UIpg3rtkae1Q/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8V_JEB2QGTjONDubbW_iwv5GUypGC_XUpIeEyIeLi1XZYc64dp1COtRNKnAVFh3ncio9Yc9IYDKggEh9aLR7Zgi4dbO8vt_FMNnPq6uGmWdbFcdc03g8567cqQTAY2UIpg3rtkae1Q/s400/IMG.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The pre-1963 route structure for MAL was:</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ_YshMp8N4mWINsVq3Nj9D0uEpkmvrp6UlvYFxXn1xOzz1rm__4KJaPg0nU1xrl-dAn0sN3uEoW2A3e4_9iWnA8ebdr11b8Kg1-WJ9bYdpUxvbgOqiyeH0k77WLg99ijzLOT2XKECQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJ_YshMp8N4mWINsVq3Nj9D0uEpkmvrp6UlvYFxXn1xOzz1rm__4KJaPg0nU1xrl-dAn0sN3uEoW2A3e4_9iWnA8ebdr11b8Kg1-WJ9bYdpUxvbgOqiyeH0k77WLg99ijzLOT2XKECQ/s320/IMG_0001.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The Logo</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetY9pBYzYGg4ZjNlMQfxZiSdJpChkpWCX2nT7_Ujd4-8GKvx80zlHwTzIJgn41BK-vN4xPQ1UqEW7bgEZSNKEd9xCtA2jMudMmNY7OKHrxASdsPltPFMWRDjpGRfnIFH5JXxBNzhhwg/s1600/MAL+logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhetY9pBYzYGg4ZjNlMQfxZiSdJpChkpWCX2nT7_Ujd4-8GKvx80zlHwTzIJgn41BK-vN4xPQ1UqEW7bgEZSNKEd9xCtA2jMudMmNY7OKHrxASdsPltPFMWRDjpGRfnIFH5JXxBNzhhwg/s200/MAL+logo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Notice the crew uniform in those days which changed when I joined.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopVX7dSsWbRibh2GvGA3XilL2dTSN4oY4cCEUCUYRicaPv7W4rDMjTiehywZBKEhJIbn_qBSrm6mFBwL_CunKgt77ITR_h-p0N6-ryW7hsvxIKMtowcrp8c44Xle0Y76cbSLJi4UWkg/s1600/23131992_1996527840627798_5268137957237474509_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopVX7dSsWbRibh2GvGA3XilL2dTSN4oY4cCEUCUYRicaPv7W4rDMjTiehywZBKEhJIbn_qBSrm6mFBwL_CunKgt77ITR_h-p0N6-ryW7hsvxIKMtowcrp8c44Xle0Y76cbSLJi4UWkg/s640/23131992_1996527840627798_5268137957237474509_n.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br />My first training on commercial aircraft began on the DC-3's in 1964. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Rank of Second Officer. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Completely<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>lost at first. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Trained by Capt<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Winkie<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Ho, an ex-WW II pilot who flew for China. </span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Gradually got to love this aircraft whilst serving a two month stint in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Jesselton, Borneo (now<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Kota<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Kinabalu) - we had lots of handling experience that laid a good foundation for years to come. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">My gratefulness especially to Capt's Ian Hogg, Roy Nichols, Harry A'court, Leo Hughes and Robbie Robertson the team in Jesselton then. </span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Jesselton was the last of my bachelor days as I got married 6 months later on return to Singapore base. Only 22 years old!</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">1964 -<b>Second Officer</b> on DC-3's and later on in the year, F27-200's.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn-w_Hlcf1zJWdUMWhWRY0HUakXLwwtbTVvzdDmn5a6SgwvxC_uG6_oUb_waV6oxqnXdDxnjJtubXPpPm9_RILNcZqFR3F_AOT5wgXvEgtFQFBuqstDt8LA2QYe6sR9t732RfoYWbjw/s1600-h/1965-+2nd+officer+MAL.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364471440484940578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirn-w_Hlcf1zJWdUMWhWRY0HUakXLwwtbTVvzdDmn5a6SgwvxC_uG6_oUb_waV6oxqnXdDxnjJtubXPpPm9_RILNcZqFR3F_AOT5wgXvEgtFQFBuqstDt8LA2QYe6sR9t732RfoYWbjw/s400/1965-+2nd+officer+MAL.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 255px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A DC-3 cockpit - similar to that we use to fly.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCS_OTkTrTihMUmW8mkYBFbto2P1bL0bN5k2lFQ0CR8D12gzp3caSa9VQzCTlUaN7FS-F_IDWybCEmxar99FGxQWu_2vKaVua10x1AvyxGG3ckiTG8woUrW7LRVOYVazZKSWTGY2QJA/s1600/r4d_vc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCS_OTkTrTihMUmW8mkYBFbto2P1bL0bN5k2lFQ0CR8D12gzp3caSa9VQzCTlUaN7FS-F_IDWybCEmxar99FGxQWu_2vKaVua10x1AvyxGG3ckiTG8woUrW7LRVOYVazZKSWTGY2QJA/s640/r4d_vc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">A DC-3 cockpit. To recollect some of the items:</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Autopilot controls -the black panel in the centre, the engine controls consisting of 2 sets of Throttles (black), Mixture control (red knobs) and the Prop Pitch control (white). Remember the wobble pump? Gear lever is beside the Copilot, Cowl gills on the right side beside the Copilot. Instruments were basic DG, AH etc with nil navigational aids except for the NDB's which were hardly reliable and always inaccurate during weather, when needed most.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">The side windows could be opened in flight and we could get a good dry hair shampoo by placing the head near a partially open window</span><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Lost my black tie through this window once, whilst flying from Sempang (now the Sungai Besi Airport) to Ipoh. Somewhere over Slim River?</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">I think the Captain was Merv Celand.</span><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Those were days of real flying with no pressurization, no weather radar, and flying through the thick thunder storms. When in rain clouds (cumulo nimbus), water used to pour in.</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">We used to operate the early morning newspaper run at 3am in the morning from Singapore to KL and onward to Ipoh, Penang and return. 6 sectors man!!! They don't make them like they used to! Good foundation for young copilots.</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">What I loved most was the hot tomato soup served after takeoff by the air hostess just after lift off at 3:35 am. Of course the soup used to spill all over if we ran into weather, invariably over JB. The Air hostesses in those days were so reassuring and capable and made a difference to the whole flight .</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: #000099;"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123302979347923314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuxfAW_e8c2plx66nFKfjGSXq296EKGd8TNE21bSs_FMude-B88QmaadIsnEj_4I0ld4a3735G_6ECOg7FfuWNQ66qLd1w8w_WUE8Ixlgxpn8_00v6pygT5KDk6DnbhXMiwdsOrqZMg/s320/Malayan+Airways+DC3.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></b></span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Above, a Malayan Airways DC-3, Dakota, flying over Singapore Harbour towards Saint John island?</span></span></span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>One of my typical logbook entries:<br /><u>11th Jul 1964. 9M-ALO - Capt Celand ; ML 106/ 153.</u><br />Flight referred to as the newspaper run!</span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>Times in GMT. Malaysia and Singapore were then GMT +7:30.</span></span></span><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span>SIN-KUL, - 1933- 2058</span><span> (Start at 3 am in the morning!!!)</span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">KUL-IPH, - 2229-2322</span><span style="color: blue;"> ( Sun has just risen!)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">IPH-PEN, - 2332-0006</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">PEN-IPH, - 0035-0110</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">IPH-KUL, - 0119-0206</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">KUL-SIN. - 0229-0305 </span><span style="color: blue;">( Arrive S'pore at 10:35 am)</span></span></span><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>Total Duty period- 9 Hours approx and doing SIX sectors. </span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span><br /></span></span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>Mind you with no cockpit air conditioning, no weather radar, and no navigational aids. Navigation was done by dead reckoning, map reading and landmarks. </span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span><span>Note: The turn-around times - 13 mins and 9 mins repspectively at IPH - There is no big a deal about LCC's 40 years later, doing 15 min turn-arounds? </span><span>We really used to work our butts out in those days. Let this be a reminder to those flying today, including my son Andre, on what work really was in the good ole' days.</span></span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">We are quite spoilt these days, yes?</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mtc4EIKmRpju-MHhFL3w3DMTneAlfG5eFCScunKk2r0-PS67i4PAPD0cct-D00VZTjMDjwciCAouoZkBNets4v77aM1DPTV8mQ64wNUHug7gNAERQKhmw7p1XL8gV2GyaJjvgjsIkg/s1600/FY0237.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="640" height="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mtc4EIKmRpju-MHhFL3w3DMTneAlfG5eFCScunKk2r0-PS67i4PAPD0cct-D00VZTjMDjwciCAouoZkBNets4v77aM1DPTV8mQ64wNUHug7gNAERQKhmw7p1XL8gV2GyaJjvgjsIkg/s640/FY0237.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW-j1clM-IeQGqf7vLonQkxEMTWHtHvxn-IHpaYi8h8g6P6nzWax-RoIOfp62PP1fw4cc1WHs5DIEhyphenhyphenGQTSYAJmCKxhCMFTScFLlJZ0nVkKuHTWf2ExjoJUiC4hEV58eb5eOetp3fJA/s1600/FY0238.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJW-j1clM-IeQGqf7vLonQkxEMTWHtHvxn-IHpaYi8h8g6P6nzWax-RoIOfp62PP1fw4cc1WHs5DIEhyphenhyphenGQTSYAJmCKxhCMFTScFLlJZ0nVkKuHTWf2ExjoJUiC4hEV58eb5eOetp3fJA/s640/FY0238.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0o3uPNgm7eiEf3R_MUhz0xNwC4FKdiP6RmtmBSPYpQyOXRLZLLd4t9rRV9Sr1UH1zAMO6X3c_DabFtpuykujAzXasl1iC8jpCs5CaUeR5gM29vVIz7W7XFtwbC15DUSP-ynFsW_qeg/s1600/FY0239.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="640" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0o3uPNgm7eiEf3R_MUhz0xNwC4FKdiP6RmtmBSPYpQyOXRLZLLd4t9rRV9Sr1UH1zAMO6X3c_DabFtpuykujAzXasl1iC8jpCs5CaUeR5gM29vVIz7W7XFtwbC15DUSP-ynFsW_qeg/s640/FY0239.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Then MAL became MSA!!!</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><img alt="" border="0" height="170" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123352753723916722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJl9BRsF0JdBmFVbBedSKcomDOqumTmgRWYV-abNr0kvllD6OAQ8bgziDw2TA6fQICPCfPKbPaL36l-pDW6GE-7eKLHMOKEm4hyphenhyphenLQK2oYogOCFRasknAu-Kojjgpi4LkQcqm4UyORHAw/s200/MSA+Logo.bmp" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="200" /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Those years in MSA has left a lasting glorious memory. All, Singaporean, Malaysian and Expats worked as a family with no racial prejudices or favor.</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">We started off with the Comet 4C, leased from BOAC. These were wonderful overpowered aircraft. Carried 72 pax I think with 4 RR Avon engines. Had a 1st and EY class. Never heard of Business Class in those days. Served as a F/O on these from 1965 to 1968 when I transitioned on to the B707's as a Senior F/O ( obtained my ALTP in 1967)</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><span style="color: #000099;"></span></i><br /></span><i><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #000099;"><b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123352143838560658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLWwx0T_hOzz1xSmaJeDfAiJdjpqZRYaIUbbjpP_Qybx9ffmzOFs69Si7vNbZIfE6BFwTwMZebmlmNyhuyv-NDhILARrqbSffRs86da03Ks6pZhZmB_3zOKgRjBB-hJaIDsOKamQrwPw/s320/Comet+2.bmp" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></b></span></i><div><br /><span style="color: blue;">A video advert of MSA made in the early days - Click 2 Links below to view:-</span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: purple;">https://youtu.be/BRUOiwzmkQA</span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="color: purple;">https://youtu.be/IfXGJW2f8Js </span></b><br /><br /></div><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>MALAYSIA-SINGAPORE AIRLINES (MSA)</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">In 1966 the Airline was renamed Malaysia-Singapore Airlines after both Governments attained major share holding.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">1967- <b>First Officer</b> on a Comet 4C. with the late Capt Tommy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Yee</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Teck</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Soh</span></span></span>.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">(Tommy also spent time serving MAS in the early 1980's as Simulator Instructor on B737's.)</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LiiYMLPTBR0A2bAGfTc60yobf56ySavAZOw-8lKT_KDn_hCqXjq2LWSQOAPhaG7zNjtN2usCMwTxHRxNqOLj7sts4_JfzJqK-TJWn4JO2KRP0p1At2LF6nll_OYkofDmmOSvFTsNfg/s1600-h/1967-+SFO+Comet+4C.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364470994714792802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LiiYMLPTBR0A2bAGfTc60yobf56ySavAZOw-8lKT_KDn_hCqXjq2LWSQOAPhaG7zNjtN2usCMwTxHRxNqOLj7sts4_JfzJqK-TJWn4JO2KRP0p1At2LF6nll_OYkofDmmOSvFTsNfg/s400/1967-+SFO+Comet+4C.JPG" style="display: block; height: 319px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: blue;"></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: MSA Comet 4C. Notice registration 9V-BAT.</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7TlHKGRhGY5DyrYnC-slNkvD5xzLWqaA1chU_bTHJ3XdOZRhakYT-IPTgPq_37BzghbRcOO3bjvWuncDdhE3i7JJJZwr_VT37L-QpwAd8TA-2CGsRsg4d-dTK9HgJQJrEzQMbtFgfA/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq7TlHKGRhGY5DyrYnC-slNkvD5xzLWqaA1chU_bTHJ3XdOZRhakYT-IPTgPq_37BzghbRcOO3bjvWuncDdhE3i7JJJZwr_VT37L-QpwAd8TA-2CGsRsg4d-dTK9HgJQJrEzQMbtFgfA/s400/IMG_0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Apr 1968- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">MSA</span> had purchased 3 brand new B707-312's . I happened to be on the first conversion course conducted in Seattle, Washington. Crew for this 1st course were Capt's Charlie Chen, Douglas Chan, Ken Morley, Tommy Soong; First Officers David <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Leong</span>, Pow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">TK, Eric Tai,</span> and me; F/E's Derick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Chua</span>, P.S Lee and Danny Cheng and one other. Four sets in each course.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Here are some of the snapshots I have managed to retrieve of an old 8mm movie in relation to this stint in Seattle. Capt Chen, Chan and Morley were management Capts.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Postcard of the Camlin Hotel in Seattle where I stayed 2 months.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U9Ln1-j9pipOdUrf3cDrSRnYvKKiFdq7_mRDRSGBixjVb9149bSB4Oq3c786HQWGsFEmrDFlC6DLT4WMVOdcPOO-AqZbtIIcF_ozVVWaI4OAxQibFxhTu1o_RpxXybmzdKwR6sdcnQ/s1600/sg0009+%25282%2529.bmp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6U9Ln1-j9pipOdUrf3cDrSRnYvKKiFdq7_mRDRSGBixjVb9149bSB4Oq3c786HQWGsFEmrDFlC6DLT4WMVOdcPOO-AqZbtIIcF_ozVVWaI4OAxQibFxhTu1o_RpxXybmzdKwR6sdcnQ/s400/sg0009+%25282%2529.bmp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: With F/E Derek Chua, Pow in Seattle. F/E P.S. Lee is the one taking the movie.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6gUcDKtVGiAtIpkoS330IjwlL1Gha7h1f-jTN4p7jnhjaHnbx_qmn-ri4APCKLmVKFrXITreuPbYEvzxHd3CLCBhnmhWeRdIDpo8WGYMq_IPPqWTwj-tJfbS_mpplDgcFoh791IK4A/s1600/Snapshot+9+%25289-3-2016+3-50+PM%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih6gUcDKtVGiAtIpkoS330IjwlL1Gha7h1f-jTN4p7jnhjaHnbx_qmn-ri4APCKLmVKFrXITreuPbYEvzxHd3CLCBhnmhWeRdIDpo8WGYMq_IPPqWTwj-tJfbS_mpplDgcFoh791IK4A/s400/Snapshot+9+%25289-3-2016+3-50+PM%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Breakfast at The Kansas City Steak House with from right: Capt Charlie (SK) Chan, TK Pow and F/E P.S. Lee.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-HGAygN_a_X46c11vFrmw7RXftWyaRmeLM7pwzLMBQMm4oAYEfjfPSsurY_-2MdU4YF-UDQx5RpP8gpHJ727DFITjQH1nRxlyjmQLUJ-d37Z0gJWGSxu0fPZ9GzCSlazCWqiiAjZaA/s1600/Snapshot+8+%25289-3-2016+3-50+PM%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1-HGAygN_a_X46c11vFrmw7RXftWyaRmeLM7pwzLMBQMm4oAYEfjfPSsurY_-2MdU4YF-UDQx5RpP8gpHJ727DFITjQH1nRxlyjmQLUJ-d37Z0gJWGSxu0fPZ9GzCSlazCWqiiAjZaA/s320/Snapshot+8+%25289-3-2016+3-50+PM%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Another photo of the same event.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1HJphgKB0eMmnPPsswPClHnqPl4KWvOyOYBYIETMakXUV3txhgCeJllTiW1J1hRtI4UXfiwZZ11JVjtYMqSvRAtiS3_ytQjRv4XAWEs80pQqn5f0qlXV1yqqTJ5hMApSyShawwPkLg/s1600/Snapshot+10+%25289-3-2016+3-53+PM%2529.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1HJphgKB0eMmnPPsswPClHnqPl4KWvOyOYBYIETMakXUV3txhgCeJllTiW1J1hRtI4UXfiwZZ11JVjtYMqSvRAtiS3_ytQjRv4XAWEs80pQqn5f0qlXV1yqqTJ5hMApSyShawwPkLg/s320/Snapshot+10+%25289-3-2016+3-53+PM%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">1968- promoted to <b>Senior First Officer</b> (3-bars).</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below 1969- A MSA B707-312 flight Ex T<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">okyo</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Haneda. </span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">This was a an early morning departure ex-Haneda for Taipei, Hong Kong and Singapore. Our night-stop hotel was the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Maranuchi,</span> near Tokyo Central Station.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The late Capt BS <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Gurm</span> was in Command (extreme right) with Capt Lenny How under training. The two hostesses from the bottom are, Dolly (gosh! she was the sweetest then) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Sato (san)</span>. I am 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">th</span> from the bottom. Notice that Cabin and Tech crew had similar jackets and the girls' their 'Pierre <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Balmain</span>' designed uniform, which has not changed </span><span style="color: blue;">to this day </span><span style="color: blue;">and has been an established 'Singapore Girl' image.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">This is consistency!</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufLvLaS2YHdGQmkYzylpfDevM-WNXGzf0h5_gWtRYS1E0jSq8TkRYIf_ouw0XJl69ajbVWxvgw3H0boKna4qCEL3B-iYqOFiTOe2GWVDcRlpZosZ64VabzuQVqlc_sF0EKIaEwnlD2w/s1600/1969-+B707+TYO+Dep.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufLvLaS2YHdGQmkYzylpfDevM-WNXGzf0h5_gWtRYS1E0jSq8TkRYIf_ouw0XJl69ajbVWxvgw3H0boKna4qCEL3B-iYqOFiTOe2GWVDcRlpZosZ64VabzuQVqlc_sF0EKIaEwnlD2w/s640/1969-+B707+TYO+Dep.JPG" width="448" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IZwRpCH8EW5XP4-wN8pLTbeiuOJZyVqVoqvsOnt0XR3BrOXzOg3jXhr9X7f4-6mO7dL_mfFRMQlBV-IZPuG5QIEGGqnXURX6TasOEZO8rGImpfEcSXprGSfEhMEgtAivfgoJTuCJig/s1600/1969-+B707+ex+SYD.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7IZwRpCH8EW5XP4-wN8pLTbeiuOJZyVqVoqvsOnt0XR3BrOXzOg3jXhr9X7f4-6mO7dL_mfFRMQlBV-IZPuG5QIEGGqnXURX6TasOEZO8rGImpfEcSXprGSfEhMEgtAivfgoJTuCJig/s400/1969-+B707+ex+SYD.JPG" width="287" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">1969 - Ex SYD - Note the Male Cabin Crew uniform has now been transformed.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I am standing at the bottom of the stairs with Capt John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Blackman</span> and Flt Eng (F/E) Derek <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Chua</span>. Can only name two of the Cabin Crew: Randel <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Demello</span> and Albert Ho.</span></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The days in MSA are fraught with memories and in particular the ground staff that supported the flights. Here's a comment from one them who later continued with MAS and rose to the position of Operations Admin Manager. In those days titles didn't reflect the equivalent to today's highly glamorised positions. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Sheik Mashoor Mattar comments on WhatsApp:</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>"Reading through Capt Thomas's blog, I can personally visualise the actual goings on during the MSA days. I too worked under DFO/Capt Jimmy Brown n Capt Flack. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Our Ops Admin Mgr was Arthur Fishwick. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>My immediate boss in Flt Ops was John Meredith. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Flt plans was manual those days and done by Qantas expats. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Local Flt Dispatchers were Dudley Leicester, Yap Kee, Pang tm, Roger Chee n me. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>I knew all the pilots mentioned when they were second officers. Those were the days in Singapore. </i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>In 1970 a lot of us came back to join MAS n that was the beginning of another chapter of our careers."</i></span></span><br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Thank you Mashoor for bringing to remembrance the names of the support team in Flight Operations (4th Floor!)</span><br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">Fokker Captain</span></b></div><div><span style="color: blue;">My first command on the F27's was in 1970, nearly 7 years after commencement my career in aviation.</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below as a young Captain in an F27 left seat. Decided to sport a beard to appear more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">authoritative </span>(A father of 3 boys then but only 26 yrs old - still a young playful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">chikko</span>!)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">[Later on, when in MAS, we maintained this minimum age (26) for command as the basic criteria. When I joined Jet Airways as Deputy Vice President Flight Operations and a year later as Vice President, there was no age limit. Pilots were promoted even at the age of 23! The Jet Board of Directors were appalled by this and requested me to re-examine the criteria for Command. I introduced the minimum age of 25. There was strong resistance to change from the pilots initially but then, as with all changes, it was gradually accepted.] </span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7C7zK1xzifjnlPFYXTJj1O97K5HSqWvKKqhaP5IWbVMEnYCeqGO2rAXUIR9INKKiiWa4HqhC43QoXgX_rj82xr4kGSKD7EnavR-0p6BGpvGSs2fmyKiKdDnnmzLjAHdUVrTXj0G1Ow/s1600/1970-+Cmd+F27.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7C7zK1xzifjnlPFYXTJj1O97K5HSqWvKKqhaP5IWbVMEnYCeqGO2rAXUIR9INKKiiWa4HqhC43QoXgX_rj82xr4kGSKD7EnavR-0p6BGpvGSs2fmyKiKdDnnmzLjAHdUVrTXj0G1Ow/s400/1970-+Cmd+F27.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">These photos taken by my JB classmate Wong Choon Leong, who was a passenger on this flight.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QgJqYiyRgElYC90QqqGPILOrrCPHCu8w9s_25oTUHOndhA5UxUmdgRyL0PoyC906s1XBLl7TIwiEaG3BkHPZdR-IO05IuLtBJsXAV4iIatlBoOx8XGQCwxs6puhtYKy5pSdw0SztqA/s1600/FY0017.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QgJqYiyRgElYC90QqqGPILOrrCPHCu8w9s_25oTUHOndhA5UxUmdgRyL0PoyC906s1XBLl7TIwiEaG3BkHPZdR-IO05IuLtBJsXAV4iIatlBoOx8XGQCwxs6puhtYKy5pSdw0SztqA/s400/FY0017.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Note: Beard removed! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTC3pipO_idXEtAg541t2frKszsNQYX_7Ge4bNX6M_tWYrhLPAzTiH2dN4ubPoGUPAeM9oeHtVhCk7hUdJ-pUyIi8WG-QzTXC8R25V1XbzBnL1vbHVHKuqAO_fHlQTwZIbXR8Aw3BPA/s1600/FY0019.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcTC3pipO_idXEtAg541t2frKszsNQYX_7Ge4bNX6M_tWYrhLPAzTiH2dN4ubPoGUPAeM9oeHtVhCk7hUdJ-pUyIi8WG-QzTXC8R25V1XbzBnL1vbHVHKuqAO_fHlQTwZIbXR8Aw3BPA/s400/FY0019.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">1970 F27 9V-</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">AOJ</span></span></span><span style="color: blue;"> - (Looks like) transit PEN, with the late Capt Mohd Ali. In those days we use to 'double-up' as Captains either due to the shortage of copilots or roster constraints. The late Capt Johnny Osmond (wondeful man) was our Fleet Captain.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1MhsUJzvdZYqfZIRlwByXAlI6K8XmrziwTJlQRxLl065hXAR6uW2mL9Rlnp_uhZY6Z-ErPQ_syUi4j7eaBx0ioc-i3tWIQaZu-H1OwI4rlm-7H08u_4INSZJBbLFkzkgUFu1pVijAA/s1600/1970-+F27+OJ.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1MhsUJzvdZYqfZIRlwByXAlI6K8XmrziwTJlQRxLl065hXAR6uW2mL9Rlnp_uhZY6Z-ErPQ_syUi4j7eaBx0ioc-i3tWIQaZu-H1OwI4rlm-7H08u_4INSZJBbLFkzkgUFu1pVijAA/s400/1970-+F27+OJ.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><b><span style="color: blue;">1971- Captain B737-200's (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">MSA</span></span></span>).</span></b><br /><i><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="color: #274e13;">[I have included a shareable Link below for you to view a 1972 MSA Video Advert. I was on the B737-200's at this time]</span></i><br /><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-dHocxugW8RM3NJRmZFdURUU0E/view?usp=sharing</b></span><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><span style="color: blue;">In 1972 the split of the Airline was looming, MSA into SIA and MAS. The Malaysian Government had decided that they wanted to form their own National Airline rather than being a part shareholder of MSA.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">While the complex process of separation was taking place we senior pilots for MAS, namely Capt Hassan, Capt Khairi, Mohd Ali, Tengku Shamsul and myself were involved in numerous meetings. I was also the Secretary to the Pilots Association then and involved in the set-up of a seniority system for those joining MAS. Capt Dick Evans was the President who eventually joined MAS too. At an Association EGM, the majority of pilots joining MAS accepted the proposed "straight-line seniority system"- based on the date of joining. This created a lot of disgruntlement among some pilots who stood to loose out - affecting mainly the Ex-Airforce (RMAF) pilots who were already Commanders in MSA but with a lower date of joining. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">(This straight-line seniority system exists even today in MAS/MAB)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: A photo below reminiscing the get together we had pre-MAS days in Singapore. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Capt Hassan (the one with the 'PoP') was the first Malay Airline Captain and the most senior.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;">Below From left: Tengku Shamsul (partly hidden), Capt Mohd Ali, me, Capt Hassan. The first two have since passed on.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsy2-gGJBcmmWyp27Zu8HQMUIjGqjPpkrK87RoCnGj2zxR3CaYwBAXavSXId9GuYQIiUW6oKOMwiMHjS4zU0lTHkxvVHTXlzqL96NCdY8BdAfZN_mdGiU6aF9F6nlA9b9U0CzhrIlPQ/s1600/IMG_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMsy2-gGJBcmmWyp27Zu8HQMUIjGqjPpkrK87RoCnGj2zxR3CaYwBAXavSXId9GuYQIiUW6oKOMwiMHjS4zU0lTHkxvVHTXlzqL96NCdY8BdAfZN_mdGiU6aF9F6nlA9b9U0CzhrIlPQ/s320/IMG_0009.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b> B707 Boarding Pass - MSA</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Note Airlines hadn't computerized then.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGO6OjIhhyQloJaFjCXI82STrQpXzYbpoMTFO6zsJ8cUbg7sp5zKICrTsiDtIvo3YHAqUscz4F0FzLx2vI-M10GvIEKCGhjbZhoO49fWuPiBrhBf0zC00g7MQ-_S9dE0aXdpY7zlU9sw/s1600/23845583_2004784823135433_6915393655749626396_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="886" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGO6OjIhhyQloJaFjCXI82STrQpXzYbpoMTFO6zsJ8cUbg7sp5zKICrTsiDtIvo3YHAqUscz4F0FzLx2vI-M10GvIEKCGhjbZhoO49fWuPiBrhBf0zC00g7MQ-_S9dE0aXdpY7zlU9sw/s400/23845583_2004784823135433_6915393655749626396_o.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Rare photo of the 3 airlines during the Transition - Taken in Paya Lebar, probably after Sept 1972 - Just after our first B737 aircraft had arrived. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeedybfOKvB7OK18AZ84haYKFqAcrNXDkclX-TbYGrcftbmbXU1xdzYmAqHE-pd5DmHmZGUCSa2endUk_MZjqKGHZ2CzonUtzCjcalEO2w_o7Upykvcsadb5XyHGZWzZ71ZW8rY05mg/s1600/23795326_2004784813135434_6867041586975449333_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="699" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeedybfOKvB7OK18AZ84haYKFqAcrNXDkclX-TbYGrcftbmbXU1xdzYmAqHE-pd5DmHmZGUCSa2endUk_MZjqKGHZ2CzonUtzCjcalEO2w_o7Upykvcsadb5XyHGZWzZ71ZW8rY05mg/s320/23795326_2004784813135434_6867041586975449333_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b><u>MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM (MAS)</u></b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Arrival of our first B737- 200 aircraft from Seattle. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Capt Hassan was in Command. Notice how Capt Dobson (he was our first Head of Flt Ops and under train during the ferry) is eyeing Hassan. Lol</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zeUMDZYVSa1gBtRf91ZwZE9BgcsNikx0YFTFUQGJsWAvt6qgKd-Lzcl11jecUQzN05G0GP0b-6zkvJOjLPth1IwjCqC55JXyathfkkABQokS3_0wZ9DOjdN8nFjxUkt7g1fK24AoUg/s1600/22729010_1990878901192692_3661271570298216024_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="900" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6zeUMDZYVSa1gBtRf91ZwZE9BgcsNikx0YFTFUQGJsWAvt6qgKd-Lzcl11jecUQzN05G0GP0b-6zkvJOjLPth1IwjCqC55JXyathfkkABQokS3_0wZ9DOjdN8nFjxUkt7g1fK24AoUg/s400/22729010_1990878901192692_3661271570298216024_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">In the meantime MAS had already been formed but the majority of pilots had yet to be released by MSA to join MAS. </span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">The pre-operational MAS team prior to the startup:</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below photo of the young Senior Managers, Managers, Controllers we had at pre-startup - no Pilots yet. Qantas was the main stay behind the set-up of the Airline.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Our GM Manager was Tan Sri Saw Huat Lye who became an excellent Head of the Airline. In fact most of the Managers were of high quality and dedication.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Some of those in the photo are: </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Seated: Lee Siew Poh, Md Shah, Tan Sri Saw HL, Tan Sri Aziz, Samsuddin and ?. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Others seen in the photo are Ramachandran (IR), Cess Morgan (Tech Services), Edmund Read (Inflight), Poobalasingam (Econs), etc.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATD2D8vNS85VYRMBpNEKcIhapXsMp5kv-qQdCTZDk2o3sF_7_ZZeX_pgMBdUHWs2vFkV_-q8hCSf8_cL6SBrXZjL0z2iMlFfWZJoaLYY9G4UlqejhD_NmOjz-1TL3qFFNS9i0939NAA/s1600/IMG-20151006-WA0016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhATD2D8vNS85VYRMBpNEKcIhapXsMp5kv-qQdCTZDk2o3sF_7_ZZeX_pgMBdUHWs2vFkV_-q8hCSf8_cL6SBrXZjL0z2iMlFfWZJoaLYY9G4UlqejhD_NmOjz-1TL3qFFNS9i0939NAA/s640/IMG-20151006-WA0016.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">[<i>Post Script: Our first GM, Tan Sri Saw Huat Lye passed away on the 11th Oct 2016. Below a photo of him (centre), with Tan Sri Aziz (extreme right) who took over, and </i></span><i style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Dato Kamaruddin, </i><i style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">the last of these three great leaders of MAS during its glory days.]</i><br /><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vurEjcD3Z2JDg1TLg23JcvA3RKwvUqDNis2IxTW9qa849Wpemcy3OSNJysyww5Lz-I4Evn_ZVz2JfdcukSYcaUgmyJczGNucHvE4BbqwLdM1a3jDbuYaXi9HOhwUy-CPRU0D1G2AEQ/s1600/IMG-20160905-WA0033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vurEjcD3Z2JDg1TLg23JcvA3RKwvUqDNis2IxTW9qa849Wpemcy3OSNJysyww5Lz-I4Evn_ZVz2JfdcukSYcaUgmyJczGNucHvE4BbqwLdM1a3jDbuYaXi9HOhwUy-CPRU0D1G2AEQ/s320/IMG-20160905-WA0033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Senior Malaysians pilots were expected to be the foundation of the airline with the assistance of expatriates from Qantas. Captains Hassan, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Khairi</span>, Ali and me, joined MAS as Captains with B737 experience. The rest were Expats who had to be converted and then trained on route by the three of us.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">While Capt Hassan performed the first ferry flight under supervision from Seattle to Kuala Lumpur, Capt Khairi and me performed the remaining 6 ferries.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Our Logo then:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPJreUhuzw15AttVTDmX3NwDToOSHCpvu-Hk9KD-JunC0V-UqjcQzA1Xp32JFocmHMng_nVj5IoSr2YW-3rVFZQn4jVjcPwnZ_jIV88e9a4MGhf3HyTkPY3u-kt3hctJr4ACYogNSAg/s1600/IMG-20150930-WA0040.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPJreUhuzw15AttVTDmX3NwDToOSHCpvu-Hk9KD-JunC0V-UqjcQzA1Xp32JFocmHMng_nVj5IoSr2YW-3rVFZQn4jVjcPwnZ_jIV88e9a4MGhf3HyTkPY3u-kt3hctJr4ACYogNSAg/s200/IMG-20150930-WA0040.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">EARLY YEARS OF MALAYSIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM (</span>as it was called then)</b></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Various </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><b>Potpourri</b></span></span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Our humble Cabin Services Building when we commenced in 1972. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I am standing 3rd from left.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwK8enl2CWictQ11uIqrK7wuUQj9u_rHbddMeWxPI1mlVIbxAEt0_Q1BQIjQaBxCLSWUTTf7QlVhuF-98b-1Ueq-CY3VMstk_thEnd9eTHowD5cGqlSVf9ExA3bhPW308q74XHOAq51w/s1600/FY0234.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwK8enl2CWictQ11uIqrK7wuUQj9u_rHbddMeWxPI1mlVIbxAEt0_Q1BQIjQaBxCLSWUTTf7QlVhuF-98b-1Ueq-CY3VMstk_thEnd9eTHowD5cGqlSVf9ExA3bhPW308q74XHOAq51w/s640/FY0234.JPG" width="640" /></span></a></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Recognise any of these Cabin Crew pioneers?</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Spring George, Edmund Read, SEP Instructor Theena' Naidu.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvQq3CfqtadB1-AqalkkrP3edzsGDG-_RYdP7NblZubYkjxQeoOggHAlGJcp9Qu0ojkkl7IJ_Q2jYXcwBu54_2B2x10YRXhMq873ARDoLwk8PujAAiK9vDHUnNyJN0kOHf6EXpBu4w/s400/FY0241.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsUvQq3CfqtadB1-AqalkkrP3edzsGDG-_RYdP7NblZubYkjxQeoOggHAlGJcp9Qu0ojkkl7IJ_Q2jYXcwBu54_2B2x10YRXhMq873ARDoLwk8PujAAiK9vDHUnNyJN0kOHf6EXpBu4w/s1600/FY0241.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSTU0WFOHqRrY4ImsgePuAWWLR2vWrlBvNp5t-zRaKSyDe1KnolkhRMGEHeoAAlHEaJq7ZiSbSaxjAEDdzunYx98eTMp1qt2gTYOqtPyAVCXMT-DA36uJ8tYATSihadQuRGlmsdWv0Q/s1600/FY0227.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSTU0WFOHqRrY4ImsgePuAWWLR2vWrlBvNp5t-zRaKSyDe1KnolkhRMGEHeoAAlHEaJq7ZiSbSaxjAEDdzunYx98eTMp1qt2gTYOqtPyAVCXMT-DA36uJ8tYATSihadQuRGlmsdWv0Q/s640/FY0227.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Above: Official launch of MAS by the Dy PM YAB Tun (Dr) Ismail, with our first Chairman MAS Raman Iyer (pre-operational) on his right and on his left YB Tan Sri (later Tun) Sardon the Minister of Transport.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JM9rPJeLdxWPOtGbN-gDhf_enPDQRJt9RD18Wne2dQwwNFEwJ_BWReWmXmW9EsIxD7CSJZB8TM5XNRmfiualjdd42xcRhpcjUIXan0zCFTGkTMj4WI-VQk4Ue8Eca2pTq5MQOem6DA/s1600/FY0240.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="144" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JM9rPJeLdxWPOtGbN-gDhf_enPDQRJt9RD18Wne2dQwwNFEwJ_BWReWmXmW9EsIxD7CSJZB8TM5XNRmfiualjdd42xcRhpcjUIXan0zCFTGkTMj4WI-VQk4Ue8Eca2pTq5MQOem6DA/s640/FY0240.JPG" width="144" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMEi8AZztaoquusokAvk_t_xGbf_0NoRg29ZejTsJDuhs37Sx1OS_g9f186BG2ldUMO1hO-iMSXO1BwqFF_L9NuhSOpD_N866pend8wjMOBiBKi56K7pktP7C3soDVYsNM1d7VOEQvA/s1600/FY0228.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMEi8AZztaoquusokAvk_t_xGbf_0NoRg29ZejTsJDuhs37Sx1OS_g9f186BG2ldUMO1hO-iMSXO1BwqFF_L9NuhSOpD_N866pend8wjMOBiBKi56K7pktP7C3soDVYsNM1d7VOEQvA/s640/FY0228.JPG" width="512" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></div><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Photo below My first International ferry in Command - Arrival from Seattle of our 3rd B737-200 (9M-AQP) at the International Terminal in Subang<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">.</span> </span><span style="color: blue;">The ferry had layovers in London, Athens and Delhi.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">[After 1 month in Seattle and being exposed to Aircraft Technical Acceptance by Capt </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Laurie</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> Clark of Qantas, it was great to be back, especially to see the family again.] </span></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMHnlgna_dBZ0oJmAhDnQPOUAuc6fP6QU8XXJ1rJkHjrIep0BVsXReudfaAI23h8K33NI_Rk7MSyW9DEYeB1Rf4GJG01Uf8oAgmzFpzRTLZPK16fQdXYyEG4uvXep9OeREbME_cyaeA/s1600/1972-+My+first+fery+in+Cmd+Arr+SZB.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMHnlgna_dBZ0oJmAhDnQPOUAuc6fP6QU8XXJ1rJkHjrIep0BVsXReudfaAI23h8K33NI_Rk7MSyW9DEYeB1Rf4GJG01Uf8oAgmzFpzRTLZPK16fQdXYyEG4uvXep9OeREbME_cyaeA/s400/1972-+My+first+fery+in+Cmd+Arr+SZB.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">The Terminal below was eventually named Terminal 1, with two others being built later to separate domestic, regional and international flights.</span><br /><div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="color: blue;">Today this whole building has been demolished and a huge aviation plant has been built(?).</span></div></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Note the, now non-existent, familiar aircraft Bays (5,6,7,8,9 10) at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Subang</span>. A <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">BOAC</span></span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">VC</span></span></span>-10 on the left.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmb3_MAE8on8PuR766_Am0eEoGyiGWDk4udEqaQ9_wd3oNi2Ed5AaUAuq8ffsqpqdHXEnvgKceZR_prnJ9JG0Fw4HOznS7TtvlQxQXN6boZWlox8hC0xBTxv14cu9xyeyHTzklSfM8w/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1484" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmb3_MAE8on8PuR766_Am0eEoGyiGWDk4udEqaQ9_wd3oNi2Ed5AaUAuq8ffsqpqdHXEnvgKceZR_prnJ9JG0Fw4HOznS7TtvlQxQXN6boZWlox8hC0xBTxv14cu9xyeyHTzklSfM8w/s400/IMG.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFwRb_He4eJXYr4xhZJE3W-OL-uMxWYPUkpkr9bKrdcGeaXBAkzpqe3hkcyv2FdMck1IKKVo3NgztdfUWsZGcvyexDTJEZLhtA4jmQCdZQ6k0nTjewmpN0-3DU_vNE8qxzmkBgM8_Pw/s1600/Oct+72+AQP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDFwRb_He4eJXYr4xhZJE3W-OL-uMxWYPUkpkr9bKrdcGeaXBAkzpqe3hkcyv2FdMck1IKKVo3NgztdfUWsZGcvyexDTJEZLhtA4jmQCdZQ6k0nTjewmpN0-3DU_vNE8qxzmkBgM8_Pw/s400/Oct+72+AQP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Walking up the ramp, looking up at the waving gallery where my wife and the children were waiting to welcome me back after being two months away in Seattle. I am accompanied by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Capt</span> Len Kidd who was the Boeing Captain assigned to assist us in training our 737 pilots. The only in-house Instructors we had then were Capt (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Dato</span></span></span> later) <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Khairi</span></span></span>, me and later Capt Md Ali. We had the task of Line Training all the pilots that had completed the B737-200 course - mainly consisting of expatriates Captains.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFbqLdkStatuRvtTATqNiXwFvN6Z_TRo2dRDbab51Y0X0PsTFwaAHEyE66KrulOIa1VbnHdJ0ZCTJVTXAWHLNp_YTYIYFrhHirVN3w6NvhFwcObv5KgY-Dq8_sZrG5quIg6TWbgoOMA/s1600/1973+arrival.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFbqLdkStatuRvtTATqNiXwFvN6Z_TRo2dRDbab51Y0X0PsTFwaAHEyE66KrulOIa1VbnHdJ0ZCTJVTXAWHLNp_YTYIYFrhHirVN3w6NvhFwcObv5KgY-Dq8_sZrG5quIg6TWbgoOMA/s400/1973+arrival.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJa7Fk9D_dotbyT7tfNdOpSnnB4gpb-4u_EFZVBv71fMwOAdz7Z18NydN9RdLTTMg_rlJ9yHXCiipqZESHwy5ulHyHDrTRvfpRnbprA6BFLlIdWhgU8n9b7obbkJGj85nLsnkia63og/s1600/1972+-Arr+SZB+Len+Kidd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVJa7Fk9D_dotbyT7tfNdOpSnnB4gpb-4u_EFZVBv71fMwOAdz7Z18NydN9RdLTTMg_rlJ9yHXCiipqZESHwy5ulHyHDrTRvfpRnbprA6BFLlIdWhgU8n9b7obbkJGj85nLsnkia63og/s400/1972+-Arr+SZB+Len+Kidd.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">More Potpourri</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Our First Batch Cabin Crew</span></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">CFS Ralph Davis and Amarjit Kaur plus one other below:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7ogb_WWwmig1vd3vIhJjKQcJupmcewUWdQnhjSizVCdAtjkzFRNbEDYgU07qSq3I4omtW6ZQcj9Jm7HgGLRcJ5ZRD4_ZrUFrbjhNnyDHIkzqelvBBGPNS9YMCZIUzH8bFgQfmnob_w/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt7ogb_WWwmig1vd3vIhJjKQcJupmcewUWdQnhjSizVCdAtjkzFRNbEDYgU07qSq3I4omtW6ZQcj9Jm7HgGLRcJ5ZRD4_ZrUFrbjhNnyDHIkzqelvBBGPNS9YMCZIUzH8bFgQfmnob_w/s400/IMG_0003.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Cabin Crew with CFS Mohan Singh below:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLhGOpDeW5_VKLr3x3o3HDykTsaTw_ZriroZPk1FzUlg48j6BOjXl1i4QKdm3j8H2ZAZG0OzDywFgV2vrimxyW-9XQAzg1ehNnKf3znBEcCSG7rOZsccKcaHR_crV9RkbSVDyq7Z5Og/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKLhGOpDeW5_VKLr3x3o3HDykTsaTw_ZriroZPk1FzUlg48j6BOjXl1i4QKdm3j8H2ZAZG0OzDywFgV2vrimxyW-9XQAzg1ehNnKf3znBEcCSG7rOZsccKcaHR_crV9RkbSVDyq7Z5Og/s320/IMG_0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(We really should have fought for the rights to the MSA Pierre Balmain uniform for the Stewardesses)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlX9ThpvG_Kn0WFmpF0v_-ykKMIdgtbbPhMQK9g5ZsLhl__2vV8vvwVS7caEBHp6kpeylLFj5t77oJB3BxbCkxz3ytRc0bnhtE7mxP1Uy3kx0fmwv45vFpGFW7suBSnWQJuqRBNFj9Q/s1600/FY0230.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKlX9ThpvG_Kn0WFmpF0v_-ykKMIdgtbbPhMQK9g5ZsLhl__2vV8vvwVS7caEBHp6kpeylLFj5t77oJB3BxbCkxz3ytRc0bnhtE7mxP1Uy3kx0fmwv45vFpGFW7suBSnWQJuqRBNFj9Q/s640/FY0230.JPG" width="512" /></span></a></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Above: Aircraft Tails of our B707, B737 and F27</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">.</span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH21Hx5l9jjdks9XeAxBay_CQySzadrD6PT5Oo9znPfFIKJDI7c8x3HsExMMuZmb3f3gxYfU_fVQQIG-3TmCMRQ5GoULcTqaCTZ3GmAEjdPgsoLyYWl52nZEh0i6E60Y8pzh0vWVELSQ/s1600/FY0231.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">MAS Milestones</span></span></b></div><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nhrAG5ZdRud2DMSs2mO24r5KDExh-H0P7E36AkqTlH1uosFLeCyVkgj99a4VLySx9vge05yVbW4nMbT0zSSyDfGToR2vPvVyEuBIbQX1-5Xu3lGEjL2OCSzFJzXXX-1Pl1-rWrzSjw/s1600/FY0242.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6nhrAG5ZdRud2DMSs2mO24r5KDExh-H0P7E36AkqTlH1uosFLeCyVkgj99a4VLySx9vge05yVbW4nMbT0zSSyDfGToR2vPvVyEuBIbQX1-5Xu3lGEjL2OCSzFJzXXX-1Pl1-rWrzSjw/s640/FY0242.JPG" width="446" /></span></a></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaB5mOKleSpjAh4ZagdX2DHSrBCBkc1fqJFXw7EBnVAy0M7w9q5WQ86swdO5mwPOgqaur5AZSYipualBEXUEgbLWYYk8bp-jpsp6HXG-eDevrEIdT3NEn1vPl38Obw9f0EOHEB8niKA/s640/IMG_0002.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Some of our early MAS Ads</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXPeLKcOWkeavJRz0VzHyNBXIJn0ww4Lybywn_y4zzHoEbevQLojBVN_F-c04-v6BRcLHyVS31idPp1OG2qBwOHGIusZ_Yg_-lkYelx3fbINQphYPinqK0cAQQGWx_hDxKiOc1RQ5vOA/s1600/FY0249.JPG" style="clear: right; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue;"> The Board of Directors 1972/1973</span></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgBjsqBqTXtZbBpjgefnKb0AANbNj6NDymaQIjQ18KY7g3_XE-16RoBMaIRud309E2w6Y3PHFtCOuN83xxdlP22hjmJ8rLCttNtrv62czelb2ocuGuXngW0LdGYwyDjVFVZCZcme-QQ/s1600/IMG_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBgBjsqBqTXtZbBpjgefnKb0AANbNj6NDymaQIjQ18KY7g3_XE-16RoBMaIRud309E2w6Y3PHFtCOuN83xxdlP22hjmJ8rLCttNtrv62czelb2ocuGuXngW0LdGYwyDjVFVZCZcme-QQ/s400/IMG_0005.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Below: 9M-APV, F27</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76C0LWar06jL_9r5g-1cHZ65DU6WWzn7hQgk7a75tfy-EMQM4VuB0g91-XuPwhWSjy3oFCOZoL_HCAygZG2icv0HcDK43kaL2afLGsobuxzlF_n_l-gv9yqkrhpbr9FC6aDyqHLCjlg/s1600/IMG-20161006-WA0031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76C0LWar06jL_9r5g-1cHZ65DU6WWzn7hQgk7a75tfy-EMQM4VuB0g91-XuPwhWSjy3oFCOZoL_HCAygZG2icv0HcDK43kaL2afLGsobuxzlF_n_l-gv9yqkrhpbr9FC6aDyqHLCjlg/s400/IMG-20161006-WA0031.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">9M-ALN, DC3</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrYOKVtRcPWlG-_43ewZSlHPTUf7pxWo3dwpZS3FsIk84ddID02DRXb_TDFzxqM6OvkYPVXGgTz3_8gBfHJUc2JGMETgYlHUw_RqJi0ljN37SSlykZK9k6acECLadQzc78SgdSE3k_w/s1600/IMG-20170203-WA0025.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="1024" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivrYOKVtRcPWlG-_43ewZSlHPTUf7pxWo3dwpZS3FsIk84ddID02DRXb_TDFzxqM6OvkYPVXGgTz3_8gBfHJUc2JGMETgYlHUw_RqJi0ljN37SSlykZK9k6acECLadQzc78SgdSE3k_w/s400/IMG-20170203-WA0025.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">9M-AQT, B707-312</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs5LJzg-spL_wSJXOTZzswOlme3uX-mBxSClDR5bA2lCD_E8iWfg8gss7VoCQR6MX4mi7D8_OHsI722XeE2tHBONwjdHbvGchxlTbsILPLEvArgfsBjGPp_w2XcdnxNiZ5qZTX9NkwA/s1600/IMG-20170129-WA0043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="1092" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPs5LJzg-spL_wSJXOTZzswOlme3uX-mBxSClDR5bA2lCD_E8iWfg8gss7VoCQR6MX4mi7D8_OHsI722XeE2tHBONwjdHbvGchxlTbsILPLEvArgfsBjGPp_w2XcdnxNiZ5qZTX9NkwA/s400/IMG-20170129-WA0043.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The 3 different aircraft tails during transition.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauOsUF9ZkRQXHglb2z0Hc3My9b7vmbWSzX7tNWXe6gRUVNh36U_9ZbnWdXf1xjo4JMR5mOu_PS-48NEaJR6oqAxBBsDjQm8_2Z3nAYY7rRlgvqgMm725U81Ycp9cyx3D4X-k5SqSYrQ/s1600/23795326_2004784813135434_6867041586975449333_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="487" data-original-width="699" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauOsUF9ZkRQXHglb2z0Hc3My9b7vmbWSzX7tNWXe6gRUVNh36U_9ZbnWdXf1xjo4JMR5mOu_PS-48NEaJR6oqAxBBsDjQm8_2Z3nAYY7rRlgvqgMm725U81Ycp9cyx3D4X-k5SqSYrQ/s320/23795326_2004784813135434_6867041586975449333_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Our Management Team 1972/1973</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruLsSDRyq9SYHqt3Waq5NNj2WKbe1d-LPgnjC61qK2EU9PrGQfnon-YVlR0R092at21j4_cUkTiYXUEHxwOLf7dj6L1sl6ZObspXLEcGWbTURpMK9P-YWKpGsITuwsFZ9IqGa0HYCUQ/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhruLsSDRyq9SYHqt3Waq5NNj2WKbe1d-LPgnjC61qK2EU9PrGQfnon-YVlR0R092at21j4_cUkTiYXUEHxwOLf7dj6L1sl6ZObspXLEcGWbTURpMK9P-YWKpGsITuwsFZ9IqGa0HYCUQ/s640/IMG.jpg" width="462" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Back to the story</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Six months after start-up I was appointed Fleet Captain B737's<b> - </b>managing the Line function for Flt Ops.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Then came the introduction of the B707's soon after. MAS purchased "2nd hand", but very well maintained B707-338's from the Qantas fleet. Spurred on by Qantas expertise and our desire to go International after just more than a year, the Airline commenced </span><span style="color: blue;">707 operation </span><span style="color: blue;">in January 1974. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">To anticipate this, in November 1973 the lead pilots of Hassan, Khairi, me and Ali had to commence B707 training with Qantas in Sydney and then flight training in Avalon. </span></div><span style="color: blue;">All Ground training for Engineers, Pilots, Cabin Crew and Operations Personnel was conducted at the Qantas Training Centre at Mascot. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below Dec 1973- We stayed in the Crest Hotel throughout <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">whilst</span> undergoing Ground school and Simulator at the Qantas School. It was a again a lonely period for us, away from family and friends - especially for me as it stretched through Christmas and New Year.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPSmHsTKNDwcfghUy71daAnfjEoXjmf7iaCQPVBAuX6ExAUbQrFt7lIkSJ-5o1SI1u2Hn-G-V48qrnGsByx0WrAU00O29boa5u1Oyl1GDbtUVewbW98wL2-q6Q1gg9A8_RMrVmSJwnw/s1600/1973-+Me+in+1973.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPSmHsTKNDwcfghUy71daAnfjEoXjmf7iaCQPVBAuX6ExAUbQrFt7lIkSJ-5o1SI1u2Hn-G-V48qrnGsByx0WrAU00O29boa5u1Oyl1GDbtUVewbW98wL2-q6Q1gg9A8_RMrVmSJwnw/s320/1973-+Me+in+1973.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Qantas Flight Operations Training Centre at Mascot, Sydney where all Ground School Training was conducted. Manager Operations Dispatch (later held the position of OAM), Sheikh Mashoor Mattar at its entrance. (Mashoor was ex-MSA staff from Singapore. Refer his comments on MSA Dispatch, earlier on)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_9KeTW0tcV5bLHkipKifj9U2XWJK018RXu_tYV1GcVwOf4VMznQe0KjKY_yTxqfS4Jpyj7h73b7LECu_fQqUmQzejSxYZoYPd0hepi0KXLbUtIZlYj9qCvDdRUcNnYF37eQhplNOnQ/s1600/IMG-20151020-WA0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_9KeTW0tcV5bLHkipKifj9U2XWJK018RXu_tYV1GcVwOf4VMznQe0KjKY_yTxqfS4Jpyj7h73b7LECu_fQqUmQzejSxYZoYPd0hepi0KXLbUtIZlYj9qCvDdRUcNnYF37eQhplNOnQ/s400/IMG-20151020-WA0012.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;">Below, 43 years later: Mashoor with Ashok Kumar, at a MH gathering Sept 2016. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfemV0xQMuYpQrYyt3M8Qn5ad_x-VAuts-3X1cy5BkTtuXITC9FleYAhM0QzSM93uthZn_nJEQnJtP-FsL-kGqNV1P2SoKSuSNMX1P1kFNX5EL4E5L5KvAXqs-coPA3eNHWf0nIz_5g/s1600/IMG-20150614-WA0034.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggfemV0xQMuYpQrYyt3M8Qn5ad_x-VAuts-3X1cy5BkTtuXITC9FleYAhM0QzSM93uthZn_nJEQnJtP-FsL-kGqNV1P2SoKSuSNMX1P1kFNX5EL4E5L5KvAXqs-coPA3eNHWf0nIz_5g/s200/IMG-20150614-WA0034.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below - Dec 1973 - Final phase of my B707-338C training by Qantas - doing circuits and landings at Avalon (near Melbourne). </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The Qantas owned airfield is located top right corner ('we are on a wide left downwind')</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN_8Xo2lZ6AHEB7A2FbkC8o0gKu3FUirTrczrSuAwUxLrXHlYk95HquPoxl594pvIht0PTGTNT7TXwSolEArAZEzZdjatpKfP2DfKe37jH_mPzKboSPbdQhd1jBc6nCeQrpMPvPZyJw/s1600/sg0008.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAN_8Xo2lZ6AHEB7A2FbkC8o0gKu3FUirTrczrSuAwUxLrXHlYk95HquPoxl594pvIht0PTGTNT7TXwSolEArAZEzZdjatpKfP2DfKe37jH_mPzKboSPbdQhd1jBc6nCeQrpMPvPZyJw/s400/sg0008.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below, Ali and I had just completed an exhaustive conversion training check on B707's.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Capt Eric <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">Chaseling</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">Snr</span></span> Flt Inst, Qantas) conducted the check. Our legs were weak at this stage due to the amount of constant rudder we had to apply to fly with simulated engines out! </span><span style="color: blue;">One Aussie Instructor over drinks told us that the only way to have strong legs was to eat more sausages!</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Notice we are all packed below, waiting for the van to take us back to Melbourne to catch the earliest flight home. It had been a long tough conversion period having spent Christmas and New Year away from the family.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: blue;">[Recall, I had already done the 707 course with Boeing in 1968, but for currency had to repeat the full endorsement. A pilot, in an expanding airline would have to complete many Conversion courses in the course of his aviation career.] </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ282sJzwu_OWOr_s2INAlQHuWlaHCJ_56lE3-hLsYGjAguqbRENxgyM3RpYJqTd4Ith6iF4tEPNH7BzlMkddl2elSlH-xe8K8qHRFph6mJhLe7FsAVFXCot_phvGumstw85fygSJJJg/s1600/1973-+Dec+B707+Trg+Avalon.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ282sJzwu_OWOr_s2INAlQHuWlaHCJ_56lE3-hLsYGjAguqbRENxgyM3RpYJqTd4Ith6iF4tEPNH7BzlMkddl2elSlH-xe8K8qHRFph6mJhLe7FsAVFXCot_phvGumstw85fygSJJJg/s400/1973-+Dec+B707+Trg+Avalon.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div></div><br /><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1974, 14<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">th</span></span> Jan</b>- Promoted to Fleet Captain B707 fleet and also Flight Instructor (Feb 74) on B707's.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Photo below: Back in KL at Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Hassan's</span></span> party for Flt Ops Staff at his <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Jalan</span></span> Ara home. Capt Hassan was at this stage was our Chief Pilot.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">From Left: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">CFE</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Ragunathan</span></span>, Capt John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">Downie</span></span> (I did his line training on B737's), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Naban</span></span> (as a young boy then), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Nyanam</span></span>, Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Downie</span></span>, and me in 'pink'. Incidentally the other lady in pink seen seated between Naban and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Nyanam</span> is my ex-wife Ann. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Capt Downie was an ex-PNG pilot.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSKN87PMvfzVWuvo_-iaUgUP_x_eVO8Z7aEh5u8D2AKIYnoUHxr3LsiUYUB6K_jF_T7ZCR8vJw8v03q7ddk784ILUd9tlJH-fHG-YFWk3R7yEgIVCHrw-hsojSW3Kj1NWfLuoi0vkcQ/s1600/1973-+OPs+get+together+at+Hassans.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSKN87PMvfzVWuvo_-iaUgUP_x_eVO8Z7aEh5u8D2AKIYnoUHxr3LsiUYUB6K_jF_T7ZCR8vJw8v03q7ddk784ILUd9tlJH-fHG-YFWk3R7yEgIVCHrw-hsojSW3Kj1NWfLuoi0vkcQ/s400/1973-+OPs+get+together+at+Hassans.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: Another function. This time held at Capt Jack Bird's residence.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">From left: Azman, Capt Bird, Capt John Sears and Capt Hassan's wife Khatijah</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhk67mDVbjD99iY9MdLkmu4njNbmhicgeCxmTfB_riBx7-Otm_UO18Ch-CbNfI0xcpI7UX6LhH0Qg0X6SVBOfOvlbvr6r3tdRgzf6aQnyyXUJWDeKu_FwDe0SxUjwx6R6YpSTIymaFUA/s1600/22548773_1989628061317776_7059017290127572074_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="1224" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhk67mDVbjD99iY9MdLkmu4njNbmhicgeCxmTfB_riBx7-Otm_UO18Ch-CbNfI0xcpI7UX6LhH0Qg0X6SVBOfOvlbvr6r3tdRgzf6aQnyyXUJWDeKu_FwDe0SxUjwx6R6YpSTIymaFUA/s320/22548773_1989628061317776_7059017290127572074_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /></div></div><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Arthur Reynolds and his group of recently promoted Captains threw a Command party (1st Command) at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">PJ</span></span> Hilton. This was a tradition since the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">MSA</span></span> days. Unfortunately our modern generation of pilots have dispensed with this MAL/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">MSA</span> practice, as they have in many other areas of tradition. Pity!</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">From Left: Yaakub, the late Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">Baboo</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">Ganjoor</span></span> (who was tragically shot by a hijacker. The hijacker also killed the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">FO</span> and then himself. The B737 crashed at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">Tanjong</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Kupang</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">Johore. For more of this click video Link below</span></span>), Mrs Hughes, Capt Arthur Reynolds, Roland, Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Yogeswaran</span></span> (Joe), Capt Leo Hughes, Capt Harrington. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb-sRmGDv0CbANxK64k4zcm-4Jnk-9Uw1fj2haTk_3Xwdnsk4EY1OISvJ4A8CxAmubBKSqZ3JegnuIklGt1VvPQ73oqmVHMEaW5TUHfWB1HIRgiR2nuQg9mbHQbYYON9rodBYC7CSgg/s1600/1974-+Pilots+gettogether+Hilton.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVb-sRmGDv0CbANxK64k4zcm-4Jnk-9Uw1fj2haTk_3Xwdnsk4EY1OISvJ4A8CxAmubBKSqZ3JegnuIklGt1VvPQ73oqmVHMEaW5TUHfWB1HIRgiR2nuQg9mbHQbYYON9rodBYC7CSgg/s400/1974-+Pilots+gettogether+Hilton.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">At the same function we see from left, Capt M.S Leong (Uncle Leong SQ), me, Paul John, Capt Winkie Ho (Daddy SQ) and Ragunathan. Paul and Ragu had just left SQ and joined the young MAS team as Flight Engineers on the B707's.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcvtnsokkQ2tgm6jn1LXDwVdNMBlqzcOS3aZeX-dFAA9T8ilhvNeNxoiTUfsEjS5Y6U0gxjZnAXW0uBUdXdRTAcGppEZwMsqIpDUIUWXca7a1cZW2bQda6W_yr_HTuN_XVQ7UYe5zkw/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1448" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIcvtnsokkQ2tgm6jn1LXDwVdNMBlqzcOS3aZeX-dFAA9T8ilhvNeNxoiTUfsEjS5Y6U0gxjZnAXW0uBUdXdRTAcGppEZwMsqIpDUIUWXca7a1cZW2bQda6W_yr_HTuN_XVQ7UYe5zkw/s400/IMG_0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">PS. Regarding the only B737 Hijack in our history (the 2014, MH 370 disappearance though, could be a skyjacking yet to be determined) as Fleet Manager B737's I was very much involved. The </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66" style="color: blue;">DCA</span><span style="color: blue;"> Investigator, Col (</span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67" style="color: blue;">rtd</span><span style="color: blue;">) Charlie </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68" style="color: blue;">Quek was in charge and provided me a copy of the Voice Recorder transcripts for analysis. </span><span style="color: blue;">It was quite chilling listening to the recording and placing oneself in the same situation. The recording didn't have much clarity as there were a lot of background noises. It was only after this crash that it became mandatory that the Cockpit voice recorders (CVR's) be also hooked on to "hot mikes" </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69" style="color: blue;">ie</span><span style="color: blue;"> our pilot boom mikes. This allowed cockpit recordings to have many more pick-up points for clarity and accuracy.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div></div><span style="color: #990000;">The Link address below is a Video made titled "Fallen Heroes". It is based on the Hijacking. I would recommend watching this to provide additional details to that above. (Note it also includes the MH 370 and MH 17 which occurred 37 years later). </span><br /><br /><div><span style="color: #cc0000;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-dHocxugW8RNFJlVUQ1ZFRsRTQ/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-size: large;">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-dHocxugW8RNFJlVUQ1ZFRsRTQ/view?usp=sharing</span></a></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><b style="color: blue;"> </b><br /><b style="color: blue;">March 1974</b><span style="color: blue;"> - Below: In the cockpit of a B707 conducting route training on another Captain. (I was</span><span style="color: blue;"> an Authorised Examiner on B707's. They call it TRE/TRI these days)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrDA8J18L_oLGvUsTgVFLNIo2jYWY8JP2n4DN_rrzWhLLrKuMuqRFyrMquHkouOuIsvsuyRzsbkKAptOFJFg2dFHc8wgS_u5XbgM6LuMqrkjACC_KODA9mQfuE3bL9BlrjE2k4KJPUg/s1600/1974-+707+cockpit.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrDA8J18L_oLGvUsTgVFLNIo2jYWY8JP2n4DN_rrzWhLLrKuMuqRFyrMquHkouOuIsvsuyRzsbkKAptOFJFg2dFHc8wgS_u5XbgM6LuMqrkjACC_KODA9mQfuE3bL9BlrjE2k4KJPUg/s640/1974-+707+cockpit.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">The good old B707-338 (ex-Qantas)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBOlpgGkf9uRF1dahK4OHaNCNVqJrda0AeHuoKh7_vE51dHM6p2KsaR084LY8wWl8EDHMFtnXCjTbLYUKsY1FWkzhwDg-nBiS7dtwzvVwFUDlrquHIb00ayVUhcQWh39FIjFRo-tnqw/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1484" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnBOlpgGkf9uRF1dahK4OHaNCNVqJrda0AeHuoKh7_vE51dHM6p2KsaR084LY8wWl8EDHMFtnXCjTbLYUKsY1FWkzhwDg-nBiS7dtwzvVwFUDlrquHIb00ayVUhcQWh39FIjFRo-tnqw/s320/IMG_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyLieoQ8blTKtNBmczI7kPQQfPt-kmiNPpmX_h93P2kaEwdmSTbNNo27dMB4lf2tXIabYLkpv6n81T6mVgetx3qAROhkO4CMteL6yzTht5dyFZn6oSYNeuI_JZbqtYiyHZkUZP3D0FA/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1464" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTyLieoQ8blTKtNBmczI7kPQQfPt-kmiNPpmX_h93P2kaEwdmSTbNNo27dMB4lf2tXIabYLkpv6n81T6mVgetx3qAROhkO4CMteL6yzTht5dyFZn6oSYNeuI_JZbqtYiyHZkUZP3D0FA/s320/IMG_0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: Me in a B707 with F/O Larry Cheah who years later became my Dev Capt B737.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">I still have a fondness for the B707's, in particular, the sound of those PW fan engines spooling up for Takeoff. Not forgetting those numerous early morning sessions I spent training pilots. (Due noise pollution and peak Traffic movement Training sessions were conducted between 0100 - 0600 hours)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZIcouwh7TTonq3ko2Nr_7r5m8vZZ9uBbMslubHa8xRc8Z72GosWHlN8sKUmPHZcwh5xTwhV5oD7i1_Q6PmhRtMp5ZXSlJnPl569t7NrqA0gCkHilRDdN-JK2StrtWyex1nA8SyS96w/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ZIcouwh7TTonq3ko2Nr_7r5m8vZZ9uBbMslubHa8xRc8Z72GosWHlN8sKUmPHZcwh5xTwhV5oD7i1_Q6PmhRtMp5ZXSlJnPl569t7NrqA0gCkHilRDdN-JK2StrtWyex1nA8SyS96w/s400/IMG_0006.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">December</span> 1974 - As Fleet Captain, had the responsibility to plan and organise the Flt Ops aspects for the DYM Yang <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">Dipertuan</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">Agongs'</span></span> (our King) trip to the Indian Sub-continent. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">For this King's Charter all other Departments got involved to ensure the safety and operational success. The areas of Engineering support, Flight Planning, Operations Control, Catering, Cabin Services, and others. The King's visit would be to Bangladesh (Dacca), India (New Delhi) and then Pakistan (Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi). His Royal Highness was the Sultan of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">Kedah</span>. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">First stop was </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58" style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">Dacca</span></span><span style="color: blue;"> and then New Delhi.</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: we had just arrived at Delhi and our King is just about to walk down the steps to be met by PM Indira <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Ghandi</span></span> (left of the red carpet) and the President of India, V.V. Giri.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aGHLqpiHeXvw5oybj7rAoGVqbQPf4VWLZpDZUMxtLK7LLKw_3LBqq3TgXr6B_ZdHIHjKn8jVLTQxDKz86O8Mlt68t9q_xy8VqvLFYt5lyDM13EKictU0-g3zQ48ACvBfvCUHtdW_1A/s1600/sg0002.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4aGHLqpiHeXvw5oybj7rAoGVqbQPf4VWLZpDZUMxtLK7LLKw_3LBqq3TgXr6B_ZdHIHjKn8jVLTQxDKz86O8Mlt68t9q_xy8VqvLFYt5lyDM13EKictU0-g3zQ48ACvBfvCUHtdW_1A/s640/sg0002.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Delhi - with F/E P.C Tan (now Karim Abdullah). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjE06JhqGj1YlEPg5IZetPvpOdgPUtUE3mkyT0UB66M265n1cgi0UtEv7jC_w9m0VsF7ek_brqRMcBSmf3oq3MCs9boymXP5s1T8vF7-DQwA-peD89Q60qYjWqU1mTGEPtcSOWpGkqw/s1600/New17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLjE06JhqGj1YlEPg5IZetPvpOdgPUtUE3mkyT0UB66M265n1cgi0UtEv7jC_w9m0VsF7ek_brqRMcBSmf3oq3MCs9boymXP5s1T8vF7-DQwA-peD89Q60qYjWqU1mTGEPtcSOWpGkqw/s400/New17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: At the residence of the High Commissioner India with Diplomatic staff.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYImddaC7uYOEr9Fk7dH_BLHPXooGIffmIQdGcNb_4E7B6OBWgjQtIQ1pKyfNrMvxOTLaE5toK1t1cWftJdG12ltXsJmJA4QvDORmBoLKcKs24fi_bHs2-3aZ_pZHQFF3CxXkw8bGSA/s1600/1974-+Dec.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYImddaC7uYOEr9Fk7dH_BLHPXooGIffmIQdGcNb_4E7B6OBWgjQtIQ1pKyfNrMvxOTLaE5toK1t1cWftJdG12ltXsJmJA4QvDORmBoLKcKs24fi_bHs2-3aZ_pZHQFF3CxXkw8bGSA/s320/1974-+Dec.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">After Delhi it was to the Pakistan capital, Rawalpindi. On the descent into 'Pindi we were escorted by 5 F5's.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below His Highness was met by the late PM <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">Zulkifli</span> Ali Bhutto. His Highness is descending the steps.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemfWTaQuV-kiWr9AquO_VO8HxnKfyA_w6hrqedxn5PoAp7uswvRJNMtWte5aFXMKpS0UMBJDnxzUONd0L8dyiCk-todML3tudKc2sZ1xCCHbvhM_LPHJ4ZOBEvynT7IBzReVwQCG0DQ/s1600/sg0001.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemfWTaQuV-kiWr9AquO_VO8HxnKfyA_w6hrqedxn5PoAp7uswvRJNMtWte5aFXMKpS0UMBJDnxzUONd0L8dyiCk-todML3tudKc2sZ1xCCHbvhM_LPHJ4ZOBEvynT7IBzReVwQCG0DQ/s640/sg0001.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcYmCjtcusolM0fAxDfrkj1lAYagYWisH1ZUNns8I1P2qXgZxjaxJup__HI7Ug5_DfRG1x-HPUptxxXx_mUVgj6LGU7hAnK7oT7NWifm_gCdvJEMVUzBoqetoOd1S8mT7pce1ivKiRw/s1600/sg0003.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcYmCjtcusolM0fAxDfrkj1lAYagYWisH1ZUNns8I1P2qXgZxjaxJup__HI7Ug5_DfRG1x-HPUptxxXx_mUVgj6LGU7hAnK7oT7NWifm_gCdvJEMVUzBoqetoOd1S8mT7pce1ivKiRw/s640/sg0003.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: With F/O S A Tan</span><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNrNfAQfS3UKRaJEKPLQLOxx1gJhl0hyBkTSStucKsddG7V6QiwfaY-tEg5LwBNaqHstq6Eh4jR70OttxMQKvp3AiVSvltq-cuXsbXRleSfx1ZQNUXvYB_tcN8DPCEKaXQONAZjk4aQ/s1600/New19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNrNfAQfS3UKRaJEKPLQLOxx1gJhl0hyBkTSStucKsddG7V6QiwfaY-tEg5LwBNaqHstq6Eh4jR70OttxMQKvp3AiVSvltq-cuXsbXRleSfx1ZQNUXvYB_tcN8DPCEKaXQONAZjk4aQ/s400/New19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Seen here with Capt </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61" style="color: blue;">Tengku</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62" style="color: blue;">Shamsul</span><span style="color: blue;"> </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63" style="color: blue;">Bahari</span><span style="color: blue;">, awaiting Departure Rawalpindi for our next stop Lahore.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXp5lQNThDCo86QOjHFAk2h_Ms6cm_5pcDulLZMFsJgFWlXenuZnWhDqzYsM-n9nHnD3RnOizMDd-h-E2G07_gVqREqq3HCXHTwEG8cYl8uHrl7NLWvPDB4e2eEqv5g9zqz-Fdodz0A/s1600/1974-+Agongs'.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOXp5lQNThDCo86QOjHFAk2h_Ms6cm_5pcDulLZMFsJgFWlXenuZnWhDqzYsM-n9nHnD3RnOizMDd-h-E2G07_gVqREqq3HCXHTwEG8cYl8uHrl7NLWvPDB4e2eEqv5g9zqz-Fdodz0A/s400/1974-+Agongs'.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Dec</span> 1974- The whole VVIP Charter cockpit crew ex- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Rawalpindi. </span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;">From left: FE <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">Karunyam</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Tengku</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">Shamsul</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">FO</span> S.A Tan, Roland, and FE P.C Tan (later known as Karim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">Abdullah</span>) - Shaky Pakistani photographer?</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTFc9Wf5yttBlUSEz_PJQ41Nymrfx80Wmol1dnyy5wDSBM8GzkwfjXI7vZi5FD4eRh9xvdgmw_DkkOkiNbu7meKGFto2PbDbb4PCW9u4h_ZVPw4GBPfDvZ1pR4YgY7TLl4cNpbc2fIg/s1600/1974-+Agong%2527s+Flt+KRH.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyTFc9Wf5yttBlUSEz_PJQ41Nymrfx80Wmol1dnyy5wDSBM8GzkwfjXI7vZi5FD4eRh9xvdgmw_DkkOkiNbu7meKGFto2PbDbb4PCW9u4h_ZVPw4GBPfDvZ1pR4YgY7TLl4cNpbc2fIg/s400/1974-+Agong%2527s+Flt+KRH.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: Yours truly awaiting departure Rawalpindi, Pakistan</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvOJCQTphUOCBDYLbPWmC8xa_pxRwhDpKEfEwR51ztBupreZGl9oFLhZGyL8X0MyQH_CPF_1PkqS_Kt0ZDaWCZye3DA80jxG9rQG0e2KrTUlxguEB4juYv6CfvzbtQ0LyMuUreVzAJg/s1600/1974-+Dec+KHI.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvOJCQTphUOCBDYLbPWmC8xa_pxRwhDpKEfEwR51ztBupreZGl9oFLhZGyL8X0MyQH_CPF_1PkqS_Kt0ZDaWCZye3DA80jxG9rQG0e2KrTUlxguEB4juYv6CfvzbtQ0LyMuUreVzAJg/s320/1974-+Dec+KHI.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="blsp-spelling-error"><br /></span><br /><div><div><span style="color: blue;">The Ferry team touring Rawalpindi on a dayoff. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">From left; <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">Tengku Shamsul</span>, P.C Tan, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">Karuyam</span>, SA Tan, Dick Best (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">Maint</span> Engineer from Qantas) and Edwards (in charge of catering uplifts for the VVIP tour) and me. </span></div><div></div><div><br /><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOVE6VGGEHrLOMtaXDCf4lzUK_1hPcvS5JOSQ_8ngqBheF12zAL3K0dYcpx3jCVoF6jNfCpnFkh4S7SU3GYBlwcZvxQieZ9aRHrHCL1XEiYRU8KjHAUknkKz6HPE6eC99n9Sv4TGvzQ/s1600/1974-+Dec+Rawalpindi.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIOVE6VGGEHrLOMtaXDCf4lzUK_1hPcvS5JOSQ_8ngqBheF12zAL3K0dYcpx3jCVoF6jNfCpnFkh4S7SU3GYBlwcZvxQieZ9aRHrHCL1XEiYRU8KjHAUknkKz6HPE6eC99n9Sv4TGvzQ/s400/1974-+Dec+Rawalpindi.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: The Agong's son in the cockpit with us from Lahore to Karachi. Capt Tengku Shamsul is flying this penultimate leg. I wonder where this young Price is now?</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP51M-hU9FWSvlwkyNULmytL4bBb_XPG7xHGAUIRVEkxE4QWdzLFWlVW_T0UAf9iLuK0F58UaEeSbbWY_evNeUhTxfqnlLmCPHG5qJHWtTRjVHVKo8K4lia_BQqZq0xNR49ZY75LpgQ/s1600/sg0006.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFP51M-hU9FWSvlwkyNULmytL4bBb_XPG7xHGAUIRVEkxE4QWdzLFWlVW_T0UAf9iLuK0F58UaEeSbbWY_evNeUhTxfqnlLmCPHG5qJHWtTRjVHVKo8K4lia_BQqZq0xNR49ZY75LpgQ/s400/sg0006.bmp" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">Sometime before a decision was made to acquire DC-10's toour fleet Boeing brought a B727 to KL for demonstration purposes. Good sales attempt to get us to replace the B707's with B727's. </span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">Below some of their guests on the Demo light.</span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">From left and going backwards: </span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;">Capt Hassan, Ahmad, our Chief Pilot, VP Sales Boeing, myself, our Tech Services Mng, behind me is Bernard Thomazios, behind him our CPO PJ the late SAC Antony Petrus. <br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Just noticed I am without my beard. Bell bottoms and thick heeled shoes. Hmmm.😎</span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"> <br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PPINtQYbi-IXeemp8rcr-wT1cCkrJf95NqmIpCqPaoNlLIBeWbWFSTsJ7AlcxTtgxgHYzcHFqFRZoXgeqcdp4-FZL1NIuESlo6flGlKSu3xZHB8QnNts_TuxpgJTdvBv1bS7vof6Cw/s2048/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2048" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7PPINtQYbi-IXeemp8rcr-wT1cCkrJf95NqmIpCqPaoNlLIBeWbWFSTsJ7AlcxTtgxgHYzcHFqFRZoXgeqcdp4-FZL1NIuESlo6flGlKSu3xZHB8QnNts_TuxpgJTdvBv1bS7vof6Cw/w640-h460/IMG_0002.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b> </b>An advert in Australia - the advent of B707 operations into Melbourne and Sydney</span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0hhXd0GO5mjPEEptyMaceNWx7y6nLjv9ytx451Cbsaib5o3Oa-LqNshn1rLAfrMjAHtQcJppiqADZalgMeX_-nZAFM0KsYb4HaUT8aQXxmhO2EAGTF1FeWakXealeDSwP4J76-IgvQ/s1280/2017-08-12+20.01.07-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="938" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0hhXd0GO5mjPEEptyMaceNWx7y6nLjv9ytx451Cbsaib5o3Oa-LqNshn1rLAfrMjAHtQcJppiqADZalgMeX_-nZAFM0KsYb4HaUT8aQXxmhO2EAGTF1FeWakXealeDSwP4J76-IgvQ/w293-h400/2017-08-12+20.01.07-2.jpg" width="293" /></span></a></div><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>1975. 1st Jan 1975, </b>p</span>romoted to <b>Deputy Chief Pilot (Tech Development). Capt Hassan was the Chief Piot and Capt Khairi the Deputy Chief Pilot (Training). </b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">This position was created to cope with the Technical Development and expansion of the airline with the advent of the DC-10's the following year (and be known to us then, the A300's B4's in 1979). MAS had decided on the purchase of 3 DC-10-30's to be introduced in 1976.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Back in Seattle, for my 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">th</span> B737 <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Acceptance</span> and Ferry. It would be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75">MAS's</span> 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76">th</span> B737 which was a QC (Quick Change) version allowing us to carrying cargo in the upper deck if so desired.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Capt Jack Bird (our Dir of Flt Ops) had decided that I train/expose someone to conduct Acceptance checks on B737's. Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_77">Chong</span> C.Y, was selected as </span><span style="color: blue;">Asst Dev Capt and would look after the B737 fleet as </span><span style="color: blue;">I undergo a DC-10 course (Mar 1976) and subsequently handle its introduction/ induction.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below Boeing Field - Delivery Line- Seattle; planes ready for Acceptance and fly-away. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_78">MASs'</span></span> is the 3rd from right. The scene was in 1975 but today this whole area is bigger and able to accommodate more aircraft.</span></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWA4SpDErPw0vQbkOEwh49LGic_xocYxv-pTOm3VftPt2zuj09lZt_VtaYt6hz_pfetrGohjERYN47RtOeWvPXIOK7jWCBerh6AjtdcJJGx-JTYeoOkiucbnJQmiFw8FDgDD_snt50Q/s1600/sg0007.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWA4SpDErPw0vQbkOEwh49LGic_xocYxv-pTOm3VftPt2zuj09lZt_VtaYt6hz_pfetrGohjERYN47RtOeWvPXIOK7jWCBerh6AjtdcJJGx-JTYeoOkiucbnJQmiFw8FDgDD_snt50Q/s640/sg0007.bmp" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div></div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">30<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_79">th</span> Oct 1975.</span></div><span style="color: blue;">After Accepting the 9th B737 aircraft we were now ready to fly back. This time the family travelled with me.</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below I am just about to prepare for Departure.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQZ7saOBR8ed1TTdkobOfTyWj9GRS1LYbPZ4qK7aLmREfTcjz87ZdKSkxRWnk89pmumDfCaxq-4ZrtgQ1IDHqqlPgOMz0veyx-88fd-XQPsheUBQoCqtCer-8F3RE04n9skYSbI5H5g/s1600/1975-+Dep+SEA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUQZ7saOBR8ed1TTdkobOfTyWj9GRS1LYbPZ4qK7aLmREfTcjz87ZdKSkxRWnk89pmumDfCaxq-4ZrtgQ1IDHqqlPgOMz0veyx-88fd-XQPsheUBQoCqtCer-8F3RE04n9skYSbI5H5g/s320/1975-+Dep+SEA.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_80">Below: Pax</span> and my children Ann (ex-wife) boarding the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_81">aircraft</span>.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Look at my second son, Andre, his stride is the widest and 'yes' he beat the others to enter the cabin first. He is the only one who has taken after me and is currently a B777 Captain with Singapore Airlines.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">From Left: Boeing guest, Sean, Ann, Guest's wife, Andre, Gene.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVITcpI46-6VCmThDsk4rJCXjFsC1ddAFMUtYeFSnSLEfY_X10DKCtWYJTRqFl_dSZNqt-Fd2XDiCO9Uq2O58oGvti3SwYdoVdxBy2Z4eeKZ0uHtNbUqDn5BdWILuGKtrpgNyRxNwxNg/s1600/1975+-+MBI+ferry+Family+ex+SEA.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVITcpI46-6VCmThDsk4rJCXjFsC1ddAFMUtYeFSnSLEfY_X10DKCtWYJTRqFl_dSZNqt-Fd2XDiCO9Uq2O58oGvti3SwYdoVdxBy2Z4eeKZ0uHtNbUqDn5BdWILuGKtrpgNyRxNwxNg/s320/1975+-+MBI+ferry+Family+ex+SEA.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Notice how the first two are rushing to enter first</span><br /><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x8ff8ok-z5JjfP8dimFtTHJON0DCNg3Ap6HFMV2P5U9hPSN-nnN9e5Lj6yNzvjI5dDWrsGzoVOmPfrfyVpyMI6jUMl8G4r1qmt3u-fcLJjQH7n8wQ2Q1zCk7suCVQapWlYwsrsQ6_A/s1600/1975-+Children+also+boarding.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2x8ff8ok-z5JjfP8dimFtTHJON0DCNg3Ap6HFMV2P5U9hPSN-nnN9e5Lj6yNzvjI5dDWrsGzoVOmPfrfyVpyMI6jUMl8G4r1qmt3u-fcLJjQH7n8wQ2Q1zCk7suCVQapWlYwsrsQ6_A/s320/1975-+Children+also+boarding.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">All ready to go.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbYracYPupXWlGL_YnT3dupToIQBnPAyL64-FbU5DvrlPqw6SMiZMxHAQ5U8YjdhUegxG_Y4C8HMO1PSKwWYHMvAyb_LqC1xIqioQ-TqZjrjjYbSN6wh6mNlVhQPo3SFSXmtGSi4XBg/s1600/1975+-+ex+SEA+MBI.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxbYracYPupXWlGL_YnT3dupToIQBnPAyL64-FbU5DvrlPqw6SMiZMxHAQ5U8YjdhUegxG_Y4C8HMO1PSKwWYHMvAyb_LqC1xIqioQ-TqZjrjjYbSN6wh6mNlVhQPo3SFSXmtGSi4XBg/s320/1975+-+ex+SEA+MBI.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"> Off we go. Engine Start. </span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364196727297566962" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaoKaoExjr-8N39yinwmYKQm7E9rybmqv2xGMCbOmwmJAJGVn4GENrZxZOTop0JSfma13SJ5oiSShd836TrMQuvdMED_gsAjvAZsm29qeYwP_TCb9wv7oN_OaHiKUjpcMOFD60dktaxg/s400/1975-+Engine+start.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Bye! "Off chocks at .." Route was Seattle- Gander- London. Night stop</span></div><span style="color: blue;">For this ferry we fitted a Portable Litton INS to improve accuracy for the Atlantic crossing.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Capt C.Y Chong who performed F/O duties. Capt Wong HH was the navigator, to meet legal requirements.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUXD5UdXe2a7Akk_W6IwOHXEpit1nnGRMzC0ZfuKpVGgAzKfersOmi8uo_zSPkpcpB_VMPBjzgXpWH5SEu_SiMLwaxPpZ7n7GFDpWfWKpzhf8fASk6tG-HflikY3NQ94hKyx0YGB_Jg/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrUXD5UdXe2a7Akk_W6IwOHXEpit1nnGRMzC0ZfuKpVGgAzKfersOmi8uo_zSPkpcpB_VMPBjzgXpWH5SEu_SiMLwaxPpZ7n7GFDpWfWKpzhf8fASk6tG-HflikY3NQ94hKyx0YGB_Jg/s320/IMG.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">A brand new B737, 9M- MBI</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQkgQdtwmvf590zaVUitLJhxdS1TplHj9uF-yWF-QLunHfiC1FAbU2a1fvdRtX1qNEWhCveint0sAfWMPQbIEl52wrHiwSYgL0vtmDWoLcT2sXOO1lqbe0ZQSZQ7RnZidQKB0YMnSwQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1440" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQkgQdtwmvf590zaVUitLJhxdS1TplHj9uF-yWF-QLunHfiC1FAbU2a1fvdRtX1qNEWhCveint0sAfWMPQbIEl52wrHiwSYgL0vtmDWoLcT2sXOO1lqbe0ZQSZQ7RnZidQKB0YMnSwQ/s320/IMG_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">London - Istanbul- Bahrain Night stop.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: blue;">Bahrain- Madras- Kuala Lumpur, to arrive on the 3rd Nov.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">The Ferry crew - (L-R) Capt CY Chong, Navigator cum F/O Wong HH, self.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClnX8JM7yo0-h9r8jP6d8LOiLV7K2V-gwKNUaHBz7U2cE0Q96SPN1NCM4L_r1anoQqD7l0M-jTmC-0b0BIqMoibC89RQoy2kOi1hQcQwrMztl-ixtbdr5Yn0kot6S5vIJ67QFQ8HaTg/s1600/IMG_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1456" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgClnX8JM7yo0-h9r8jP6d8LOiLV7K2V-gwKNUaHBz7U2cE0Q96SPN1NCM4L_r1anoQqD7l0M-jTmC-0b0BIqMoibC89RQoy2kOi1hQcQwrMztl-ixtbdr5Yn0kot6S5vIJ67QFQ8HaTg/s320/IMG_0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <span style="color: blue;">9M-MBI was our first QC (quick change) version - pax/ cargo, hence the large forward loading doors.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HD2vA9CPGCWlRamg10fueyNL8R9L6k8GkGTaNBap6vtENJU4Xnj9ndWIgcOHdVLjFm2F0BdJ-ZKu_TEHL7T7eBA6BuBWv9526ffvbZpoGkaHsxd0rXpHZ0a4v2ddgBLvYgpkoKOnKg/s1600/IMG_0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1464" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HD2vA9CPGCWlRamg10fueyNL8R9L6k8GkGTaNBap6vtENJU4Xnj9ndWIgcOHdVLjFm2F0BdJ-ZKu_TEHL7T7eBA6BuBWv9526ffvbZpoGkaHsxd0rXpHZ0a4v2ddgBLvYgpkoKOnKg/s320/IMG_0005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Top of the stairs, are Cess Morgan and Jack Bird.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-_8LJvM02gYQ-F4IvaZ_ggk-oW845dMcICxExJJpTG7uEDaJ3gBSN_ris31LDbMIl3aLUi-56vksQWz28m0VwrRMp8mtQyEqgk1OvtHN-xg2dABeUkIr9mDuIeQ9gAqDtbfiQ1MJ0A/s1600/1975-+Arr+KL+Jack+Bird.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-_8LJvM02gYQ-F4IvaZ_ggk-oW845dMcICxExJJpTG7uEDaJ3gBSN_ris31LDbMIl3aLUi-56vksQWz28m0VwrRMp8mtQyEqgk1OvtHN-xg2dABeUkIr9mDuIeQ9gAqDtbfiQ1MJ0A/s400/1975-+Arr+KL+Jack+Bird.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><div><span style="color: blue;">Our dear Dir Flt Ops, Capt Jack Bird was there to meet us together with the other Heads of Depts.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below (L-R): F/O Wong HH (Pilot cum Navigator), Capt Jack Bird, Capt Chong C.Y, and me. Notice the side cargo door open for cargo off-loading.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364883504357488082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAXTDUhIn7URsPlpbQBEMpULyAEoDA6yVl0Uh_XIfPbcO12i-1r4EcqUW3M31Bs1Pekih9cVrjsVOQYQVlcTVodMC40kpDCKea0pWld6mKjI7BXZazkOOm3CC7TsA9yVqLukhytuQIWw/s400/1975+MBI-+Jack+Bird.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /></div><div><div><div><span style="color: blue;"><i>Footnote: I owe my varied aviation grounding, which was to come good in the later years, to the late Capt Bird (ex-Qantas) who ensured I was exposed to every facet of flight Operations viz. Line Operations, Technical Development, and Training. This expertise moulding had equipped me to be able to develop other airlines like Jet Airways, GoAir etc.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><i>In Jet Airways, Magic Airlines, (which eventually did not launch), Go Air and Firefly I held the position of Head of Flt Ops (either VP or EVP level)</i></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><i>Jack Bird was my Mentor.</i></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><i>Thank you Jack and may God Bless your soul.</i></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: blue;">Subang International Airport overlooking Bay 7,(later designated as Terminal 1) in those days.</span><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJulZ1fMQ0Z3MBkverxf-wgf7hkkuRNSFA8xfNVCs6R8EMKqlJsyi9JjbaOJYFXVyPpnHMmXqazo0YnY8UuBD7si23buYPLl7EhtOb1Gsko0yhHp5uiff0sJ4Ha9uX1bPjqlqrj18Mg/s1600/Subang+airport+7.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJulZ1fMQ0Z3MBkverxf-wgf7hkkuRNSFA8xfNVCs6R8EMKqlJsyi9JjbaOJYFXVyPpnHMmXqazo0YnY8UuBD7si23buYPLl7EhtOb1Gsko0yhHp5uiff0sJ4Ha9uX1bPjqlqrj18Mg/s400/Subang+airport+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="color: blue;">Our Director of Engineering and me as 1st Class passengers. Yes in those days smoking was allowed on aircraft in specific areas provided the No Smoking sign was OFF. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN8Zpje5GQT27xolw-Xj_w9oputQ7ISKTz2nrpyxs2iFP0mugc2iUICLzYtBqL3qhXTKqe_I2dLKx34K07T9-NLieCBGUC0IzgVH0BxwGz_zVrbCQKlaS6oIigmGNa5tfxJkvAjRajg/s1600/IMG_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="@rothomas" border="0" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmN8Zpje5GQT27xolw-Xj_w9oputQ7ISKTz2nrpyxs2iFP0mugc2iUICLzYtBqL3qhXTKqe_I2dLKx34K07T9-NLieCBGUC0IzgVH0BxwGz_zVrbCQKlaS6oIigmGNa5tfxJkvAjRajg/w400-h275/IMG_0002.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Back to the grind!</span></div><div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1976 Apr/May</b>- DC-10-30 Conversion Training with ANZ, Auckland New Zealand.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Another 2.5 mth Conversion Course!</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">The three of us below were pioneers in laying down the foundation for wide-bodied operation. I note that this foundation is strong to this day </span><span style="color: blue;">(1997) </span><span style="color: blue;">in MAS and probably will remain until that generation of Pilots retire or phase out.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below we undergoing DC-10 Simulator Training in Auckland. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">We completed our final check out with ANZ and were cleared as DC-10 Captains by them. This included our Chief Flt Engineer Ragunathan. ANZ routes flown were to Nandi, Sydney, Noumea, etc.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">From L: Roland (Dy C.P Tech Dev), Capt (Dato) Khairi ( Dy C.P Training) and Chief FE Ragunathan. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPI02zQlTS6AVWz7uoLFsYACd52-vwvz75NF0aDgcnH-HU_euKCQyJ4oSQRoZHoVuCl7Xdd7MsTySxrjiGnujLk3SRdnB51HR86bfwwlskw_Pdn5-sqoZOpNbMsCAM9omfL5V1r6f7Ww/s1600-h/1976-+ANZ+Trg.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364196178793895874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPI02zQlTS6AVWz7uoLFsYACd52-vwvz75NF0aDgcnH-HU_euKCQyJ4oSQRoZHoVuCl7Xdd7MsTySxrjiGnujLk3SRdnB51HR86bfwwlskw_Pdn5-sqoZOpNbMsCAM9omfL5V1r6f7Ww/s640/1976-+ANZ+Trg.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Having completed our DC-10 training with Air New Zealand and fully checked out on line by them we next had to handle the training of our own pilots and the acceptance of the aircraft. ANZ insisted that to meet the engine performance guarantees on the aircraft we had to train the crews on Aircraft Performance and Computer Flt Planning - the ANZ ("Bill Dunn") way. This was a requirement for MAS to meet Engine and Performance guarantees established by ANZ. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">I had the daunting task to achieve this; and completed training on all crews.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Training of MAS crew was conducted at the Douglas Training Centre in Longbeach, California. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Some of us resided at the Red Lion in and some at Oakwood Apartments. A lovely place. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Our 1st DC-10 was now ready for Acceptance. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Below we waiting for aircraft to be ready for Acceptance Test Flight. The person in the centre is Kean Engie our Technical Rep'. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The waiting for aircraft readiness for Acceptance Tests, was the taxing part of it all. Test flying on the other hand was so satisfying.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb4B-m6nM9H9BUQjT0Y-qcFIekG6HKkHfbZUm3U6vAUzkERe_pHjIo-9WpoHbIImhi2J-MMDQEDIggxj46JY5f8Qeb4EKUCWcZK86iRXMhMCBXg0ldZ7CqGHrUzK67hSEzbBOSc6KYQ/s1600-h/1976-+Acceptance+1st+Dc10.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364195904095143266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHb4B-m6nM9H9BUQjT0Y-qcFIekG6HKkHfbZUm3U6vAUzkERe_pHjIo-9WpoHbIImhi2J-MMDQEDIggxj46JY5f8Qeb4EKUCWcZK86iRXMhMCBXg0ldZ7CqGHrUzK67hSEzbBOSc6KYQ/s400/1976-+Acceptance+1st+Dc10.JPG" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Delivery Flight Crew. One for the album. From left: CFE Ragunathan, Capt Khairi and me.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjwp3Emw9_48CKb1R24tAI49SWmQCkG50Dua_txk0ZUreaSFtB0wU48mbYxnbucLMaU8Y8fD_iHFdZHjCaqTrHUfcWIBxFJZcnhhbe6KDyHbZYbXXowL7ShGis-eMGrXYemJK02bL7w/s1600/1976-+DC10+Accpt.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnjwp3Emw9_48CKb1R24tAI49SWmQCkG50Dua_txk0ZUreaSFtB0wU48mbYxnbucLMaU8Y8fD_iHFdZHjCaqTrHUfcWIBxFJZcnhhbe6KDyHbZYbXXowL7ShGis-eMGrXYemJK02bL7w/s640/1976-+DC10+Accpt.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">After Aircraft Acceptance our crew had to undergo Flight Endorsement Training (circuits an landings x6) in Yuma. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: Our DC-10 at Yuma, Arizona during Flt Testing; awaiting Takeoff Clearance. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYcoHkO_wqTcEfFEehiz2KOCsk-Ta_zHOvrZcxFwwT9j1gWOpO3PL8wz1ortgTVgjN-Spe3hoKurDNZCOc2tAiXix9_HN3obzF8BXpF1miUNtNOgKWTA5mRAePWgUFE-VJAQ2Tyc9_Q/s1600/1977-+Yuma.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYcoHkO_wqTcEfFEehiz2KOCsk-Ta_zHOvrZcxFwwT9j1gWOpO3PL8wz1ortgTVgjN-Spe3hoKurDNZCOc2tAiXix9_HN3obzF8BXpF1miUNtNOgKWTA5mRAePWgUFE-VJAQ2Tyc9_Q/s400/1977-+Yuma.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><span style="color: blue;">There's only one way of describing Yuma, and that's captured in this Postcard below.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYIjnZgpRc1oN-ffQxnmF8vNC56yB6hR7qFQSnk3Ulm8AyAJxVFvaZmtmP6EPDiiK2zo6fdyFlFn3z3LadI7MCTgIZtjN1xEAwO9MAum0L8obSng3MsfgVdILBu_9N5Ix6kiQK7uMlQ/s1600/IMG_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1600" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYIjnZgpRc1oN-ffQxnmF8vNC56yB6hR7qFQSnk3Ulm8AyAJxVFvaZmtmP6EPDiiK2zo6fdyFlFn3z3LadI7MCTgIZtjN1xEAwO9MAum0L8obSng3MsfgVdILBu_9N5Ix6kiQK7uMlQ/s400/IMG_0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">A different scene of the DC-10 in Yuma undergoing Training flights for some who needed the "6 Takeoffs and Landings"</span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWY5lo6GaWHH21SqG_RGU-RPHIe7jQZLkRzO8OQcy5lWIMtqtVN49TJDsMx90cIwFSgqen1lafkRw0HGq-HPvgegyA0GX5ofG191W-sB81WJ8_oLPhxa8x3T0GGV7_HjdvcDMhSfUQA/s1600/IMG_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1432" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioWY5lo6GaWHH21SqG_RGU-RPHIe7jQZLkRzO8OQcy5lWIMtqtVN49TJDsMx90cIwFSgqen1lafkRw0HGq-HPvgegyA0GX5ofG191W-sB81WJ8_oLPhxa8x3T0GGV7_HjdvcDMhSfUQA/s320/IMG_0008.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1st DC 10 - 9M-MAS 26th July 1976.</b> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: I was flying our first aircraft on the C1 Acceptance Test while this was taken. Photograph taken by a chase plane (F4' I think) '9 o'clock above'!</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Conducted a total 3 flights (C3) before accepting the aircraft.</span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">(Note: Privileged to be the first to fly this wide-body and all the subsequent ones that followed - A300's, B747-200's, B747-300 Combi, B747-400's)</span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1k2BcoawbRWcMaW5s9rSQQ2cLOzAxxXmThMa38YOiGnotlmWTXlChYGO7NLq5ndqikpP9utbwYQIvR0iXH-Yag5Q_A1Qh_BdkH9Nq0me59_6mxE48bjw1NvtuK6Od5GnIiP1hDUgag/s1600-h/1976-+26th+Jul+-MAS+C1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364895313677542178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1k2BcoawbRWcMaW5s9rSQQ2cLOzAxxXmThMa38YOiGnotlmWTXlChYGO7NLq5ndqikpP9utbwYQIvR0iXH-Yag5Q_A1Qh_BdkH9Nq0me59_6mxE48bjw1NvtuK6Od5GnIiP1hDUgag/s400/1976-+26th+Jul+-MAS+C1.JPG" style="display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> </div></div><div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>August 12th 1976.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">President of Mc'donnel Douglas, John Brezendine is about to cut my tie. Douglas tradition has it that in an Airline's first aircraft delivery the Acceptance pilot has his tie cut and one part be displayed, (together with all other airlines ties), on a board in the Douglas Delivery Centre.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh12Qy3W_r8uZFIGhTCUBk-73WamuWLWycXN3KyK4_4k5PKQzMckdzMovBF9s5bmh4I7EH6XbDXSPsyw7Dorcs2tRI4Pir1IOLEhtABAWhHfx9iLDMsnuXAVvA6iuVLTT5JNmcwT0aA/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1436" height="458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPh12Qy3W_r8uZFIGhTCUBk-73WamuWLWycXN3KyK4_4k5PKQzMckdzMovBF9s5bmh4I7EH6XbDXSPsyw7Dorcs2tRI4Pir1IOLEhtABAWhHfx9iLDMsnuXAVvA6iuVLTT5JNmcwT0aA/s640/IMG_0010.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">A few more photos of the ccassion.3</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJUrXLWBXBoU9ftorT5PW4kvvPiVf8EhKn1IAioe70zMuG-iKmNi57Tklj1m5ZwjtMJ0gmv8R7UDY9GaNZETiWNM0vg8LUwxyoptM5wDQZlZgjRpqSUuZxDteVmOS3GXdT6zmcB4TbA/s1600/IMG_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="1436" height="457" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQJUrXLWBXBoU9ftorT5PW4kvvPiVf8EhKn1IAioe70zMuG-iKmNi57Tklj1m5ZwjtMJ0gmv8R7UDY9GaNZETiWNM0vg8LUwxyoptM5wDQZlZgjRpqSUuZxDteVmOS3GXdT6zmcB4TbA/s640/IMG_0012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">From (L-R): Cess Morgan - Tech Svcs Manager, Myself, Capt Hassan, John Brezendine, Tan Sri Aziz (who was then our Company Sec), Tan Sri Zain Asri, Tan Sri Raja Mohar, Board Member Zaidin ( who later become Chief Justice I think), ?, Capt Dato Khairi, CFE Ragunathan.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Our US Ambassador then was the late Tan Sri Zain Asri was also present - he later became the Chairman of MAS, after the departure of Tan Sri Raja Mohar.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;">Below my cut Tie.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDfCLJDBc8Vf0o54GlCkCAk99E4KkSGA6Yfq9-FkQ50a03OnqA7gbjTqjSKCi1cJ9xVps1K2NDFqSnb24LHMfQnfq4g0h6LWOrVIpw6RBBZiXqVhvxO2NcXXJ51S9Lx1NdlSSBDYvRQ/s1600-h/1976-+Cut+Crew+Tie.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364195114066215618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBDfCLJDBc8Vf0o54GlCkCAk99E4KkSGA6Yfq9-FkQ50a03OnqA7gbjTqjSKCi1cJ9xVps1K2NDFqSnb24LHMfQnfq4g0h6LWOrVIpw6RBBZiXqVhvxO2NcXXJ51S9Lx1NdlSSBDYvRQ/s400/1976-+Cut+Crew+Tie.JPG" style="display: block; height: 200px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">President shaking Ragu's hand. Looking on are the whole ferry crew. Capt Md Ali is 3rd from right.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uc-30oalJ-vVHs12kKfVS7yfr62uasrYVQPXW-A012BxqCaQ0GgbFJyqbXdJQORRxfZ9TukD3qEC2ZlrH4CWHN846pAU0rJv_nmPySFomE8euizlThOOs_1I27VKyNQk-eBRYb-D0w/s1600/IMG_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1436" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Uc-30oalJ-vVHs12kKfVS7yfr62uasrYVQPXW-A012BxqCaQ0GgbFJyqbXdJQORRxfZ9TukD3qEC2ZlrH4CWHN846pAU0rJv_nmPySFomE8euizlThOOs_1I27VKyNQk-eBRYb-D0w/s400/IMG_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Just prior to Departure LGB had to sign the documents for application to establish a record flight for the DC-10-30 from Honolulu direct to Kuala Lumpur. We did through meticulous planning even to the extent of uploading cold fuel at HNL and being towed to nearest postion for Takeoff HNL. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">We set a new record of 12 hr 26 mins on 14th August 1976. Capt Khairi is beside me.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSyR-0m1IQjr_6SUjTGBmHZp8ajGrFg577EssBsfLm7CwtycBOYcg8stud2zmq0uHOC-rsCXVdj4vR63RBKPl7cATaErBX1HgMX9wohqO01QnHfmJeeA_jJyn9dOueZddIEODKOy5wQ/s1600/IMG_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1036" data-original-width="1420" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSyR-0m1IQjr_6SUjTGBmHZp8ajGrFg577EssBsfLm7CwtycBOYcg8stud2zmq0uHOC-rsCXVdj4vR63RBKPl7cATaErBX1HgMX9wohqO01QnHfmJeeA_jJyn9dOueZddIEODKOy5wQ/s400/IMG_0011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY-m-K016CeocnDiGIXUIH6P9QK-7QnfbK_q1BDVJQ_S5wnsrZPS_sBXLtq4MV9HZfgKxDJm9RwuS_hnrkdq85k9WkUZZt0zB-wPEhhXUsxVXsysFZHD18jHEqj-9RzRcwNppYINsSg/s1600-h/1976-+DC10+Delivery+1976.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364194865647713154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFY-m-K016CeocnDiGIXUIH6P9QK-7QnfbK_q1BDVJQ_S5wnsrZPS_sBXLtq4MV9HZfgKxDJm9RwuS_hnrkdq85k9WkUZZt0zB-wPEhhXUsxVXsysFZHD18jHEqj-9RzRcwNppYINsSg/s400/1976-+DC10+Delivery+1976.JPG" style="display: block; height: 291px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Messages from our Chairman, Raja Tan Sri Mohar, and President of Douglas Aircraft Company, John Brizendine.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">(Extarcts from the Promotional Magazine "The DC-10 and You" produced by DAC for MAS)</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddvFOXjWYM_jxAaoFxwKOVU_hqZCn0yx0iwgOu3Wxa-YhGswseQDUVP_4B6_Uwa79A-MguKbgxp5knq5InGYuJdB-W0EcEzw-_pk3k9SgBDmIbQzpDC0iFOEcLij6RmBnNumKkifS4Q/s1600/IMG_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiddvFOXjWYM_jxAaoFxwKOVU_hqZCn0yx0iwgOu3Wxa-YhGswseQDUVP_4B6_Uwa79A-MguKbgxp5knq5InGYuJdB-W0EcEzw-_pk3k9SgBDmIbQzpDC0iFOEcLij6RmBnNumKkifS4Q/s640/IMG_0009.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;"> Assembly milestones of our 1st DC-10-30.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Bottom Left Photo: Our Tech Rep Kean Engie, Bernie Parsch and LAE Chong.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPq-QCkHHx5xVkNe57ywjtcfN2iDNXsSWrtXhDTgWhGxKuSVQ7eGPkrT-XLkucjaEQH5cupxSl7UuO-JLdsobkH89Tta5XIV13t_iWEapOlgcMOQFKJMzKar9IBurc5zxn5aZ6UwqxQ/s1600/IMG_0008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPq-QCkHHx5xVkNe57ywjtcfN2iDNXsSWrtXhDTgWhGxKuSVQ7eGPkrT-XLkucjaEQH5cupxSl7UuO-JLdsobkH89Tta5XIV13t_iWEapOlgcMOQFKJMzKar9IBurc5zxn5aZ6UwqxQ/s640/IMG_0008.jpg" width="491" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">The Acceptance and Ferry crew of our 1st DC-10. we also achieved a non-stop record for the DC-10 flying from Honolulu to Kuala Lumpur Direct in 12 Hrs 26 mins on the 14th Aug 1976.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ9kzjOUC20GeAjN63Ggc2ufT04lmsTT-JPmmDQAFeKPP5iccKL7wImokPEVQ65n12VDf923encDH7X-ZXdnEv4gUzTmKMikrpPd5K9ZONzS8KlDIHW5hb-FkTGKe3ovbqNLNLIUmhg/s1600/IMG_0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZ9kzjOUC20GeAjN63Ggc2ufT04lmsTT-JPmmDQAFeKPP5iccKL7wImokPEVQ65n12VDf923encDH7X-ZXdnEv4gUzTmKMikrpPd5K9ZONzS8KlDIHW5hb-FkTGKe3ovbqNLNLIUmhg/s640/IMG_0007.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><br />Below: The DC 10-30 cabin<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2yBPOXNopjbTyyQdf7EWxbvYvKg5-BK35S3HCysy4V925EZJjQjZCfE_41QDmmbG3KfALlM9nG60XpkEFGxBLkR_T6tCkcnMwPp70BKdYUu0WLjvpKn3XvNOrNIgznHomTvAoC1jzQ/s1600/IMG_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2yBPOXNopjbTyyQdf7EWxbvYvKg5-BK35S3HCysy4V925EZJjQjZCfE_41QDmmbG3KfALlM9nG60XpkEFGxBLkR_T6tCkcnMwPp70BKdYUu0WLjvpKn3XvNOrNIgznHomTvAoC1jzQ/s400/IMG_0010.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1976 - 26th Jul (9M-MAS) C1 Acceptance Flt. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">MDC</span> Pilot Sam <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">Clauzel</span> would be in Command as the aircraft still belonged to Dougals and was on a US register but the customer had full freedom to check whatever and to verify functionality of all systems . I am flying in the left seat.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpW6giwQ2uSG3Zhptv5oiJ3EXFveZwGCoSgbWAjNF3uhd4in7xSCstXglP8sPmdkat7T4nC2lVC5rhIJE50cHza-i98JpXDm3OiCWZ7EU1o4fTa2i-oTi0STe503w8NBs1hk-2-nqmIQ/s1600/1976-+13th+Aug++Delivery+flt.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpW6giwQ2uSG3Zhptv5oiJ3EXFveZwGCoSgbWAjNF3uhd4in7xSCstXglP8sPmdkat7T4nC2lVC5rhIJE50cHza-i98JpXDm3OiCWZ7EU1o4fTa2i-oTi0STe503w8NBs1hk-2-nqmIQ/s320/1976-+13th+Aug++Delivery+flt.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"> Chairman's Dinner invitation to all those involved in the Acceptance and Delivery. </span></div><div><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364895635408993602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb4MkK7p_PeQj9PhCGbLlGzHkym2aQOTjw4vF8AWdxEqOQ04XWR1qV5L0XYZJX4Du7PEHVvK4Do63pKE0X455akb_D9QVaPp9JpEusgxcEWBg-b6IaepO6Hgxc6yvLJXXMGqNWkrs_VQ/s400/1976-+Chairman's+invite.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 303px;" /><br /><b><br /></b><span style="color: blue;"><b>1977- </b>Year of our second DC 10-30 delivery from Longbeach, California. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Group of Cabin Crew Instructors on an earlier General Familiarisation Course were;</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Chris Addis, Spring George; Viswam, KS Tan, Jayapala, late Antony Dris, and YW Ng.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">1977 was also the year when our B737 was hijacked and crashed. See another Video on the Hijack. Click Link:-</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: purple;"><b>https://youtu.be/dH8vdywr6TM</b></span></span><br /><b><br /></b><span style="color: blue;">Our International Route Structure with the introduction of the DC-10 below:</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAk8BWxvEsS92c8oIK7M1T6GvrQRU5lBE5MFq980ZjWUZx8d3IgPV2LHDYn4PFaE4051WaGBdIeowDbSTXhk9BeZI0vOt4dWg6QZpgKeZ-HPrlw2a6Kg703EpzUNaTKEntefvblo5ng/s1600/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="409" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAk8BWxvEsS92c8oIK7M1T6GvrQRU5lBE5MFq980ZjWUZx8d3IgPV2LHDYn4PFaE4051WaGBdIeowDbSTXhk9BeZI0vOt4dWg6QZpgKeZ-HPrlw2a6Kg703EpzUNaTKEntefvblo5ng/s640/IMG_0003.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCd7HG8E2nJtUd1lGmd95a0_E_LBhwbnNbezIyU8b7psS_IOYtwIRp4bvW76a8H12N9HtyeYL6X8gy8fQCfl-HnZZCvDZeNH6lv5G5frngcomaoIbySvV31tGWn6hZXtiTYdBigSmVug/s1600/IMG-20151019-WA0023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCd7HG8E2nJtUd1lGmd95a0_E_LBhwbnNbezIyU8b7psS_IOYtwIRp4bvW76a8H12N9HtyeYL6X8gy8fQCfl-HnZZCvDZeNH6lv5G5frngcomaoIbySvV31tGWn6hZXtiTYdBigSmVug/s640/IMG-20151019-WA0023.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Subang</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG8bLT4BnAy5BRly24atFOuFMJ9Uv4INjpiLEGvmBCozqukqM-48-ubcCVhAC1IvVpW8VVdXrbV1tt1qWWB-foumH4s0M8c0n9BgNFzo3Dy-ymVVQ5yKEYFIAGiTETGgOxj9RMIQiCQ/s1600/sg0032.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmG8bLT4BnAy5BRly24atFOuFMJ9Uv4INjpiLEGvmBCozqukqM-48-ubcCVhAC1IvVpW8VVdXrbV1tt1qWWB-foumH4s0M8c0n9BgNFzo3Dy-ymVVQ5yKEYFIAGiTETGgOxj9RMIQiCQ/s400/sg0032.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><b><br /></b><span style="color: blue;">Below: Our DC10 at Kai Tak International Airport, Hongkong</span><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYO3dRuk11zW5CnhyphenhyphenWUfHbqjbl8MDPvzDO47t2AHMTEShVIXIFpmx4Zls0e4ppR4qQpBcJzjQOkqdmK_TqG2kbKcXWHj_ZPTukJkoO1PiAIY2-ekpoEvgMvRa_92jnSpOkTVNl6D-RA/s1600/22814217_1991714311109151_6244842909280489697_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="271" data-original-width="543" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuYO3dRuk11zW5CnhyphenhyphenWUfHbqjbl8MDPvzDO47t2AHMTEShVIXIFpmx4Zls0e4ppR4qQpBcJzjQOkqdmK_TqG2kbKcXWHj_ZPTukJkoO1PiAIY2-ekpoEvgMvRa_92jnSpOkTVNl6D-RA/s400/22814217_1991714311109151_6244842909280489697_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>1978- 5th August.</b> <b>Redisgnated as Chief Pilot (Tech Development) </b>Capt Khairi as Chief Pilot (Tarining) and Capt Hassan as the Chief Pilot. </span></div><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Letter of appointment came, in those days, direct from the General manager (Chief Executive Tan Sri Saw Huat Lye).</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">This does not happen in MAS these days. Does it? </span></div><div><b></b></div><div><span style="color: blue;">1978 -In the cockpit of a DC-10 awaiting push-back and start-up at Sydney Mascot Airport.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXyyjso2HLYzFqVPB_Rq3Qhbg5Cv2kCIKNMpLp-kLSnZe7D2KqDGBQxjEgr6MjZ00hYttmCPKeRh6laEkK799aLgkhljXUp3L3hrzihGkeUyhA0Xb1E05dkn3dkMGLKXUj34gH9O_IA/s1600/New22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXyyjso2HLYzFqVPB_Rq3Qhbg5Cv2kCIKNMpLp-kLSnZe7D2KqDGBQxjEgr6MjZ00hYttmCPKeRh6laEkK799aLgkhljXUp3L3hrzihGkeUyhA0Xb1E05dkn3dkMGLKXUj34gH9O_IA/s320/New22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Click on Link below to view one of our early Commercials with introduction of our DC-10's.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #274e13;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #274e13;"> </span><b><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FScV9nyIymw&index=2&list=FL1IzAGLcyXsMtzEBQMaXh1g">1980 MAS Advert</a></span></b><br /><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">1978 - Montreal DC10 Flt Simulator Specification Definition. </span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">MAS had ordered a DC10, A300, and B737 Simulator to handle crew training. Initially there was a lot of objection from within and without as to the need for Flight Simulators. It was even raised in Parliament.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Business Plan prepared and submitted to the Board for approval. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">We broke the resistance and the non-progressive hindrance to progress. Today it has become a norm for a Simulator be in place with a new aircraft type order.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QqWPA80g1fllejSqyymvZE0nat1sP299stEyZOWRUvufWq3qizsgJuyXej_cqQ7NTtQIuWFnue9OkhvR9RULBfIGPg15HjITlDNHMRDFwjkkXizLlQpEPHQjlPJQqXEC0zidTbbzrw/s1600-h/1978-+Montreal+DC10+Sim.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364193376669723346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1QqWPA80g1fllejSqyymvZE0nat1sP299stEyZOWRUvufWq3qizsgJuyXej_cqQ7NTtQIuWFnue9OkhvR9RULBfIGPg15HjITlDNHMRDFwjkkXizLlQpEPHQjlPJQqXEC0zidTbbzrw/s400/1978-+Montreal+DC10+Sim.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: blue;">1979</span></b><br /><span style="color: blue;">In early 1979 our GM, Mr Saw Huat Lye (later Tan Sri) made a bold decision that MAS should acquire A300-B4's to compliment our DC-10 fleet. We had only 9 months to plan and put into effect the Introduction of the A300's. It was no easy task especially in respect to spec'ing the aircraft, crewing, planning the crew training courses and the Acceptance and ferry of 3 A300's. (Later we added another)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Some photos of the signing ceremony for the A300 Purchase Agreement by Mr Saw our General Manager in presence of the negotiating team.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUoK2pO2WibtCGerv00sAac0gzc2Cv55AGHmAiwtB-rFeK_Lmqu_Y2w3pWJWrwPhpRDmMcuCkwRfPkqX7tSjWvql8c0LSsmutjq_h4FuvF6_qk6T1T6YAZwPJSr_C1T4kT8d8G2Rk9Q/s1600/FY0302.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1600" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUoK2pO2WibtCGerv00sAac0gzc2Cv55AGHmAiwtB-rFeK_Lmqu_Y2w3pWJWrwPhpRDmMcuCkwRfPkqX7tSjWvql8c0LSsmutjq_h4FuvF6_qk6T1T6YAZwPJSr_C1T4kT8d8G2Rk9Q/s320/FY0302.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; text-align: start;">Above from left: Jeyakanthan, Mr Saw, myself. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;">Capt Tony Chan was appointed Dev Capt A300. He was exposed on Acceptance procedures on a B737 by mself and was earmarked as one the lead Pilots for the A300's, together with Capt Aziz Othman earmarked Head of A300 Training.</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Acceptance checks on our 10th B737 aircraft with the late Capt Tony Chan (C.A. Chan). </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU0WDigyDT9Iqh0tOQ-uPDiCRmO7bJmdhNfL_wfRHgbVHLc3e7sHvL4sZP8m1kWHAzU6j49yjhltYd7VsxN15IOPJM8L27UFbkHDa1LISrLmvZTxKvMUChw3PWr81wszBKWoMG8Slpw/s1600/IMG_new5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvU0WDigyDT9Iqh0tOQ-uPDiCRmO7bJmdhNfL_wfRHgbVHLc3e7sHvL4sZP8m1kWHAzU6j49yjhltYd7VsxN15IOPJM8L27UFbkHDa1LISrLmvZTxKvMUChw3PWr81wszBKWoMG8Slpw/s1600/IMG_new5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Delivery of an Aircraft with less than 11 months to accomplish is not an easy task.</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Especially to source crew, train them in time and establish systems to cope with the induction.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Yet we put our shoulders to the wheel and went for it.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">In my team we had Ragunathan (CFE), Capt's Aziz (Snr Flt Inst), the late Tony Chan (Dev Capt A300), Ng C.A (Fleet manager A300), and FE BH Tan (SFE A300's). These were on the first A300 conversion course. The team had the task of laying the foundation for the commencement of A300 commercial operations and to ensure to ensure safety of operations.</span></div><div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Below: At the Mercure </span>Hotel. Happy Hours with Peter Thaldorf ( Director of Customer Services AeF) and wife Rosy, Aziz Othman and the Mercure Manager. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Peter became a clse friend of ours in later years.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhnL8NoovwP4DbMkJXKlcriCPNYQZJqR1Dv_G0An_fv2dWPyfmCPiI463rMVMJBPuom4QMarwxGHa_y9UquLpQ-fSIP2Agnf7PNJvYwuZRH0PrBAWUDTzVkn96XR6ZsAGvI6X8m93-w/s1600/1979-+Mercure.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhnL8NoovwP4DbMkJXKlcriCPNYQZJqR1Dv_G0An_fv2dWPyfmCPiI463rMVMJBPuom4QMarwxGHa_y9UquLpQ-fSIP2Agnf7PNJvYwuZRH0PrBAWUDTzVkn96XR6ZsAGvI6X8m93-w/s400/1979-+Mercure.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below Bartender was Jean-Pierre, and this time with Ragunathan joining the fun.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFasWDv4fIxMIYxRMvqPaV9aeF4V5qGOjmiVrhyphenhyphenGfnl6Yvy9lP1xbi4k2LWsx9KRZal8j4OdXNBm2b5v1Z9nY9TqRRZkUoCpnmxfuhrvtAEQGnr0fd8g46i13YjofucrNxgPS-EJ8S7g/s1600/IMG_0023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFasWDv4fIxMIYxRMvqPaV9aeF4V5qGOjmiVrhyphenhyphenGfnl6Yvy9lP1xbi4k2LWsx9KRZal8j4OdXNBm2b5v1Z9nY9TqRRZkUoCpnmxfuhrvtAEQGnr0fd8g46i13YjofucrNxgPS-EJ8S7g/s400/IMG_0023.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Mercure Hotel was home to me for about 6 months over seeing the A300 endorsement training, and handling the various problems that crop up with introduction and delivery of the aircraft. I also had to spend hours with the Performance Section of AI finalising our Takeoff derate policy and customising our Flt Ops Manual SOP's. An overall tight scheduled.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A28CQLukHsu3Njct47CW_dHi26H82Mms2Cp46s-msX-oqOWTOOVcnl5-RZUJldqI_M8xxSXY6eJ2zxLLzVHuF_mWEZRy3l_O3Yl3HtDkoDweLFksWVHZGYfr_PofauGCu1sx8PWdPQ/s1600/IMG_0024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0A28CQLukHsu3Njct47CW_dHi26H82Mms2Cp46s-msX-oqOWTOOVcnl5-RZUJldqI_M8xxSXY6eJ2zxLLzVHuF_mWEZRy3l_O3Yl3HtDkoDweLFksWVHZGYfr_PofauGCu1sx8PWdPQ/s320/IMG_0024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Mr Ding, our Technical Rep shows up at the Mercure</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcTgtny-Mm2CgbYadXfWIH1RkztebFA5BvTE7p1LfAjDWP6YTLinoAk1ndHXmUiz_Yuj79tbnFP1I8RkuDObiTI6UpOfmn-X_1ykg7CI7r8iDx_VHWrIebQh01Ii9KC27WVcY6A_Wrw/s1600/Mercure+Hotel+1979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcTgtny-Mm2CgbYadXfWIH1RkztebFA5BvTE7p1LfAjDWP6YTLinoAk1ndHXmUiz_Yuj79tbnFP1I8RkuDObiTI6UpOfmn-X_1ykg7CI7r8iDx_VHWrIebQh01Ii9KC27WVcY6A_Wrw/s320/Mercure+Hotel+1979.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Ragu, not very good at playing pool; with the balls flying out of the table.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxnJ638JkJf-ZFM-QFn22t9STwWfz76mDugMOOUBDkHRWCmdx8SVy02IaQrMPSJEHegYHcBo0AzkmlIiF1OF7oIZ0CxzzZqaOut4-vA9e4yjOrH68LviJ9Rly5Dao2D0__lytDy9ixg/s1600/Mercure+TLS+Foye1r.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtxnJ638JkJf-ZFM-QFn22t9STwWfz76mDugMOOUBDkHRWCmdx8SVy02IaQrMPSJEHegYHcBo0AzkmlIiF1OF7oIZ0CxzzZqaOut4-vA9e4yjOrH68LviJ9Rly5Dao2D0__lytDy9ixg/s320/Mercure+TLS+Foye1r.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: View </span><span style="color: blue;">of the street below </span><span style="color: blue;">from my hotel room. The view each day for 5 months!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZk-hy3xxqAsiO21wYc-TAjBbhmgu4qhtv-XF3AxGwBwmZf6dPBpdsD3_ieMAVw_rfllzc9wg8ITgtlzO4_I-PMQnXoSRBlpgvsKedzBUf0dtrkLgkCTBE1UVM1Y89DRDL1cdIpWmKQ/s1600/TLS2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZk-hy3xxqAsiO21wYc-TAjBbhmgu4qhtv-XF3AxGwBwmZf6dPBpdsD3_ieMAVw_rfllzc9wg8ITgtlzO4_I-PMQnXoSRBlpgvsKedzBUf0dtrkLgkCTBE1UVM1Y89DRDL1cdIpWmKQ/s320/TLS2.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: At Wilson Square Toulouse - Statue of the Poet Goudouli</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqVR6UeGObDAt5frEgJJBO11-KR5SmPu_Dka0sCrFPqr7uKiMAm0-ijyDJ6h01WewR0BXUCW7ACEvB8SFE7Zt83SjwHNqBPm2zv7uyOB47zNHc-IrWJihLAY8rd33vvFdpQV06mj1NA/s1600/TLS1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqVR6UeGObDAt5frEgJJBO11-KR5SmPu_Dka0sCrFPqr7uKiMAm0-ijyDJ6h01WewR0BXUCW7ACEvB8SFE7Zt83SjwHNqBPm2zv7uyOB47zNHc-IrWJihLAY8rd33vvFdpQV06mj1NA/s400/TLS1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: After completion of our A300 Ground and Simulator training.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">4th from the left: Peter Thaldorf (Dir of Customer Services), Jean Pinet the Head of Aeroformation (Technical Training School for Airbus. Also one of the Concorde Pilots for Air France) and Phillipe Darney our simulator Instructor. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Jean Pinet was also a current Concorde Test Pilot.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmVGsGmZMnhQXawO_EFdOm3ty6st5XkBGPhzg_JuVIsDCpRc1KeslQPXvMdqw_yYfxX9_TDk9IntNgspXGdwBm0_oV_SqSOp4OzGgNxyMKSCF-xLM9bGNy8cI5AlomlNjLlWtekY9NA/s1600-h/1979-+May+-+Graduation.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161253638725170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmVGsGmZMnhQXawO_EFdOm3ty6st5XkBGPhzg_JuVIsDCpRc1KeslQPXvMdqw_yYfxX9_TDk9IntNgspXGdwBm0_oV_SqSOp4OzGgNxyMKSCF-xLM9bGNy8cI5AlomlNjLlWtekY9NA/s400/1979-+May+-+Graduation.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">A300 CBT Training. Having a coffee break - Aziz and me with our Instructor</span>. </div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04cX1krZv4COPv_WhUp-A1EPMYCnkp_7A8DFtdvpCT8xHhtlpfcf3hsRl-2yq-xZ7CieaHGggzvx0NnwBFp1H4-wslkPWNYee41v3IDhUId9WJv-GWkn1L_Y9PjG8qBa0Hkidx0foxg/s1600-h/1979-+Inst.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364161089414565794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04cX1krZv4COPv_WhUp-A1EPMYCnkp_7A8DFtdvpCT8xHhtlpfcf3hsRl-2yq-xZ7CieaHGggzvx0NnwBFp1H4-wslkPWNYee41v3IDhUId9WJv-GWkn1L_Y9PjG8qBa0Hkidx0foxg/s400/1979-+Inst.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">A300 CBT Trainer. Being trained on SOP's and Abnormals. L-R: Aziz, Roland and Ragu (CFE)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYXjtjAjdBHJNMnmfbCqDjYD910r6a0XLdVv0-8OcOWZmMbERpdFugKiRsWIdC6NvZN2OFzjChGF0sXFfQ9uK1JvznpPat_SDpSfAuNhM2GD4BE-CQr0ZrVWQHyTgLQbBROKYXc0u1Q/s1600/1979-+apr+Aef.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMYXjtjAjdBHJNMnmfbCqDjYD910r6a0XLdVv0-8OcOWZmMbERpdFugKiRsWIdC6NvZN2OFzjChGF0sXFfQ9uK1JvznpPat_SDpSfAuNhM2GD4BE-CQr0ZrVWQHyTgLQbBROKYXc0u1Q/s400/1979-+apr+Aef.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Photo below taken after completion of A300 Training. Capt Ng CA is on the extreme left with Capts Tony Chan and Aziz, and FE BH Tan partially hidden on the right. The Champagne flowed. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ3vkWfDclBb_spSz9xv2KHARUC_rAq2BW5MeZtfnYcI0HiYz1OHFaqRNC9RAgi3EnY-KqVLJIjbVnCKfK14iIoJQMa0tAX4-RLDSp7EQWCSD486UD7zQodTwmZzP6NPLEGzoDNA3NA/s1600/New25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEQ3vkWfDclBb_spSz9xv2KHARUC_rAq2BW5MeZtfnYcI0HiYz1OHFaqRNC9RAgi3EnY-KqVLJIjbVnCKfK14iIoJQMa0tAX4-RLDSp7EQWCSD486UD7zQodTwmZzP6NPLEGzoDNA3NA/s400/New25.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: From Right, Capt Jean Pinnet, Head of Aeroformation, with Peter Thaldorf (Director of Cust Services), Passaneu (Instructor FE) and FE BH Tan.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGhg0kRnfBd7JyYbEhhK98h37cnTV6c0UI34RsMrvQfvonBxyg0IP1ZIr0RoD_0x7jZRo54pNMSlJnBJlDjSSNKePzT68hAfxJOFCekw7IYH6l2hI0ye0JJpal6ILdCsWHLQR7CAZEg/s1600/A300+Acceptance+79.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNGhg0kRnfBd7JyYbEhhK98h37cnTV6c0UI34RsMrvQfvonBxyg0IP1ZIr0RoD_0x7jZRo54pNMSlJnBJlDjSSNKePzT68hAfxJOFCekw7IYH6l2hI0ye0JJpal6ILdCsWHLQR7CAZEg/s320/A300+Acceptance+79.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Capt Pierre Baud Vice President of Operations was the one who conducted my final check including stalls (at night!!) on the way to Tarbes (Lourdes) for circuit and landings. Pierre was a fine Test Pilot for Airbus and very active with development and testing on all AI types. <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGjs0-5f_prs8SM2I9pL0I5UCYFFm1xGU0EUrz55kaHcKUc7veWMTtmZj_gv9JRn0QWHK2-Mi9bQU86ZPK-EaTAqNqehwF-cjZQNtD0s9FK2fOcFo2mMxabD8SFyxXex8XNOlaAELELQ/s1600-h/1979-+TLS.JPG">We have had quite few flights together.</a> </span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">[A year later I flew left hand seat on a A 310 Customer Demo flight KUL-BKK with him on the right. The first time that it was pushed to above max ceiling to 41,000ft. </span></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Pierre was also the AI Capt with me and Ken for a A320 demo to Customer in Toulouse.]</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">I have lots of respect for him and Capt Bernard Zeigler who both promoted the 'Side Stick' and Fly-by-wire concept. It was a big challenge and they had to convincing the European Aviation body on the new concept and saw through approval and certification. We today see the rewards of their efforts by having one standard concept for all Airbus aircraft even up to the A380. Pierre was also Test Pilot for the A330 and A340.] </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span><span style="color: black;">Our first A300 was now ready for Customer Acceptance. This is the long awaited moment for the Acceptance crew and t</span>he fun part- we could test the aircraft to its certified limits. Flying the A300-B4 and being the first to do it was a proud moment for me personally.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">MHA Acceptance: Nov 1979.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUwNM6wDuYKd_MuG5qpIH5JR4sT_58Kd5ICx12KZJKuLM-HVZX1b-2I6Mb-SYGkM_PwygNoLLoddNIBo0OJDWzwHaSnxHdqbib0ZaL49vTtzSX4MKQT-ag_zYp5vT4tewn9wAtsP5pQ/s1600-h/1979-+A300+MHA+acceptance.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="218" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364160132940116082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTUwNM6wDuYKd_MuG5qpIH5JR4sT_58Kd5ICx12KZJKuLM-HVZX1b-2I6Mb-SYGkM_PwygNoLLoddNIBo0OJDWzwHaSnxHdqbib0ZaL49vTtzSX4MKQT-ag_zYp5vT4tewn9wAtsP5pQ/s320/1979-+A300+MHA+acceptance.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="320" /></a><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Below: After C1 (Customer 1 flight) the team on the acceptance. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">From left: Me, Yves Benoit, the late Capt Tony Chan, CFE Ragunathan, AI Test Engineer, FE Daud, Capt Lars Larsen.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">I conducted first Test flight, with Lars Larsen, the Airbus Capt (RHS) in charge, Ragunathan operating the FE's station and Capt Tony Chan whose role was understudy and to record the various readings and parameters during flight test; also termed a 'jockey'. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Chief test Engineer for Airbus, Yves Benoit, initially gave a lot of resistance to additional tests that I wanted conducted (in the light of my experience on DC-10 acceptance in 1976). FE Daud was understudy to FE to Ragu on A300 Aircraft Acceptance.</span></div><div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">Note: The CAA UK, then, required that the A300 go through the full stalls. We had to comply. Full stalls resulted in violent shaking of the whole aircraft during stall! </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;">(An ANZ DC-10 also doing full stalls had fuselage distortion at end of the test. We have since done away with full stalls during Test flights.) </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><img alt="" border="0" height="494" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364897978763031586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLe9C0U2CCOjLfQcJ83RwDN8n7WUSvVKABZmYm0Cd5qOPIj9gVrfjXTSsIRj8kwiz6yZ1vNq7uaZY11k54dfU96NFhntChL5aIewjC_F9N6fE2Q_aZASnfQmeGV4MI8NK4ugcg89EPYQ/s640/1979-+1st+A300+Accptance.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="640" /> <br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">1979-27th Oct after completion of Customer1 flight on MHA. </span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouT5OXvfUxSLY-BLCC0jXQbQBqSjU0gmgn9L1mogpZTVN46Rf0xbYkdktyrvHzWclhdbGHEbwoVKFR6e_HJVRzA07LhqKRiPV7TwVhU2o72vjzr9DfygUSLONWW0O9Zu8OxurOtirmw/s1600-h/1979-+27th+Oct+-+MHA+acc+flt+C1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" height="224" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364160520033545922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjouT5OXvfUxSLY-BLCC0jXQbQBqSjU0gmgn9L1mogpZTVN46Rf0xbYkdktyrvHzWclhdbGHEbwoVKFR6e_HJVRzA07LhqKRiPV7TwVhU2o72vjzr9DfygUSLONWW0O9Zu8OxurOtirmw/s320/1979-+27th+Oct+-+MHA+acc+flt+C1.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Out comes the Champagne!</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The person next to lTony Chan is </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Yves Benoit</span><span style="color: blue;"> who was a brilliant Flight Test Engineering Manager. Partly hidden on the extreme left is our Capt Jamil from our DCA Malaysia.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKyIgCTSZuY6aR8JSHKeyw-ba99p1AiFR4aAcfJhcrKVQ-41oJH5UAhZXt0Ojcw03nmN9b2criPh1kNx6hMvcx-p7PtnGcEzmbmqNOWFzdCR_i89fmLtZOLn6ExVw1WUa1kwAfXpx1w/s1600/A300+Acceptance+Team+79.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKyIgCTSZuY6aR8JSHKeyw-ba99p1AiFR4aAcfJhcrKVQ-41oJH5UAhZXt0Ojcw03nmN9b2criPh1kNx6hMvcx-p7PtnGcEzmbmqNOWFzdCR_i89fmLtZOLn6ExVw1WUa1kwAfXpx1w/s320/A300+Acceptance+Team+79.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: Our MAS Customer Representative Mr Ding (from Engineering) and his Secretary Michelle. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_csTxpMs2MYDXsz_tHLcQgnz-YxGeK97L0iw7c5yI5tLFNMfb8hazcs1gnaBFIj9FnCDiExcE5QAG8UJZmzsRnswqcj7kWuE9Mb-aS6lovccCVgJyovBpmxiK1bv-KMj0qHHrx7vTeQ/s1600/New24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_csTxpMs2MYDXsz_tHLcQgnz-YxGeK97L0iw7c5yI5tLFNMfb8hazcs1gnaBFIj9FnCDiExcE5QAG8UJZmzsRnswqcj7kWuE9Mb-aS6lovccCVgJyovBpmxiK1bv-KMj0qHHrx7vTeQ/s400/New24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Nov 1979 - Pre-delivery Ceremony for our 1st A300. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: Having a chat with Jim Conrad (Head of Tech Trg AeF) </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VxutWVKg06fDEJ0WHclChDmisoB4Jx5HXNCD4fKnyyR0xcR4SNVQsMzqaIuuxvY600YTsDjwacH3CE_6dsCdWR5Wxmgb4GvIa6SqyYMKTRjiRvTOfE0veueJiczXcIx7C4j9hvB8oQ/s1600-h/1979-+2nd+Nov-+MHA+Delivery+Ceremony.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364159634256150786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VxutWVKg06fDEJ0WHclChDmisoB4Jx5HXNCD4fKnyyR0xcR4SNVQsMzqaIuuxvY600YTsDjwacH3CE_6dsCdWR5Wxmgb4GvIa6SqyYMKTRjiRvTOfE0veueJiczXcIx7C4j9hvB8oQ/s400/1979-+2nd+Nov-+MHA+Delivery+Ceremony.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;">More photos of the Acceptance ceremony in Toulouse.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below our Chairman signing the Delivery Documents with the President of AI, Bernard Lathiere.</span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrkvdnl7LGbTqu0CGC574IRiTpWnqBzugqWYZjxCoPZVeAOQtStxeH7mnuox-tNcg-LGZRQQ2rDmOYVCLoz4WUNVhYSdYkDmy7nB_Y-EZHQ8uYgN77500TY2nz5pg-wViPzJhojW1cA/s1600/FY0304.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1600" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrkvdnl7LGbTqu0CGC574IRiTpWnqBzugqWYZjxCoPZVeAOQtStxeH7mnuox-tNcg-LGZRQQ2rDmOYVCLoz4WUNVhYSdYkDmy7nB_Y-EZHQ8uYgN77500TY2nz5pg-wViPzJhojW1cA/s320/FY0304.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;">Below front row from Left: Jeyakanthan, Saw Huat Lye, S N Ding, Tan Sri Raja Mohar, Selma Osman, Rahman (AI Rep for Malaysia) and Ranjit Jeyaretnam the one who did the Sale with MAS.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwOUt2C-LMYuOAQ7XEkph1V-zrEJORPRpasy6RBQJyjhlX37i2Qpr2PhVrLI8V6AcODP7v3XNbHIMCuCvyJiZcbCKiLOfyntpd4ozVuyaARtCqyd-Gfa-1n8h1c5GYK6LInISNhP-kA/s1600/FY0305.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1600" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFwOUt2C-LMYuOAQ7XEkph1V-zrEJORPRpasy6RBQJyjhlX37i2Qpr2PhVrLI8V6AcODP7v3XNbHIMCuCvyJiZcbCKiLOfyntpd4ozVuyaARtCqyd-Gfa-1n8h1c5GYK6LInISNhP-kA/s400/FY0305.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: After Acceptance Test Flight of our No2 A300 B4, 9M-MHB. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">With Capt Pierre Baud again, Capt Aziz and FE BH Tan.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">It was quite tiring both mentally and physically.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZkjw-ZO84HTj7x7ZOlMrhbpSkohyo0jjlCTy5TaLzdXKqPHW6mcg0-zlKg1XwHJVl1jRVJ32kndQrCqtOf24DSh7vBcpf_UXuGT3gNiHuDvCPs54XBqTJjyoCif7VvrSoWLpvSIz2A/s1600-h/1979-+27th+Dec+MHB.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364898541036323522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAZkjw-ZO84HTj7x7ZOlMrhbpSkohyo0jjlCTy5TaLzdXKqPHW6mcg0-zlKg1XwHJVl1jRVJ32kndQrCqtOf24DSh7vBcpf_UXuGT3gNiHuDvCPs54XBqTJjyoCif7VvrSoWLpvSIz2A/s400/1979-+27th+Dec+MHB.JPG" style="display: block; height: 309px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div><span style="color: blue;">3rd Nov 1979 - 1st A300 Ferry Flight. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Here below is the Crewing - apologies for the document being sulphurated (42 years ago).</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEill9Uova5fxLkF_JTMM1jBjL6hJTLw6OA_7Mr7Sp6AVj5GaxweZ472-AJWFDTeE8QovWII-q6HSdehIt36dg1fEoL5Cf5FdRabw1QbKEkOQFYOA4pueVyAlN_Jvlxef96TGaKpkOd8-A/s2048/Crewing+1st+A300+ferry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1459" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEill9Uova5fxLkF_JTMM1jBjL6hJTLw6OA_7Mr7Sp6AVj5GaxweZ472-AJWFDTeE8QovWII-q6HSdehIt36dg1fEoL5Cf5FdRabw1QbKEkOQFYOA4pueVyAlN_Jvlxef96TGaKpkOd8-A/w456-h640/Crewing+1st+A300+ferry.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PKlfyYuEFiCbih7xp612fqzCKFlAUTt2a5tTbrCmvi9AoeEcLUx1AGUChnBQpPrC34q5gAGFa_HYaUVAh1Dtfz-sJrE6dwNsKKR3FDDuutuY5Xoop46ktcRJfRu-2ogJAUVDL66fSQ/s2048/1st+A300+Ferry.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1492" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PKlfyYuEFiCbih7xp612fqzCKFlAUTt2a5tTbrCmvi9AoeEcLUx1AGUChnBQpPrC34q5gAGFa_HYaUVAh1Dtfz-sJrE6dwNsKKR3FDDuutuY5Xoop46ktcRJfRu-2ogJAUVDL66fSQ/w466-h640/1st+A300+Ferry.jpg" width="466" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Blow: I am in Command with Capt Aziz on the Left seat. First stop Dubai. We did a one-stop to KUL utilizing in-flight horizontal rest, to extend duty time beyond 16 hours. Lots of objection from within but sometimes one has to do what's right and progressive without compromising Safety.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDcnJbD2NQsE2KhshYzBQFrvKaYMLWgoJc00WF_-JAz-27YEUy6mbmAAohe0V0_IGSkNgkCowjn9WhGCj1bNp9VGjBtrLw8x56I985s75LA-XW9C_SDnFhKBayZ9Na0MqhSlbxCj8-Q/s1600-h/1979-+3rd+Nov-+Training+Aziz+MHA+ferry.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364159353103312034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFDcnJbD2NQsE2KhshYzBQFrvKaYMLWgoJc00WF_-JAz-27YEUy6mbmAAohe0V0_IGSkNgkCowjn9WhGCj1bNp9VGjBtrLw8x56I985s75LA-XW9C_SDnFhKBayZ9Na0MqhSlbxCj8-Q/s400/1979-+3rd+Nov-+Training+Aziz+MHA+ferry.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below seen with the late Capt Tony Chan ('jockey') after Acceptance Test of our 3rd MAS A300- 9M-MHC. Tony was a dedicated Dev Captain in chage of A300's. His Airforce background made him a disciplined subordinate. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGUbS1i8mn1RHJ_FJ2lg3p70SCZy-Nrea-UlGuq868LifYyM8NJg291CCg-VlZal3B4_AwwLA2Z5tQzz1GWtQeoQFv3VLWAZwV7I8TX7oUKvbVn2inxyN3DZuEJ14mbifmlCIUi1eLg/s1600-h/1979-+Dec+MHB+acceptance.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364158555936572818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGUbS1i8mn1RHJ_FJ2lg3p70SCZy-Nrea-UlGuq868LifYyM8NJg291CCg-VlZal3B4_AwwLA2Z5tQzz1GWtQeoQFv3VLWAZwV7I8TX7oUKvbVn2inxyN3DZuEJ14mbifmlCIUi1eLg/s400/1979-+Dec+MHB+acceptance.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1980 Jan. Worst winter in Toulouse for 30 years(?). We were this time there to Accept and Ferry our No3 (9M-MHC) A300 B4. Takeoff was in freezing fog conditions and our DCA man was quite apprehensive about the Takeoff. Capt Chan was performing the Takeoff with Me on the Right seat. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">From left: Roland, Tony Chan, Ragunathan, Capt Jamil (DCA Malaysia Examiner)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMocSh27DSDvaStDIO0do6Zq3mopsjEicLExxqu_jM618L35VqTETnVCXObtQ-UIo8az9CDMG4OOK9LJhQ_Fh1xJBCfnoJqI21KMT-v3uufn1UcMMpp_drzbOIgXnMvS83G2C2tVKpQw/s1600-h/1980-+Jan-+MHC+Accpt.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364156121909561282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMocSh27DSDvaStDIO0do6Zq3mopsjEicLExxqu_jM618L35VqTETnVCXObtQ-UIo8az9CDMG4OOK9LJhQ_Fh1xJBCfnoJqI21KMT-v3uufn1UcMMpp_drzbOIgXnMvS83G2C2tVKpQw/s400/1980-+Jan-+MHC+Accpt.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Below: Memorial at the site where our B737 crashed in Tanjung Kupang. Both pilots were shot dead by the Hijacker.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbCSzybVLYZQEGFQqMsNxEjhZSSHB-f3rVPgVBrVwFfaVPip-sDlopMUris7kCCf-TEo-0GfoyVK8W3uUG8m7eRIHwKgoYJpRg5Q2hXYg2lyOkZA5Vq3542sxer0HKTwK1LArPuxNdQ/s1600/FY0244.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTbCSzybVLYZQEGFQqMsNxEjhZSSHB-f3rVPgVBrVwFfaVPip-sDlopMUris7kCCf-TEo-0GfoyVK8W3uUG8m7eRIHwKgoYJpRg5Q2hXYg2lyOkZA5Vq3542sxer0HKTwK1LArPuxNdQ/s640/FY0244.JPG" width="294" /></a></span></div><div><br /></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Jun 1980. Attended the Cranfield College of Aeronautics Aircraft Performance Measurement course. I am 6th form right.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAM8GiOcnmC3tyKEZIHJ4G2qYNmZHq4IoEPerDTVzcd-mAYELC-F0bLEHyIwhSZcL7UZaBMtxrMCus-6IuvV_cyKvajYilvmOf0TEk5AQ9b_xpUnlN1yLBJnjsarv6lrytF2k3uRZbUQ/s1600-h/1980-+June+Cranfield.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364155502543840354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAM8GiOcnmC3tyKEZIHJ4G2qYNmZHq4IoEPerDTVzcd-mAYELC-F0bLEHyIwhSZcL7UZaBMtxrMCus-6IuvV_cyKvajYilvmOf0TEk5AQ9b_xpUnlN1yLBJnjsarv6lrytF2k3uRZbUQ/s400/1980-+June+Cranfield.JPG" style="display: block; height: 340px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Aug 1981 - Back on the DC-10's.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below to London in a DC10-30 with I think with Andre in the cockpit. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8w9K-xLIHW7klB5aXKj_YcXbMwFsnhR729KYjcQwusfo8tQ0gn_vC1eJHP2Ckm-QsxDw_2XV1PpDsSLsxhfVWNVaOXGNtbndabhj-pnQG_Y85XrFZgJy4IHxfhnH59ZgM65kW7L-Bg/s1600-h/1981-+aug+DC10+with+Andy.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364154139363159778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8w9K-xLIHW7klB5aXKj_YcXbMwFsnhR729KYjcQwusfo8tQ0gn_vC1eJHP2Ckm-QsxDw_2XV1PpDsSLsxhfVWNVaOXGNtbndabhj-pnQG_Y85XrFZgJy4IHxfhnH59ZgM65kW7L-Bg/s400/1981-+aug+DC10+with+Andy.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Hardly had we introduced the A300's and DC-10's in quick succession, the Company then decided to look at the B747's. Within just 5 years I had to once more put my hand on the plough for yet another arduous project. The team commenced contract negotiations with British Airways who had offered us two of their three brand new B747-200's which they decided were in excess to their fleet requirements. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Text below is from our Chief Maintenance Manager Mr Sitham Nadarajah (who retired from MAS as Deputy Director of Engineering) </span>
<p lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><i>"Hi
Roland, this l think is wth British Airways when we bought the first two B747
-200 Rolls Royce powered aircraft. BA was having financial difficulties and we
took over their orders from Boeing. The deal was for BA to ensure Boeing redo
the spec to meet MAS spec which we had worked out with Boeing. They did it
including the <b>straight stairs, larger galley lift cutout,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cockpit changes and all MAS planned BFE.</b> We
had hard negos wth BA, Boeing and ROLLS and got what we planned for with a
saving of abt USD30Mill per aircraft for MHI & </i></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><i>MHJ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You, Kenneth and Ragu did the delivery flt
together wth me and Rosley Kassim my project engineer.</i></p>
<p lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><i>Wow,
brought back good memories.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> " </span></i></p>
</div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sQbjp1EFD47H6Fu9nJB5tFTcZA1rOf2-Z6i8YefauW8S0AOaRZy_SnKpzmDNXWypGdtxNxIoosViQw9f6aWAHshkrlU86d-wgR92DqrXk5juFU2yW0Bi7MAHHeMLue_sfUJpglk9QQ/s1780/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1780" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sQbjp1EFD47H6Fu9nJB5tFTcZA1rOf2-Z6i8YefauW8S0AOaRZy_SnKpzmDNXWypGdtxNxIoosViQw9f6aWAHshkrlU86d-wgR92DqrXk5juFU2yW0Bi7MAHHeMLue_sfUJpglk9QQ/w640-h436/IMG.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The Board finalised the deal at a bargain hard to believe price </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Now the work of revising some of the BA cockpit layout and systems lay in my hands. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I had ensured that there was very little cockpit layout differences between our A300/ DC-10's and these new B747-200's. The idea being adaptability for crew to transition from one type to another and that SOP's were similar. Our pilots could transition seamlessly from one type to another. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">After a lot of resistance from BA, as the cost of a new cockpit panel layout would have to be manufactured and cost enormous. I stood ground and with the backing of my boss Capt Hassan and the Engineering head Resham Singh (now Dato) BA agreed to it at no additonal increase in price. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(On technical details: I got my vertical Radio altimeters, a new FRATTS system, pedal nosewheel steering, RTO and the basic instrument layout similar to the DC-10. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I also adapted the FRATTS to be able to provide the same amount of derate as on the DC-10. These were all approved by Boeing and TSO obtained)</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b>B747-200 training with British Airways.</b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">We then had to select crew to man these two aircraft and a lead team to commence the course well ahead of the line pilots. This team, headed was by me would then on return, have to write the MAS customised SOP's and checklists. This lead team of Instructors would then have to train our own pilots with assistance from BA Instructors. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Capt's Khairi, Ali, Ken Chong and me commenced our BA course late 1981. We had to undergo ground school, simulator training followed by line training on BA routes. Crew stayed at the Sheraton Hotel Heathrow for about two months. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">On completion we were checked out as qualified BA Captains fully equipped to train our own crew.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">My final line check from Seattle to Heathrow was in actual Cat 3 conditions and it was quite an experience. See photos below</span><br /><br /><div><b><span style="color: blue;">1981 10th Dec arrival LHR in Cat 3 conditions. </span></b></div><div><span style="color: blue;">It was 0 degrees with freezing fog around.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXtJH3wA3Da9_zniDz4FlYlTdarC-YHojilBT7H93yroL4clMVqbB_yjavzEdUrYlIZ3OT8oCyLwjrz6p6GzWBh8P129fMVcONHJozxPzjs74McavD67ei4_qSgn_kdaND_5EPkvqbQ/s1600-h/1981-+10th+Dec+Arr+LHR.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364152616135227378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHXtJH3wA3Da9_zniDz4FlYlTdarC-YHojilBT7H93yroL4clMVqbB_yjavzEdUrYlIZ3OT8oCyLwjrz6p6GzWBh8P129fMVcONHJozxPzjs74McavD67ei4_qSgn_kdaND_5EPkvqbQ/s400/1981-+10th+Dec+Arr+LHR.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a> <b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: blue;">10th Dec 1981 My Final Line Check as Captain on B747-200's with British Airways.</span></b></div><div><span style="color: blue;">On arrival at London Heathrow from Seattle we had to conduct a Cat 3B, Auto Land due low visibility. Visibilty was only 50m with a complete 'white out' on landing. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">My first experience. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below I am with Captain J.B Newman, who conducted this final check for me to operate B747's in Command. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Can return home again after 2 months of winter and being cooped up in the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel most of the time. Had enough.</span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364906841137410338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-5QnrBgyDaWCpMpLgfTpCXLRqgJUPtlT_5nOAvU1ejNB6GF5bM8dMwAEGNMvtR_R5fJ9zBzSQKrPw-pC_QIrrTf6E2aAOSD4rLVb2Jp-j_isaBVFNxear7OGUpB2xQdXKMK2AG_slA/s400/1981-+Dec+BA.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Now that I was qualified to fly the B747-200 my next assignment would be to perform Acceptance Test Flights.</span><div><span style="color: blue;">The next step in the process of aircraft introduction comes the Acceptance of the first aircraft. As it was still owned by BA, we performed it with a BA Captain (Capt Mike Webster whom I had trained under during the course) BA F/E Robbie.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below from Left: Dev F/E Karunyam, Dev Capt Kenneth Chong, BA F/E Instructor, Capt Mike Webster and myself ( I think I needed a haircut).</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_JhnxtNxCPKXLpsufJo5o12vx0yib1HZH4MrKsb674UOcGBQfOjEnwMtlAyR8vPrNT313f2Qudx4lbzoWcrQpuO_H3lBdJTzhzBv_jwbFBCuPwYelUSaRW5PJ0kUgvMZ633D_uF_5g/s1600/IMG_new2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1424" height="459" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn_JhnxtNxCPKXLpsufJo5o12vx0yib1HZH4MrKsb674UOcGBQfOjEnwMtlAyR8vPrNT313f2Qudx4lbzoWcrQpuO_H3lBdJTzhzBv_jwbFBCuPwYelUSaRW5PJ0kUgvMZ633D_uF_5g/s640/IMG_new2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Here again am flying the beautiful machine below for the first time; RT 021, MAS's first B747-200 (MHI) on Test Flight with a chaser plane below taking photos and videos. Another first! To God be the Glory.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">The Boeing designation by tail number indicates that RT 021 was one of the earliest in production. <br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364907315320142690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZSiI19Berzt_xn5XFHAnI3eOlXlc6y3XGoVpaW_enL9pN6sz4Ah8BiLujBzG9cqhXWYaz484_DQoun3sdabFyvswc2FgcEKBm094LpoUVtKUYTuWLDbq79bw2PjVZ3JkrRkinXxgM7w/s400/1982-+5th+Mar+MHI+Acceptance.JPG" style="display: block; height: 309px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Group photo taken just before flying our <b>1st B747-200 9m-MCI </b>back to Malaysia.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">I was ferry commander (4th from left) with Capt Ken Chong (extreme Rt, my deptuy chief pilot assisting) and FE Karunyam (2nd from Lt, Dev FE). Ken would from here onwards, be most often, accompanying me on deliveries and projects.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Our Dy Chairman, Dato Sulaiman Sujak (brown jacket) and Raymond Navaratnam (with the hostesses, our Board Director) were also on board. Sitham Nadarajah is 3rd from left with Rosley extreme left.</span></div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364907895755882210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgapyRAY3fcISt0H93Z8WZ4cL4qhhHiEaflr-Z9QWOuSSj55ETpoUChDyaoTzoGmuX_wCG_RSC_5-8XOm6WankGbawPdAL68BQbKgQqcIWxiIqle_AWJZ-M1xSuOv9ENRGKci7brnE52A/s400/1982+-+12th+Mar+MHI.JPG" style="display: block; height: 309px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">NST clipping 15 mar 1982.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzCHj1LeG5J3nNA_tuHxkz1B50iWK9d4tKQ_4uTJsBxZD1D5oktnZXtHVRKxuxjztfx6e7KLq_CRumOmTN7x7tcUNtTnkL5R5zzycZCN20GKaSrckxL3OiYNXdvzsbVQCOecysRGf8g/s1600-h/1982+Arr+1st+B747-200+1982.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364120745158039570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYzCHj1LeG5J3nNA_tuHxkz1B50iWK9d4tKQ_4uTJsBxZD1D5oktnZXtHVRKxuxjztfx6e7KLq_CRumOmTN7x7tcUNtTnkL5R5zzycZCN20GKaSrckxL3OiYNXdvzsbVQCOecysRGf8g/s400/1982+Arr+1st+B747-200+1982.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 356px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;">Continuation to Page 1 above.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEn3dzmF48AO8jX94lEsmtiN5YJURH6bzEopZHaFpBs6mbKsX3NG8T2MOssE7ZDGuqDUGKvJrPVs_y5m0Vy5hMDXSQ3Hz9Wm1XprVcs9GMassRsYk3StaYd1ANqortKbccmXqtStqw/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaEn3dzmF48AO8jX94lEsmtiN5YJURH6bzEopZHaFpBs6mbKsX3NG8T2MOssE7ZDGuqDUGKvJrPVs_y5m0Vy5hMDXSQ3Hz9Wm1XprVcs9GMassRsYk3StaYd1ANqortKbccmXqtStqw/s640/IMG.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><br /><div><div><span style="color: blue;">With Capt Mike Webster, Snr Flight Instructor of British Airways. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">19th March in Subang where both of us were conducting aircraft training on the recently converted Pilots in MAS. The Line Pilots were trained by Qantas utilising the training entitlement from BA.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJcNrXWdzAF33kA0Kce7vOtNUSE6tZyhdn9LPCiQRuWLUrtGYwaS_S7EaEN2LAT7cZjjr3iXJLmFzzkw7QR_UWNbRedgo2-ETeqWtJaeqkkLMZOa0TaAH3-VALgCUfELvwJHqRruk5Q/s1600-h/1982+19+mar-MHI+Trg.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364121358100539074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJcNrXWdzAF33kA0Kce7vOtNUSE6tZyhdn9LPCiQRuWLUrtGYwaS_S7EaEN2LAT7cZjjr3iXJLmFzzkw7QR_UWNbRedgo2-ETeqWtJaeqkkLMZOa0TaAH3-VALgCUfELvwJHqRruk5Q/s400/1982+19+mar-MHI+Trg.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">On a lighter vein: The team decided to through a dinner party for our BA team in appreciation for the work they had done for MAS It was held in Capt Ken Chong's residence. I decided to introduce them to "Toddy" from Klang. In the evening the Toddy had fermented slightly but still great. Being polite Englishmen they consumed it with ardent curiosity.The next day they all ended up with loose motion. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Now back to Simulators and this time assessing a Visual system for our B737, DC-10 and A300 simultors.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: St Louis with Larry Cheah, my Dev Capt B737 - Meeting with our Simulator Visual Manufacturer, MDEC. (Vital IV system I think)</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t2KV8QoNQmvL7_bznaZi6hnJGjWsa-Vbc3ZyDeKydeGhuSkM_QeE-wNyBg-rGpsUnvYgtHp7A7jVnfdcio89gUK1B8FvW37tLyhUjzLsZNmsjJH3h3Ly0L4UdQ8TwFF3WmAwbh4-fw/s1600-h/1981-+18th+Jun+St+Loius.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364906277366710498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-t2KV8QoNQmvL7_bznaZi6hnJGjWsa-Vbc3ZyDeKydeGhuSkM_QeE-wNyBg-rGpsUnvYgtHp7A7jVnfdcio89gUK1B8FvW37tLyhUjzLsZNmsjJH3h3Ly0L4UdQ8TwFF3WmAwbh4-fw/s400/1981-+18th+Jun+St+Loius.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div></div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">1986.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: In the Boeing 'war room' after conducting the test flight. It is called war room because its where disputes with Boeing over snags; and sometimes there can be a stand-off. The responsibility rested with me and sometimes ended up being the unpopular guy. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">(Boeing Pilot would have considered me a young upstart! Only 38 yrs old then) </span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">From left: Ray Motemedy(Boeing Cust engineer asigned to MAS), Mohan (who is today head of Tech Svcs MAS), LAE, Arrifin (since retired from MAS as SVP Engineering), Nazim(?) (Maint Engineer), young Roland, Ken Chong, and Flt Eng Karunyam. We had a very capable and efficient team, esp from the Engineering side.</span><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3_t-9ZmPNF0GpXjwwRhrZUQbsM835xGHsdQg8-1bMTMUAdAgThAYNy20zSO1qFNWnEYOdFWhw7ld-E84dgD0iT8sNM7bGiPkEyd3zJSHLNZIXQmWeqSkf6pnyeXYoaroW3tpey3pnA/s1600-h/1986-13th+Jul-+After+C1.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364118079790313554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX3_t-9ZmPNF0GpXjwwRhrZUQbsM835xGHsdQg8-1bMTMUAdAgThAYNy20zSO1qFNWnEYOdFWhw7ld-E84dgD0iT8sNM7bGiPkEyd3zJSHLNZIXQmWeqSkf6pnyeXYoaroW3tpey3pnA/s400/1986-13th+Jul-+After+C1.JPG" style="display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">July 1986 - B747-300 Combi Acceptance.</span></b><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Technical Acceptnce team which is similar to that done on the first two B747's. From left:</span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Roland (Team Leader), SFE Karunyam, Capt Ken Chong (my Dev Capt), F/O Md Fauwzi (only for the ferry), and I think it is Tech Services Rashidi. Capt Ken Chong was always full of tricks and innocent pranks.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeQKbFb7VlXIySSTi42B-A1PTJ_65gg669FnWxkalewgLCwLjoUwNsuMxjoxJFy7lpKyJ605o85StFfv_earPqXYSiwGvwloMYpm4D58FAjINdF7wArJmDemI_0Eg44pWbvR9XsG1fg/s1600-h/1986+Jul+-+Day+before+fly+away.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364116395754286642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkeQKbFb7VlXIySSTi42B-A1PTJ_65gg669FnWxkalewgLCwLjoUwNsuMxjoxJFy7lpKyJ605o85StFfv_earPqXYSiwGvwloMYpm4D58FAjINdF7wArJmDemI_0Eg44pWbvR9XsG1fg/s400/1986+Jul+-+Day+before+fly+away.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a></div><div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1986 July.</b> About to proceed 'upstairs' to perform acceptance checks on our 3rd B747. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">This time its a -300 747, had a streched Upper Deck. The stretched Upper Deck which we have on the -400's design was introduced on the -300's. MAS had decided on this Combi version, which was capable of carrying cargo at the rear of the Upper Deck. Lots to write about it but it would make this blog boring.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUZ5-uyrdUp5-k7Cl566zLJHP_Kli0sLzUADs1H1BVM2EpGT219IDm13NAzS61v-wqpLmKP9V_sLT1FD0Pi28qZD2hjJEYDHxM4nmt8NBn9_I70KxdDLxHvW_bNKqQ8jOx2i_CLt5eQ/s1600-h/1986+Jul-+Acceptance+MHK+Combi.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364115120798007522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUZ5-uyrdUp5-k7Cl566zLJHP_Kli0sLzUADs1H1BVM2EpGT219IDm13NAzS61v-wqpLmKP9V_sLT1FD0Pi28qZD2hjJEYDHxM4nmt8NBn9_I70KxdDLxHvW_bNKqQ8jOx2i_CLt5eQ/s400/1986+Jul-+Acceptance+MHK+Combi.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This happened back home when I was busy in Malaysia. Open link below in Facebook.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">https://fb.watch/2-D_as-dTv/</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">https://www.facebook.com/friendsofMH/posts/2889643744649532</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">1986 July- Dinner with host Boeing, prior to the Acceptance and Delivery of our first B747-300 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Combi</span>. From Left: Karunyam, Jim Beltz, Roland, Walt Neilsen and Kenneth.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCUXxtXG0QFm7NmqCJcNaNhUu6nvu5WQRTtnmhbejmR1fvTFp_tdb92r7UMPb43EWYnoMa5p3wVikBlHARKAhyphenhyphenyMEC8lX-kXmbCPw1IIx596jlZAQCBh3NefbGqqG3Xh7PcspUsGO1Q/s1600-h/1986+Jul-+Dinner.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363842532324354082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguCUXxtXG0QFm7NmqCJcNaNhUu6nvu5WQRTtnmhbejmR1fvTFp_tdb92r7UMPb43EWYnoMa5p3wVikBlHARKAhyphenhyphenyMEC8lX-kXmbCPw1IIx596jlZAQCBh3NefbGqqG3Xh7PcspUsGO1Q/s400/1986+Jul-+Dinner.JPG" style="display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: medium none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><font color="#3367d6">Performing normal flight duties on a B747-200</font></div></blockquote></blockquote><div> </div><div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364196436935540850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxgmjQnwo_AIndKpOGTDUyiGxys1yw97OwnuqfRr9xGWlR_x11tlGNlz0thTxmO8Feq8TrrgnjF270s3CgGnozQKabydZyyoMvTJ6RO3BAhzg2hBA5Z8_OfLtOIN5ILdZazkTVmHeLDg/s400/1975-+MBI+Oct+28th+Ferry+9th+QC+ac.JPG" style="color: #0000ee; display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0000ee"><br /></font></div><div><span style="color: blue;">1886- Awarded the K.M.N by the Yang <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Dipertuan</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Agong</span> (His Highness the King of Malaysia).</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuFWe8i5Zgi0LO1uLMjSk7pJh_cbZ7srYEvnEMNn4koZaRRt99CRb4L2RudSk3YxMIXeikUJp3Qvgd4TrKtjYEnvpkjGKMCRehou3dsjMwfPcoE_ZfIQH4ig_sKwa4agUOfzzAOz4Bg/s1600-h/1986+KMN.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363840099235936002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLuFWe8i5Zgi0LO1uLMjSk7pJh_cbZ7srYEvnEMNn4koZaRRt99CRb4L2RudSk3YxMIXeikUJp3Qvgd4TrKtjYEnvpkjGKMCRehou3dsjMwfPcoE_ZfIQH4ig_sKwa4agUOfzzAOz4Bg/s400/1986+KMN.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Hairun</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Nisa</span> and me vetting through the P.A for the F50, prior to the signing ceremony.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQZOoIWLw93vL9OfLK3cg-H2kmWMaF8mHj3_ZfxLVQ2r0BRpfLP-55ysBSY_4O7JnWLk5w7BbNIYuNlk4J_-TJaMgyWy0IN02IVmZOTUec3ohknmaDS5IXgn7ZKIywEcIhB0BjibnIg/s1600-h/1987+Nov.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363839637389150530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQZOoIWLw93vL9OfLK3cg-H2kmWMaF8mHj3_ZfxLVQ2r0BRpfLP-55ysBSY_4O7JnWLk5w7BbNIYuNlk4J_-TJaMgyWy0IN02IVmZOTUec3ohknmaDS5IXgn7ZKIywEcIhB0BjibnIg/s400/1987+Nov.JPG" style="display: block; height: 282px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div></div><div><span style="color: blue;">1987- Nov . The signing ceremony for 10 F-50 aircraft.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">With (from left) Bahtair, Sharil, Me, Singh; and seated, Hairun Nisa, Tan Sri Aziz, President of Fokker, and Japp Bakar of Fokker.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGAsIdiQaPi7fWoj3n-mnHIZ1Ezk_aTfBw81wV07zqmOKPrRvgwTt9z8wOWCvkZj7TkRU1JbzqFaHLdYD1w6_jwYSXLXB7heuVdWrJGDCecFj95vSIMOemqktJRHiYssG-POAR6GtNA/s1600/1987+Nov+-+F50.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGAsIdiQaPi7fWoj3n-mnHIZ1Ezk_aTfBw81wV07zqmOKPrRvgwTt9z8wOWCvkZj7TkRU1JbzqFaHLdYD1w6_jwYSXLXB7heuVdWrJGDCecFj95vSIMOemqktJRHiYssG-POAR6GtNA/s400/1987+Nov+-+F50.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYXa9fbGfovSNqKtoLoUhBNPaQJuA85CXcKJV1XRIZsFlW1M_pB8ylPFRPOoT6CzRODg7QOk2_hDq-F8PXdWMsxGNk9nsInWaRHr5fwOozFiuv976J0ZTZxJNTz65v3IV6aWdAmeSuQ/s1600/New20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlYXa9fbGfovSNqKtoLoUhBNPaQJuA85CXcKJV1XRIZsFlW1M_pB8ylPFRPOoT6CzRODg7QOk2_hDq-F8PXdWMsxGNk9nsInWaRHr5fwOozFiuv976J0ZTZxJNTz65v3IV6aWdAmeSuQ/s320/New20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrrdpW6oskG3NT_LP8K3WWbMAvbT-icUJU4POq2hjC63X1V7CKxQLBSnxb0Cl2Bs3Tid8ahz7naemwRsaLkDEAMUM7Gz0hrbkbsFTnu6Fpm0TBoqi_1VXr4OBA6dPX_3T4gPQO4twIQ/s1600/New23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrrdpW6oskG3NT_LP8K3WWbMAvbT-icUJU4POq2hjC63X1V7CKxQLBSnxb0Cl2Bs3Tid8ahz7naemwRsaLkDEAMUM7Gz0hrbkbsFTnu6Fpm0TBoqi_1VXr4OBA6dPX_3T4gPQO4twIQ/s320/New23.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1988- At the Paris Airshow with Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Dato</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Khairi</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ranjit</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Jeyaratnam</span> (Airbus <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Industrie</span>)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23aWw_3eFCyMN8mR7QtJwB3axNcV8YTnlpZP2N-p7eMnQft3yHr4fAM7oNad3Ad4T2olGSaFWaaoVJWlnoJ_XOwWRirB5VyEvAhMIZFOFCVZu3aoLSB8U87Y7N4ntlIwaIm2X6N1yyw/s1600-h/1988+Sept+Paris.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363837212141785266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23aWw_3eFCyMN8mR7QtJwB3axNcV8YTnlpZP2N-p7eMnQft3yHr4fAM7oNad3Ad4T2olGSaFWaaoVJWlnoJ_XOwWRirB5VyEvAhMIZFOFCVZu3aoLSB8U87Y7N4ntlIwaIm2X6N1yyw/s400/1988+Sept+Paris.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: blue;"> Oct 1988 - Taken in Lancing at the Singer Link Miles Office. I was there to finalise the Technical Spec for our B747-400 Simulator (the Company had ordered B747-400's by this time and we needed to obtain a Sim being one of the first few operators) Our first 7474-400 was a No 21 in the procuction line and ahead of Qantas. </span></div><div></div><div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363837824838160546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2iTD_bWQuEjNMg1gnHiJvaGIqm3awFveTedCCsucpbuNDKwExU7PO-ywG8R_PsoWKbLYxQsTN-p_isUuZvWVQ6TkTXNaPXjcaGU9GbMEIcK6KzmmOfmXjG7kEBN45UJI8Ib43FSfTxQ/s400/1987+Oct-+SEA+with+Ray+M.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1988 - Below: Defining the 744 Simulator Spec with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Lim</span> Tau <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cep</span> our Sim Dev Engineer. Both Lim and Capt Ken Chong are today working for ETOPS a training services provider.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjKHngfa7auIqhaOK9Tt7UEQ4cvYglL-kMDR9WxvrXAc-ITfPKs_NUiP0JzDPDJgG_8S7WOjMJxnkkUZAqigMheKzhMcxgZntLrdOICpqgD03J4TTRiyiZnA_WtZivnPNf3cajca4_A/s1600-h/1988+Spec+Defn+F50.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363836652612479138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjKHngfa7auIqhaOK9Tt7UEQ4cvYglL-kMDR9WxvrXAc-ITfPKs_NUiP0JzDPDJgG_8S7WOjMJxnkkUZAqigMheKzhMcxgZntLrdOICpqgD03J4TTRiyiZnA_WtZivnPNf3cajca4_A/s400/1988+Spec+Defn+F50.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1989 B737-400/500 Aircraft Negotiation team headed by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Hairun</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Nisa</span>.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx653yq7djBfPZEk5PwxTcBG7sonrPS2KEQgQIBTAa8pHVS0ATpoWCDVTVuDU9Gt-79rPGV8QjadkGC6cpGS3JA4uN3OFkhcjuKY4f1gNbkaoi-Wz9Etns3w9tfeuf8BlXVUJriQIsKg/s1600-h/1889-+May+Aircraft+Purchase+Nego+Team.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363836249509274370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx653yq7djBfPZEk5PwxTcBG7sonrPS2KEQgQIBTAa8pHVS0ATpoWCDVTVuDU9Gt-79rPGV8QjadkGC6cpGS3JA4uN3OFkhcjuKY4f1gNbkaoi-Wz9Etns3w9tfeuf8BlXVUJriQIsKg/s400/1889-+May+Aircraft+Purchase+Nego+Team.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><br /><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">1989 May-Signing ceremony in the MAS Board room for the Purchase of 52 (not sure how many of these were options) B737-400/500's. The order was so big that the President of Boeing (seated to the right of our MD Tan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Sri</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Aziz</span>) himself was present. I will try to name those below as accurately as my memory permits. Those with NT besides their names refers to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">permanent</span> members of the MAS Negotiating team then. We dealt with negotiations ranging from aircraft and engines to simulators and test-cells.</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Below: </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Back Row (from left) : Boeing, Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Ganapathy</span>(?), Boeing (?), Walt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Neilsen </span>(Boeing Sales Director handling MAS), Singh(NT), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Resham</span> Singh, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Zainnudin</span> (NT), late <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Bahtair</span> (Coy Sec), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Sitham Nadarajah - Engineering</span>, Sharil (NT), Boeing, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Hairun</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Nisa</span> (Headed of our Team), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Nadimah</span> (Legal Affairs Manager, NT), Roland (Flt Ops, NT), Saw LB (Corporate)</span></div><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span><br /><div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Front Row (from L): Boeing SVP, President Boeing, Tan Sri Aziz (MAS MD), the late Bernard <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Thomazios and </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;">Poobalasingam.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-fKgCZ-DnCla4rignuzac0R0eHIsv75dfxvGdQm2jy09VbiUjR1bFCa8_P6F2x0-wWuBoSOYgcSvf7ns5pT5Q4mD44_fp5-eqwMU85K0KLO6eDZi-_kskCKbdLBmM3ofSMmOIm6CRg/s1600/1989-May+Signing+744+%2526+734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-fKgCZ-DnCla4rignuzac0R0eHIsv75dfxvGdQm2jy09VbiUjR1bFCa8_P6F2x0-wWuBoSOYgcSvf7ns5pT5Q4mD44_fp5-eqwMU85K0KLO6eDZi-_kskCKbdLBmM3ofSMmOIm6CRg/s640/1989-May+Signing+744+%2526+734.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: blue;"> Backroom boys: Sitham and Nadimah have a joke to share? While Zainudin seems serious me, and Kua Sai Ling are distracted. We the negotiation team were very relieved that the earmark deal was finally signed. Someimes we even had to continue meetings till the wee ours of the morning. <br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gFXNdZCNASdu2XLPr_5zi3lwwWQTf2WVOyZvGe7cX5VfQN6VUhms960yMLhr3JFHUDUnBfVLA0TA2Z5nz-ysjvAAql-Y7lOmZ4KNaaDSxvawmnbR_c8EzRTk4k4exT39giKfZVn4g/s1484/IMG_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1484" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc9gFXNdZCNASdu2XLPr_5zi3lwwWQTf2WVOyZvGe7cX5VfQN6VUhms960yMLhr3JFHUDUnBfVLA0TA2Z5nz-ysjvAAql-Y7lOmZ4KNaaDSxvawmnbR_c8EzRTk4k4exT39giKfZVn4g/w400-h286/IMG_0004.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Another photo of the above occasion.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3rs7uIMgP7U2ldwuPc_YCVLmwDZ1B6xJ3VFk5KG2W8Jx2c8077Uiplpu93CcfcB4IlnSN8jM3Wyvr-y0xd2JARpQVjDQleKLEQSYIUyJ2OsCuBJSRMpwmafsoQOxYP4AqWmkxdSJ3A/s1600/sg0010.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3rs7uIMgP7U2ldwuPc_YCVLmwDZ1B6xJ3VFk5KG2W8Jx2c8077Uiplpu93CcfcB4IlnSN8jM3Wyvr-y0xd2JARpQVjDQleKLEQSYIUyJ2OsCuBJSRMpwmafsoQOxYP4AqWmkxdSJ3A/s400/sg0010.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>Also taking plkace with the above, 1989- May.</b> A New Simulator order for 1 A330 and 2 B737-400 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">FFS's (Full Flight Simulator)</span>. Thomson - Link. Ken Chong and Lim extreme right.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">The work load during this period was high especially during negotiations where we would work till the wee hours of the morning.</span><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwF6KkdKVVfrTi5gW7-aKDgJZ2ZK5vRcGurzS68TJzCm3DNwpn51mUkzug07GeTfQ6s7fmKBszf0uHLlpqj62w-fnfQFEGXz07w-6S9DqmhbLobXajO2lKHFn2o0Xiegt_NyRrqDxo5w/s1600-h/1989+May-+Sim+order.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363833228153343906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwF6KkdKVVfrTi5gW7-aKDgJZ2ZK5vRcGurzS68TJzCm3DNwpn51mUkzug07GeTfQ6s7fmKBszf0uHLlpqj62w-fnfQFEGXz07w-6S9DqmhbLobXajO2lKHFn2o0Xiegt_NyRrqDxo5w/s400/1989+May-+Sim+order.JPG" style="display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: On board a flight to London Heathrow bound for the Simulator Manufacturer's plant. Preparing the Technical Spec' for our 1st B747 Simulator after the above contract was finalised.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Note date is also May 1989 - same period as the above. Heavy work load.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVsfrUPx658kL_0wLPuwz_pXg5mpbbmq1qRNJ_Lgwh0ivL1hyXj7K-SlmFGoH6Qt5Z523Xn4BIHGLGqdHlJXgg0ysVzzSEcqACIoSPrnxAsPmPp3RUO9v9MMTtvsLKhtln3gXsHMkYQ/s1600/Working.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="446" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVsfrUPx658kL_0wLPuwz_pXg5mpbbmq1qRNJ_Lgwh0ivL1hyXj7K-SlmFGoH6Qt5Z523Xn4BIHGLGqdHlJXgg0ysVzzSEcqACIoSPrnxAsPmPp3RUO9v9MMTtvsLKhtln3gXsHMkYQ/s640/Working.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">While pre-delivery preparations were taking place for the induction of our first B747-400, our Queen of the skies then was the B747-300 Combi. Here's a rare video of 9M-MHK taking-off from Los Angeles Intl RW 24L. Click on Link below to view:-</span><br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJwe-KhjA3Y"><span style="color: #660000;"><b>B747-300 Combi (3H6 M) - Visit Malaysia Year 1990</b></span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>July 1989:</b> Signing for the Purchase of A-330 Aircraft and the dinner that followed it. Head of the Negotiating team was Hairun Nisa. (Sad to say that Puan Hairun passed away recently)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTTPfJfUY__YHkNVsl7ZVGGMvGsklquaj7LcrRpuIb2ynRTxLmYDtntZVSOyQWStM_DaPsZcBMIkyq7xPwmDgklCb0Z-dbVmzawxc28ixlaKIOrJ7nKHrJJDS4cy1TboLH5aoat_c8A/s1600/FY0307.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1600" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTTPfJfUY__YHkNVsl7ZVGGMvGsklquaj7LcrRpuIb2ynRTxLmYDtntZVSOyQWStM_DaPsZcBMIkyq7xPwmDgklCb0Z-dbVmzawxc28ixlaKIOrJ7nKHrJJDS4cy1TboLH5aoat_c8A/s320/FY0307.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">At a dinner hosted by Airbus Industrie. Naveen the Head Salesam for AI teasing me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdKnDPl10OuoLpu2SYeI-dZyet6qWxKlkUIf8m-HFb2avKOc8azBM2prxUEZ8z8TWRf3_rVr0VKg68N0yZ1sUgFfik9rdhg16l2rlDjtZNzPrnhyjDCDa_83001OfUL6BUbC4jBOZiw/s1600/FY0308.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1600" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdKnDPl10OuoLpu2SYeI-dZyet6qWxKlkUIf8m-HFb2avKOc8azBM2prxUEZ8z8TWRf3_rVr0VKg68N0yZ1sUgFfik9rdhg16l2rlDjtZNzPrnhyjDCDa_83001OfUL6BUbC4jBOZiw/s320/FY0308.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">From left: Hairun Nisa, Sophia (Kenneth's wife) and AI personal.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dvn-jf2_z_Le5WtBgU6EikpmLCfWYrkGpn6DaVEXPLtF4U6XHfRjv4pEVHnOxaBAI5ygmewM12BIdq0eQEx5MqbdRNN3v7VHFpDcErX9bb-TbQJ6R1kToa3G1rk50T4gUTDKW0Sjvg/s1600/FY0311.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1600" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Dvn-jf2_z_Le5WtBgU6EikpmLCfWYrkGpn6DaVEXPLtF4U6XHfRjv4pEVHnOxaBAI5ygmewM12BIdq0eQEx5MqbdRNN3v7VHFpDcErX9bb-TbQJ6R1kToa3G1rk50T4gUTDKW0Sjvg/s320/FY0311.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Naveen joking around again</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuE5uXIiMuP6EB1gtR__tzP9V2gZLzyH4csIpF9DOUyOJrrVcd-XUkGGNxYxQuoxzNWm-6_Nk4owQ-3T-WWWutKRi5WDes6MxxKPXoGxIsFybfo5pVuFKWRqoACeZr-xtLE2e6xobRg/s1600/FY0312.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1600" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFuE5uXIiMuP6EB1gtR__tzP9V2gZLzyH4csIpF9DOUyOJrrVcd-XUkGGNxYxQuoxzNWm-6_Nk4owQ-3T-WWWutKRi5WDes6MxxKPXoGxIsFybfo5pVuFKWRqoACeZr-xtLE2e6xobRg/s320/FY0312.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;">Kenneth holds audience - as usual</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5rs4-r7bBqQCv7Co9b3x8yYy0lCg9aI49U3lo_VpyiYaYY4LROPzfTTEgzDw4EYeQkwDbmQB8bCsBUqoHOwPEmQE9qCHMwq_dxzLRck8fk3Z_UO-j3XJtk05bqmUdjCzd_K1MRcuhQ/s1600/FY0314.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="1600" height="462" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5rs4-r7bBqQCv7Co9b3x8yYy0lCg9aI49U3lo_VpyiYaYY4LROPzfTTEgzDw4EYeQkwDbmQB8bCsBUqoHOwPEmQE9qCHMwq_dxzLRck8fk3Z_UO-j3XJtk05bqmUdjCzd_K1MRcuhQ/s640/FY0314.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">1989- Oct first MAS B747-400 Acceptance and Delivery.</span></b> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Part of the Acceptance team with our Boeing Customer Service Engineer, Ray <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Motamedy</span>. He was Iranian American and was also a friend to us. Lost touch with him though as he is no longer with Boeing.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGtVzKiJOKk53aSrNnAZM4DSFSs-mx1CB_f60abYHB2ypQH1-_G4ZrBxS5Eg2UgoKe3KdzGlepqKKLjnGjQeTvNyswwIFJPKGNFDsP8tZGv6wkCSRDv-EtVOQS6_DAYtcU9dA51QQ2Q/s1600-h/1989+oct+7th+-MHM+1st+744.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363832213098589442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcGtVzKiJOKk53aSrNnAZM4DSFSs-mx1CB_f60abYHB2ypQH1-_G4ZrBxS5Eg2UgoKe3KdzGlepqKKLjnGjQeTvNyswwIFJPKGNFDsP8tZGv6wkCSRDv-EtVOQS6_DAYtcU9dA51QQ2Q/s400/1989+oct+7th+-MHM+1st+744.JPG" style="display: block; height: 294px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1989- Oct 747-400 Acceptance. Boeing Customer Office at Everett, Paine</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363723859135115138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZS0r1UHcFzsF8UpSpYx-leDspfDAyQWdjwlb8ZKXrw3s7-mGy7velWBh5dFaG9O6ak6Izc3nLX9bAbNNMCzSnCGQ1WsMoH0rg5viBmIH-B1doC3HwSxwMcLKGViw9QcL4Dv68KPEKQ/s400/1989+Oct-+Cust+Office.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><div><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwAkaup-QEIMu5-YgQRjtOyTAnjPBfezbMW6dqzWuD_sYaBgaQgTeFys5wOjqghB0_vlH2JR7jtaXpAjX9Uy2l_HCoMU9U44h_bktz3097uw2AsEgVG_A6XwHRAsBqsObb88bxXzyXw/s1600-h/1989+Nov+2nd+B747+MHL.JPG"></a><b>1</b>989 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">nd</span> Oct - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Acceptance</span> checks 9M-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">MHL - Our first B747- 400.</span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;">Flying the 400's was exhilarating and it had better handling qualities than the classic B747's. I was involved in the development of the 747-400 with Boeing and other major customers during the pre- production stage; glass cockpit design, development and layout, This experience gave me an immense knowledge of the aircraft. All credit to my Boss the Director of Flight Operations Capt Hassan Ahmad for the confidence he had in me and the team.</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;">In Aviation though, there is never a stage where one knows everything. You learn everyday and on every flight. Otherwise its like just 'punching holes in the sky'!</span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span>As usual we spent 3 full days of Ground Acceptance Checks making sure to pick up all defects/ squaks that could be found. </span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span>Then Boeing prepares the plane for its first Customer Acceptance flight. This took place on the 14th Nov 1989. Below is a copy of the Boeing Test flight Log for - RT 021 (tail number); Aircraft registration <b>9M-MHL our first B747-400.</b> Total Flight time was 2:56 and Block of 3:15 - Not bad considering others new operators take much longer. </span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span>Capt Kriha was the Boeing pilot and I the customer pilot flying Lt seat.</span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YJkkx_reLSCsxQG0Zs_Oys9FYZ7FGmODpynkApsC-_8_DLKzK9px7wl1eYQm1DCXbN9v_UK1tQ77V-Kck20jLhgaucS3ssal655N2NCMy1UsvttWeIq-H2VtrWFTYmQLtAUMCYbvdg/s2048/RT+021+9M-MHL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1YJkkx_reLSCsxQG0Zs_Oys9FYZ7FGmODpynkApsC-_8_DLKzK9px7wl1eYQm1DCXbN9v_UK1tQ77V-Kck20jLhgaucS3ssal655N2NCMy1UsvttWeIq-H2VtrWFTYmQLtAUMCYbvdg/w492-h640/RT+021+9M-MHL.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div>And below page to show that there were 22 defects/squaks - not bad at all.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynG2-I_YG2wfI8qdcd3PNbTg6eoOu8EhwKzDNeBkPeZ_ja4qjy_Nwel7Mhn4qEFfs1YbmxgVlUMDc8hXEoS2x97A7pVxNUF0st_63SIvOCVDwmlRcqmgb7K_BvouXoWdP2vyft9vnfw/s2048/Squaks+Rt+021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynG2-I_YG2wfI8qdcd3PNbTg6eoOu8EhwKzDNeBkPeZ_ja4qjy_Nwel7Mhn4qEFfs1YbmxgVlUMDc8hXEoS2x97A7pVxNUF0st_63SIvOCVDwmlRcqmgb7K_BvouXoWdP2vyft9vnfw/w308-h400/Squaks+Rt+021.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><span><br /></span></span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;">9M-MHL arrived in KUL in Oct 1989. The pride of MAS. </span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;">Our Prime Minister, Datuk Seri (now Tun) Dr Mahathir Mohamad, was present for our customary Demonstration flight for the public. (See below)</span><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtwX76ZtcwJICeTSwdvOBLO20VkOFU8Q29iwPVascoQ9KpDyQNDRHeTehChQiC5zFuSzo9ghcH6BzEFHla_8eaQEGQ7A2gtwxkk9j5qRbCYC3KFVYwIwgSgTeHPAVW58on7h6RNTIgA/s1580/New10Rev.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1580" data-original-width="1346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtwX76ZtcwJICeTSwdvOBLO20VkOFU8Q29iwPVascoQ9KpDyQNDRHeTehChQiC5zFuSzo9ghcH6BzEFHla_8eaQEGQ7A2gtwxkk9j5qRbCYC3KFVYwIwgSgTeHPAVW58on7h6RNTIgA/w546-h640/New10Rev.jpg" width="546" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">19th Nov 1989- our 2nd B747-400, 9M-MHM, delivery flight took off from Everett Field, Washington BC. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">With me in the cockpit is Capt Ken Chong.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">I thank God that I first Malaysia to fly this legendary bird.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAnadmD62VO4Mmwj_q5hS5AEfy17tYLxADZhwbWTGAkXGhe84_rGleMssgG_EUbTLClSIuaI-QpLnMB-a3q-V1St5MBIF8J5k_vhe2Q-wEpnKRU1QvM2-NzE2kjVst8eZchXC2tSBdA/s1600-h/1989+Nov+-Takeoff+Everett.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363724331415264034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCAnadmD62VO4Mmwj_q5hS5AEfy17tYLxADZhwbWTGAkXGhe84_rGleMssgG_EUbTLClSIuaI-QpLnMB-a3q-V1St5MBIF8J5k_vhe2Q-wEpnKRU1QvM2-NzE2kjVst8eZchXC2tSBdA/s400/1989+Nov+-Takeoff+Everett.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> </div><div><span style="color: blue;">Press publicity and after arrival of MHL.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxZy4YZAebzdr28Z8KPA-O2psSriJ14oXCk9zwI8jWrhhU-lSyvUqia0SHAweZRRRseFDgTQCj8BnF6ykrp1utTeX72gd8Eke9Of8LXksC6yFlXTDHBtDWXIXSdw2fUcHAi5JUaCFBg/s1600/New11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxZy4YZAebzdr28Z8KPA-O2psSriJ14oXCk9zwI8jWrhhU-lSyvUqia0SHAweZRRRseFDgTQCj8BnF6ykrp1utTeX72gd8Eke9Of8LXksC6yFlXTDHBtDWXIXSdw2fUcHAi5JUaCFBg/s640/New11.jpg" width="580" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6HNMcgPUt0fqSFM7nFNtt3vQO8ZZTKEXqUQ-BXpPGFs4MDYLeqzJbOuffPPkr22_BZ81xVo3HwEF9CYUE6lgdvikV_RNeZQ-pZua4C878rN8smm6-xDYf9tVSRYR5_5fDKhZhkCejg/s1600/New+8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd6HNMcgPUt0fqSFM7nFNtt3vQO8ZZTKEXqUQ-BXpPGFs4MDYLeqzJbOuffPPkr22_BZ81xVo3HwEF9CYUE6lgdvikV_RNeZQ-pZua4C878rN8smm6-xDYf9tVSRYR5_5fDKhZhkCejg/s400/New+8.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Commemorating the launch of the first flight.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7w2isGpCXfJLwZjoZiMKjQIhTkJY4aFLbeMGx64eONC-vJ9XXz4l0A-cYtpLIeWlxQt44qnxmFy-abLDoVd2qVS_nxk6RFhZGHzvwAe2ElQbF-T0t5eMbeS_FH4scR_EFLpn7ChnPg/s1600/New9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7w2isGpCXfJLwZjoZiMKjQIhTkJY4aFLbeMGx64eONC-vJ9XXz4l0A-cYtpLIeWlxQt44qnxmFy-abLDoVd2qVS_nxk6RFhZGHzvwAe2ElQbF-T0t5eMbeS_FH4scR_EFLpn7ChnPg/s320/New9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Back in KL after the Delivery flight Boeing organised a banquet for all MAS Snr Management and Board of Directors. Tan Sri Raja Mohar our Chairman was at the function. He was the best Chairman we served under and MAS became a prime, profitable airline in the world. </span><span style="color: blue;">Our Dep Chairman was Dato Sulaiman Sujak - a wonderful and humble man.</span><span style="color: blue;">They don't make Chairman's (and Deputy Chairman's) as they used to - humility and kindness being replaced by pride and arrogance!</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77e3gtWu_PORpuaHKuzNFDk5iNGrlnEoNBo1rMa9OX_10YD3FtVgVWTQUD0o0MOKIh3v3oJcdE_IHT6wt-aUGywyC48NFrPJT9OIlU6c-JFVUCxrcJTYB3xzUzAZ-D-VN8V8k-NLTSA/s1600/1989+Ceremony+inKL+1st+744.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77e3gtWu_PORpuaHKuzNFDk5iNGrlnEoNBo1rMa9OX_10YD3FtVgVWTQUD0o0MOKIh3v3oJcdE_IHT6wt-aUGywyC48NFrPJT9OIlU6c-JFVUCxrcJTYB3xzUzAZ-D-VN8V8k-NLTSA/s400/1989+Ceremony+inKL+1st+744.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Boeing VP, Tan Sri Aziz, our Managing Director and me.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363830041479810242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZKbJXWoXNJam4ncDBGeiOGcf71YgniwvErVOwc5uo61JFTNzryxlf4jmBs9eRDwgKl4-lUHQzopjuO1jkN-f3L-vk9WmXkeDvgYNZONE7D3wmU9dEHfT3erYQvnPUTzr-d-w7UH8TA/s400/1989+Oct+Ceremony.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /> </div><div><br /><span style="color: blue;">During this period Subang Terminal 1 below, had expanded to cater for the B747-400 operation.</span><br /><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6LNSVAmDs7-VvggTf2QbH1gdJ1mIcHyYAS_OZCpIojovSyb0MTjsea3zhyphenhyphenhiXr0F6zZww69TQFwY1paxPwsS7JXTlyjN1nA0c6iNSTHp7Il7peORzrwfFyHd_5aZm2WAM9GEWysx9g/s1600/IMG-20151210-WA0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT6LNSVAmDs7-VvggTf2QbH1gdJ1mIcHyYAS_OZCpIojovSyb0MTjsea3zhyphenhyphenhiXr0F6zZww69TQFwY1paxPwsS7JXTlyjN1nA0c6iNSTHp7Il7peORzrwfFyHd_5aZm2WAM9GEWysx9g/s400/IMG-20151210-WA0011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">nd</span> B747-400 Delivery - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">MHM</span>. 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">nd</span> Nov 1989 - </b>Notice that the first few B747-400's did not have the roller blinds which became standard fit a year later. We had the old clip-on sun visors. Here again with Ken in the right seat.</span><br /><br /></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363774480529424194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwAkaup-QEIMu5-YgQRjtOyTAnjPBfezbMW6dqzWuD_sYaBgaQgTeFys5wOjqghB0_vlH2JR7jtaXpAjX9Uy2l_HCoMU9U44h_bktz3097uw2AsEgVG_A6XwHRAsBqsObb88bxXzyXw/s400/1989+Nov+2nd+B747+MHL.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><span style="color: blue;">During this busy period we were also involved with the Acceptance of a B747-400 Full Flight Simulator and also a B737-400 Simulator. Challenges were many and the airline was going places and staff dedicated and proud of the airline.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: The Team involved in the successful B747-400 FFS product in Lancing in UK (from Left)</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Keith, Lim Tau Cep, Capt Ken Chong, Paul, me and Jay Nair (Customer Engineer).</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363466234900221618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWxVy80ZXGdK3273xPEKbh_xtyZ1HAP7swVTrU3dl46T6k-kePsghBcK1O4p7zCZMAdvSFDDNmH9LVlp-zxhskK0ud2BxneU8CozX29VjL8wwD4jMl9vZ83TAw82m5qRnzEDKDunehg/s400/1990+Mar-+744+Sim+Accept+team.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: The combined B 737- 400 and B747-400 project team of Thomson-Link.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD_AZEmAyqJzMas8mLGYucvEDj8PyXEHbG7EgjGX7Q6liZbg5gORs-6Vj38B5hNhs3VasA5fUiGthOLANPGNg0jrXtePxllHW-bEuup6Ge1mjKEU6kwLydot07P0HHkSStYDwJWZHZQ/s1600/sg0033.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXD_AZEmAyqJzMas8mLGYucvEDj8PyXEHbG7EgjGX7Q6liZbg5gORs-6Vj38B5hNhs3VasA5fUiGthOLANPGNg0jrXtePxllHW-bEuup6Ge1mjKEU6kwLydot07P0HHkSStYDwJWZHZQ/s320/sg0033.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><u>Specifying 3 simulators and then conducting acceptance checks on the B747-400 and F-50 FFS's.</u></span><br /><span style="color: blue;">1990 saw us conducting Acceptance checks on our B747-400. A good 3 months of intense checks in the box.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: The Singer- Link Simulator Assembly Plant at Lancing, UK where our B737- 400 and B747-400 FFSs' were being built.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w_VhxzLtSOvYJ_P9i0E9XoSbeEZoztM0GpRw0GRhwtAEDhFI5HygR3YqkxUmi-1APBbcZyGMi7WEkhFU4Hp1GZlmSBTOVuozFkLuRlZz1xZm8urJ5yEkQ8PFXAxQcynq2ANSFJJ1dw/s1600/3-90+LM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w_VhxzLtSOvYJ_P9i0E9XoSbeEZoztM0GpRw0GRhwtAEDhFI5HygR3YqkxUmi-1APBbcZyGMi7WEkhFU4Hp1GZlmSBTOVuozFkLuRlZz1xZm8urJ5yEkQ8PFXAxQcynq2ANSFJJ1dw/s320/3-90+LM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">6th Mar 1990 - Progress Inspection by Customer of our B737-400 FFS. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2HsAYLAddkFYWFDwnJ4ozMYTnJ1lVdGlSuNhkPCtdXj7fyH1SNOVv5CryYtDG85ayZI0coWFRg9TXkH9ApVAbcPrmC1BxOZGwvUNJrgFdbqfpWbVsvLq4UmSnvsnTB-cSGZB7ySeBw/s1600/6-3-90+LM+Assembly.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk2HsAYLAddkFYWFDwnJ4ozMYTnJ1lVdGlSuNhkPCtdXj7fyH1SNOVv5CryYtDG85ayZI0coWFRg9TXkH9ApVAbcPrmC1BxOZGwvUNJrgFdbqfpWbVsvLq4UmSnvsnTB-cSGZB7ySeBw/s400/6-3-90+LM+Assembly.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">In the skeletal cockpit of a B737- me grinning like a Cheshire cat.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5WOIr2wMt7TVmn7GvmnYyn0QBH4udlf0YCwKTBBhyphenhyphenPxOVX-zQm0jpdSA_n0FNVMt7_BBuhZel1RPRk2eCr8Wpl_dXe3Wkx1WTALT553Hj6Z6RLxHUMZfvudAXXAIYcAQsBAo82Wceg/s1600/8-3-90+Link+Miles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5WOIr2wMt7TVmn7GvmnYyn0QBH4udlf0YCwKTBBhyphenhyphenPxOVX-zQm0jpdSA_n0FNVMt7_BBuhZel1RPRk2eCr8Wpl_dXe3Wkx1WTALT553Hj6Z6RLxHUMZfvudAXXAIYcAQsBAo82Wceg/s320/8-3-90+Link+Miles.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>Finally on the 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">th</span> Aug 1990</b> - I am accepting the B747-400 Simulator after a successful on-site Acceptance at the MAS Training centre in Subang. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">All major defects cleared with only a few minor ones not effect Training left in abeyance.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">All these activities were accomplished in a period of less than 2 years. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Age was on my side to cope, although family was neglected.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">A furutistic Advert for Malaysia Airlines in our hey days - 1992</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><font color="#0000ff">https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-dHocxugW8RTWNpM29aU053WkE</font></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><font color="#0000ff"><br /></font></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;">Prior to the above:</span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1990-</b> The B747-400 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">sim</span> undergoing On-site acceptance in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Subang</span>. </span><span style="color: blue;">(see below)</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">It was ready for training on the 18<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">th</span> August 1990, less than 10 months after the actual aircraft commenced commercial operations. Not bad for an airline to be self sufficient in its training of flight crew even though we had 2 aircraft in service. Of course before we knew it MAS ended up signing for more 747-400's aircraft. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZH3RMAreEjqwL54t8e6IoyTc4TtQQrJxTTMVh0Rsdc6Q0w1Wkff9Eu7Iyg0PAcUCEgHiQ3j_mhsn4OA09kM3HfSQ5AVciSms5EvR06NpkPjFJPy6yl7KzXA7d_pwr121C5sq9SOgXg/s1600-h/1990+Jun+744+being+tested..JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363715059581406066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieZH3RMAreEjqwL54t8e6IoyTc4TtQQrJxTTMVh0Rsdc6Q0w1Wkff9Eu7Iyg0PAcUCEgHiQ3j_mhsn4OA09kM3HfSQ5AVciSms5EvR06NpkPjFJPy6yl7KzXA7d_pwr121C5sq9SOgXg/s400/1990+Jun+744+being+tested..JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Jun 1990- Performing on-site acceptance checks on our new B747-400 Full Flight Simulator - It was a state of the art machine with MST <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">technology</span>,and 180 deg <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42">FOV</span> for the visual which hard solid mirrors instead of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Mylar</span> membrane used by other manufacturers.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTNXhsjRWmUeGXB5Dbrm1c1lzRR2I6ufxWK6rb9Y3Swy9KAE9WkldolwF1NYIgWBE_ayeEvgXZyo-JAYRHqJsA9QP2kQqjZma2-Q-kNP3YEjDi9SCXuNHGPyy9ZFGKFITRAQtXT6foQ/s1600-h/1990+Jun+744+Sim+accpt.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363713156272212274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaTNXhsjRWmUeGXB5Dbrm1c1lzRR2I6ufxWK6rb9Y3Swy9KAE9WkldolwF1NYIgWBE_ayeEvgXZyo-JAYRHqJsA9QP2kQqjZma2-Q-kNP3YEjDi9SCXuNHGPyy9ZFGKFITRAQtXT6foQ/s400/1990+Jun+744+Sim+accpt.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1990. The F50 Flt Simulator (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">FFS</span>) already been tested and accepted in 1990. Here to, I had the responsibility of ensuring smooth acceptance by my team led by Capt Wahab. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: the F-50 Simulator (FFS) being used for training. This was our best buy as this Flt Simulator is to this day being used by operators of the F-50. F50 FFS's are scarce - around 3 only in the world. </span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Its use by MAS Wings is continuing until such time the F50's are phased out by the ATR's. Firefly however has already decided to order ATR's..</span></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">(Note:As of 2009, this Simulator built by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">SDS,</span> is 19+ years in operation and has given MAS minimum technical problems.)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tY13tRl3pkeu63GAHYpCQ_8YSU3cJV_va7JcRQQzuVykRIbLGA7f2PBd8kENuR7dWMLeixG3RoiNFxS1O0MLQ-uDZoT8p_V5swrXNe98zkLZfqUPdEyHfI7a_5wAZ309eMIKQ8t9zQ/s1600-h/1990+jun+F50+Sim+ops.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363712851412992722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5tY13tRl3pkeu63GAHYpCQ_8YSU3cJV_va7JcRQQzuVykRIbLGA7f2PBd8kENuR7dWMLeixG3RoiNFxS1O0MLQ-uDZoT8p_V5swrXNe98zkLZfqUPdEyHfI7a_5wAZ309eMIKQ8t9zQ/s400/1990+jun+F50+Sim+ops.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1990- One of the rare moments to be with family. At my home (for the children and their mother- ex-wife) in Lane Cove Sydney. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">Just</span> before proceeding to the airport for flight.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiOAMSuZuRqrtHDp4PuX1HVw2CoUX8vemnshCzGwcm06bxvvnkNqmPwsZYOlVg6I7lauopu2-IIhpvwgwAGyYX2-KhSEHyfqn-9hiLScCHhTTBZptl_yPYiVm-bv6movuwAAgcCAVfg/s1600-h/1990+Syd.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363465776512768578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaiOAMSuZuRqrtHDp4PuX1HVw2CoUX8vemnshCzGwcm06bxvvnkNqmPwsZYOlVg6I7lauopu2-IIhpvwgwAGyYX2-KhSEHyfqn-9hiLScCHhTTBZptl_yPYiVm-bv6movuwAAgcCAVfg/s400/1990+Syd.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1990 - with Toffee the ex-wife's pet. He did not like my <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">occasional</span> presence at all.</span><br /><br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMWEnwzROGxpVHR1ilnvAhogvKtvHBGyZmPpQRWU_80Hr6QJHswuXW76hulrBoizKMttUZeuaitPFyUnetNjF6zog6gew1wCBikepCp0Qi1c75nGtXSNMetZMAEetluxnC3I1nsqLvzI/s1600-h/1990+Toffee+Syd.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363465317116089586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzMWEnwzROGxpVHR1ilnvAhogvKtvHBGyZmPpQRWU_80Hr6QJHswuXW76hulrBoizKMttUZeuaitPFyUnetNjF6zog6gew1wCBikepCp0Qi1c75nGtXSNMetZMAEetluxnC3I1nsqLvzI/s400/1990+Toffee+Syd.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="color: blue;">More Technical Development work!</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">1991 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">th</span> Nov B747-400 Purchase Agreement Signing. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Jim <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Furk the Boeing contracts man is seated in front with Hairun Nisa.</span></span><br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHiOYhsGLr5P8qYsuW293TxcYsrjtaHA0MzEeD_SgPkGWjR7AliNWUsCD0fKfh1KqNnqE0GB35R8xl_rx7vdtVvs8_xTDXU3HYvR-BRa8bFbt_ERJMvwEf7-G9Pg9UBz1hbyAq8SomAI/s1600-h/1991+Nov-+B747-400+Signing+Negotiation+Team.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363464456176083602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHHiOYhsGLr5P8qYsuW293TxcYsrjtaHA0MzEeD_SgPkGWjR7AliNWUsCD0fKfh1KqNnqE0GB35R8xl_rx7vdtVvs8_xTDXU3HYvR-BRa8bFbt_ERJMvwEf7-G9Pg9UBz1hbyAq8SomAI/s400/1991+Nov-+B747-400+Signing+Negotiation+Team.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>A 1991 commercial on our superb in-flight service even other airlines talked about - click on the link below.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAASSSI5pk0&index=1&list=FL1IzAGLcyXsMtzEBQMaXh1g"><span style="color: #660000;">B747-400's In-flight Commercial </span></a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>1992- 30th June. Promoted as Dy Director of Flt OPs (Technical)</b>. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">A joint No 2 position in Flt Ops. My direct Head was Dato Capt Khairi.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Again to God be the Glory.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvrbEPtxcwJGU-FbtgAvpRYc4qiXBzou_6dHKvvfNrt_V3uOQT-N5vsAtje00vF9n2qFj-0bWEkvNIoEZgjYUK3Ha6sb8znue8jT3CSKWtRw2ABOoAsem-ttC-aeCgO0oYjDGc8sb0A/s1600/IMG_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvrbEPtxcwJGU-FbtgAvpRYc4qiXBzou_6dHKvvfNrt_V3uOQT-N5vsAtje00vF9n2qFj-0bWEkvNIoEZgjYUK3Ha6sb8znue8jT3CSKWtRw2ABOoAsem-ttC-aeCgO0oYjDGc8sb0A/s640/IMG_0004.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1992 Aug, Senior Management Course organised by Harvard Business School Alumni Club.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVnLhm7alJRNxzO5bDEKxhSO0TPTrTv_SJzKq4puvvsSUwczb1IVNN7RgpE-TkcKlOjp19TKvQSm2SqR-R0Cn65nxnpreqw80hbC-euK5yuZDXGn8zcZUxFyZxym3YrfNQQTFbxlRZMc/s1600-h/1992-Aug+Snr+Mng+Co.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363464206757505042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEVnLhm7alJRNxzO5bDEKxhSO0TPTrTv_SJzKq4puvvsSUwczb1IVNN7RgpE-TkcKlOjp19TKvQSm2SqR-R0Cn65nxnpreqw80hbC-euK5yuZDXGn8zcZUxFyZxym3YrfNQQTFbxlRZMc/s400/1992-Aug+Snr+Mng+Co.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1992- Boeing Flight Operations Seminar . <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Westin</span> Hotel Seattle. The new face amongst us is Capt Arch Pothera the Fleet Manager for B747-400. Kenneth had now risen to my old position of Chief Pilot (Tech and Dev)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOgtpymgi3kJfptloi4SgZCZxtyEaMnPbuE8qO-O_pNLarLUEDcCRY0Vl4DEbA9jf_YV3NI_0iw_Gc5-BX3jkcsb4i_B0nW1sxkmXqac1A0IzGqgjS2_3judrg8Cx_j54w4yePfB-0ys/s1600-h/1992-Boeing+Seminar+SEA.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363463593266798850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOgtpymgi3kJfptloi4SgZCZxtyEaMnPbuE8qO-O_pNLarLUEDcCRY0Vl4DEbA9jf_YV3NI_0iw_Gc5-BX3jkcsb4i_B0nW1sxkmXqac1A0IzGqgjS2_3judrg8Cx_j54w4yePfB-0ys/s400/1992-Boeing+Seminar+SEA.JPG" style="display: block; height: 290px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Below: Interacting with the Boeing Seminar Presenters. On the left is the Senior VP of Flt Ops Boeing.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPwyAc06yjuL5rXZah0sDvyllU_xXctQ-dnogcLVDakyXKFWh0OvIIoMcQUE91JEweJ7F7OmNpd8HOxDU9Jvwb5gGnlVKgAR36xfV5BFm4T7m3Dr7Wv4crRAAZLdibCfh7OXN668Uzw/s2036/IMG_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2036" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPwyAc06yjuL5rXZah0sDvyllU_xXctQ-dnogcLVDakyXKFWh0OvIIoMcQUE91JEweJ7F7OmNpd8HOxDU9Jvwb5gGnlVKgAR36xfV5BFm4T7m3Dr7Wv4crRAAZLdibCfh7OXN668Uzw/w400-h291/IMG_0003.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>1992- My Birthday 49 years old. </b>Celebrated in the Corporate Conference at MAS HQ in KL. With me is Thomson-Link Project Director , Keith Kaiser. This time we were accepting the B737-400 Simulator.</span><br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363828287898399538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdRIrBUB1ODy2Q0m7ArJZJelO5qO8P3YdQc0wNyaGJHz-jUgugIZDNafGEqw2bGk17EhePhW7fDchLvBtiffY6bXxpPQmUIGT0GKjFfYDSE1nA2xHnEKLARsALo3OwGiBPloUWlY9BA/s400/1992-B'day+Keith+Kaiser.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Feb 1992 - Below: A Flight Operations dinner was held at the Shah Alam Club</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFt5BQoW9g41AgtKb2zHRHO9nysmVGVZgpQSQYJtK0FU_1tAlj4yNaOANE8GA-oh_j0TY1Yet43WKaNUtVTEdyCdzXqMLbtnKTw6eqaQ1HatuSdXEuvJQjTf-Jmzma6vd7eXSkUeLHQ/s1600/1992+Feb++Flt+Ops+Dinner-Shah+Alam+Club.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="750" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFt5BQoW9g41AgtKb2zHRHO9nysmVGVZgpQSQYJtK0FU_1tAlj4yNaOANE8GA-oh_j0TY1Yet43WKaNUtVTEdyCdzXqMLbtnKTw6eqaQ1HatuSdXEuvJQjTf-Jmzma6vd7eXSkUeLHQ/s400/1992+Feb++Flt+Ops+Dinner-Shah+Alam+Club.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">I was requested by </span><span style="color: blue;">DE Resham Singh if I could be </span><span style="color: blue;">MAS's representative at a</span><span style="color: blue;"> farewell retirement party for Doug Scott in Sydney. Doug was ex-Qantas Director of Engineering and Doug was our 1st DE at inception in 1972. He laid the foundation of a solid Engineering division which grew under his portege's until the airline declined in the mid 2000's.</span><span style="color: blue;"> We used to work closely together in the 70's and hence an honour to wish him a well deserved retirement.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO99SH9Ocl3mV672LKcMNWR83W1KhR9FBpjnQ9rSE5Xr_P2B9rKTSMsViqkxX3Ee2zH-n_1LfSdcx3baes7Qa68GqdURDKZdt7zrxg0aTVfKmjW7HDJfVKjsojxHufFdn5Jv_H-OqEzQ/s1600/IMG.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO99SH9Ocl3mV672LKcMNWR83W1KhR9FBpjnQ9rSE5Xr_P2B9rKTSMsViqkxX3Ee2zH-n_1LfSdcx3baes7Qa68GqdURDKZdt7zrxg0aTVfKmjW7HDJfVKjsojxHufFdn5Jv_H-OqEzQ/s400/IMG.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><br />MAS was at it's peak of success as an airline under the leadership of our MD, Dato Kamaruddin.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Our adverts too was at par with the rest of the world airlines.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>Have included below a Link for a futuristic </b></span><b style="color: blue;">Video </b><b style="color: blue;">Advert made for the Airline. </b><br /><b style="color: blue;"><br /></b><span style="color: #783f04;"><b>https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-dHocxugW8RTWNpM29aU053WkE/view?usp=sharing</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>23rd Sept 1993</b>- On my 50<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">th</span> birthday giving a pep talk to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">BKI</span> Flight Operations.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLY0bhZRsv0fIBJSaVqYzuEXKbzk_8h-POOyeQ0BihxpeYLxTIvmrvBkLIMQSbCkpPHqT8CyAPkSjgo6TRccIq8DnJ9TmoGVtZFpkKjKd1W9-u1c43q2wNnoWfB6fwWSnT486S0hPtqyw/s1600-h/1993+23rd+Sept.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363462978567428978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLY0bhZRsv0fIBJSaVqYzuEXKbzk_8h-POOyeQ0BihxpeYLxTIvmrvBkLIMQSbCkpPHqT8CyAPkSjgo6TRccIq8DnJ9TmoGVtZFpkKjKd1W9-u1c43q2wNnoWfB6fwWSnT486S0hPtqyw/s400/1993+23rd+Sept.JPG" style="display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">1993- Presenting a memento to the F50 Sales Director in my office on the 3rd floor of MAS Admin1.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSjlczSUjgYUU60k4m-lAdby3UGHZxrW7WELVyet9mr7KHuENMmUU1w7pGCerTwgKW2tIbNK4Iir4XW549M6I9IbU1RNzxGrlaI0A4KPMbRW11bVMMntBwvZtKDLrowLa7C-brb6lVHI/s1600-h/1993+Fokker+Sales+Director+in+my+Office+-DDFO.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363462769284849858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSjlczSUjgYUU60k4m-lAdby3UGHZxrW7WELVyet9mr7KHuENMmUU1w7pGCerTwgKW2tIbNK4Iir4XW549M6I9IbU1RNzxGrlaI0A4KPMbRW11bVMMntBwvZtKDLrowLa7C-brb6lVHI/s400/1993+Fokker+Sales+Director+in+my+Office+-DDFO.JPG" style="display: block; height: 267px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b>1994 8th June: </b>Being Head of Technical, Safety & Training part of my duties involved the Training of our Cadet pilots with Malaysian Flying Academy in Malacca. At that time MFA was the best Flying School, comparable to UK schools. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">We decided that ex- Flt Engineers who were interested, be trained as Pilots and absorbed into the Airline. Seen below is a presentation of the award to the Best Flying Student in that batch, Raj Henry. Raj Henry advanced to being a Captain flying the wide bodies and is just about to retire from MAB. Well done Raj - that's 27 years as a Pilot and overall approx' 41 years as Flight Crew. We are proud of your achievements. (Thank you for the photograph)</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivPSCuIFFa9R-DSZF9IEixjSScwRqB_qdR7lNhqBCL1X-ec8ztQA_58eCuUcWIZG1sImvXlAgm6ZPYIigibDnn9Z-O0VNHtFC270zOReJK7zo4A14DsnO-RSbsgkQCgSIpKtQ6kaIlw/s733/MFA+Visit.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="674" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivPSCuIFFa9R-DSZF9IEixjSScwRqB_qdR7lNhqBCL1X-ec8ztQA_58eCuUcWIZG1sImvXlAgm6ZPYIigibDnn9Z-O0VNHtFC270zOReJK7zo4A14DsnO-RSbsgkQCgSIpKtQ6kaIlw/w368-h400/MFA+Visit.jpeg" width="368" /></a></div><br /> For my part in the ceremony I was presented with:</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LqEm8s0xNWHVGAnGrIeRNRPKjQ3-fCLFCyotNQ-TRc8a_w-SB-VX64lDbNJCzeV1Pr3aDBn6Gh5DZLw-hJTHQJVPWBrdvXU9UXbUwuu3j0ukCAr6M-LHSkbUUalnsD0m3v1hs6InZw/s2048/MFA+Graduation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0LqEm8s0xNWHVGAnGrIeRNRPKjQ3-fCLFCyotNQ-TRc8a_w-SB-VX64lDbNJCzeV1Pr3aDBn6Gh5DZLw-hJTHQJVPWBrdvXU9UXbUwuu3j0ukCAr6M-LHSkbUUalnsD0m3v1hs6InZw/s320/MFA+Graduation.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>A one of a kind Commercial done on MAS. All credit to our Management team of innovators lead by our MD, Dato Kamarudin.</b></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>1993 Commercial. Just Brilliant. Depicts the Airline in its hey day until someone came along and ruined it. MAS has never recovered since - even till today 9th Sept 2016. My heart bleeds for the state of this once great Airline which many of us built through our blood, sweat and tears. Even at the expense of neglecting our families and growing up with our children.</b></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><b>Click on Link below:- </b></span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTQYUX0TDeU&list=FL1IzAGLcyXsMtzEBQMaXh1g&index=3"><span style="color: #660000;">Space Age Commercial done for MAS</span></a></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b>1994 - Acceptance MPH</b>. 23rd Sept again overseas. My birthday cake - 51 years old.</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">From Left: Walt Neilsen, Boeing Sec assigned to MAS, Jim Furk, me, Jeya, MAS Resident Engineer, Capt Lee E.K</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hwpX_PKwHuwQE2TGhS-0xiaydqJPHJqA9NK4P1M10G4_xNYvNfyWGLpfwkCvUv_ZhJopB7AAzlKuS6JS0oREpiGEHRZ8vIiqkPibE0J-dl3pQcILXG7XGTt8l3l5hhk37XwswD828Q/s1600-h/1994+-23rd+Sept+MPH+Acpt.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364911370820037842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hwpX_PKwHuwQE2TGhS-0xiaydqJPHJqA9NK4P1M10G4_xNYvNfyWGLpfwkCvUv_ZhJopB7AAzlKuS6JS0oREpiGEHRZ8vIiqkPibE0J-dl3pQcILXG7XGTt8l3l5hhk37XwswD828Q/s400/1994+-23rd+Sept+MPH+Acpt.JPG" style="display: block; height: 309px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><b><span style="color: blue;">24th Sept 1994</span></b><br /><span style="color: blue;">My penultimate Acceptance of a B747-400- 9M-MPH- Everett Washington BC. For this one I trained Capt Ishan and Tharma to conduct Acceptance Checks on a 744.</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_ohFUUh5dq_8U3anDzJnmb49ziyxTr_YyOQpJKxvBFwfw718mVPkUFHbgJw0qG9AkaPcpfwMbzfRomGqZvTlvYPyjDQch33jr6eKCZyI8xM1l2TOo-FGnCpgZl4R0AOigkxUmyB2hw/s1600-h/1994-+22+sept+MPH+Ferry.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364910828660063282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_ohFUUh5dq_8U3anDzJnmb49ziyxTr_YyOQpJKxvBFwfw718mVPkUFHbgJw0qG9AkaPcpfwMbzfRomGqZvTlvYPyjDQch33jr6eKCZyI8xM1l2TOo-FGnCpgZl4R0AOigkxUmyB2hw/s400/1994-+22+sept+MPH+Ferry.JPG" style="display: block; height: 309px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: blue;">With the Acceptance team from MAS Engineering assigned to this delivery.</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iGuhw3QHEcrrefyp6DiAeAQIRpavOyrVdzmqIIMoSM7Xq8-Zy_yHHeW0rDHB9q2owx_QPylNCUMa-oG2LS1UfSxaAimAbGXN48CQmzWvfBRwWggdKr9K-xkOQc9nZQ32VsGgSVMB0Ao/s1600-h/1994-+23rd+Sept+Aceptance+MPH.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363462313416122578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1iGuhw3QHEcrrefyp6DiAeAQIRpavOyrVdzmqIIMoSM7Xq8-Zy_yHHeW0rDHB9q2owx_QPylNCUMa-oG2LS1UfSxaAimAbGXN48CQmzWvfBRwWggdKr9K-xkOQc9nZQ32VsGgSVMB0Ao/s400/1994-+23rd+Sept+Aceptance+MPH.JPG" style="display: block; height: 280px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;">Below: Aug 1995 Kuala Lumpur to Johannesburg three crew operation with Capt Ishan.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 180%;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cabHyNQVC5IZ4p0v0YKa_oMQAm74Y7tg4FbV6wR_se6gJ9wpoPJLpDkNA29OiQEkOtCBu9ogRsbyY6F54NkhvjPHze4TlMHKDLMtQwFUJoQMUCFjlxRdNmMdwlsjS3Rdwa95Ctx9gQ/s1600/sc0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cabHyNQVC5IZ4p0v0YKa_oMQAm74Y7tg4FbV6wR_se6gJ9wpoPJLpDkNA29OiQEkOtCBu9ogRsbyY6F54NkhvjPHze4TlMHKDLMtQwFUJoQMUCFjlxRdNmMdwlsjS3Rdwa95Ctx9gQ/s400/sc0001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">My collections over the years:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Some of my Stickers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAqRF6mZ8acjQnxCoRzXZZfWQNWTh00hcLh5RStZgLaQez6PSWBwaCZRoEzBtr_NPpsgPzLcmMMm_6ke6E6Ur-hf9buH6YHVIjoTWMTEcRzzTjtc5y5TwcJwQZ8YscM2LCdVj-Zceqg/s2048/MAS+Blog.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcAqRF6mZ8acjQnxCoRzXZZfWQNWTh00hcLh5RStZgLaQez6PSWBwaCZRoEzBtr_NPpsgPzLcmMMm_6ke6E6Ur-hf9buH6YHVIjoTWMTEcRzzTjtc5y5TwcJwQZ8YscM2LCdVj-Zceqg/w640-h360/MAS+Blog.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Souvenirs</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68VkffyeK2l9oAI74XRHYxhL7-GbzKjccLGPf7jO_gICCXhsqrVVUrlkm_nkp4_qETN-rrJ8xqbSaHe6vSvif1ZpECUjt45U_HTo2nXOYtkBylhANmOLRMJjXJNTsQAPfbAoYlI-rmA/s2048/Souveniers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68VkffyeK2l9oAI74XRHYxhL7-GbzKjccLGPf7jO_gICCXhsqrVVUrlkm_nkp4_qETN-rrJ8xqbSaHe6vSvif1ZpECUjt45U_HTo2nXOYtkBylhANmOLRMJjXJNTsQAPfbAoYlI-rmA/w640-h360/Souveniers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;">Long Service Awards:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BUyaA6rqSZlF2j6lH5DAkW433bbU7fI1HJ9-OOJzlRbndJisSDshZKYQGxhjENeyHoJDrSQ3k-9fgpvy-xbh66bOgCvFtgQD9M4eDLSJShW_3O5e2KOzWwFnkTprmky_HF4lTOf9zA/s2048/Long+Service.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4BUyaA6rqSZlF2j6lH5DAkW433bbU7fI1HJ9-OOJzlRbndJisSDshZKYQGxhjENeyHoJDrSQ3k-9fgpvy-xbh66bOgCvFtgQD9M4eDLSJShW_3O5e2KOzWwFnkTprmky_HF4lTOf9zA/w640-h360/Long+Service.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">In Memory of this beautiful Terminal which served us well for about 3 decades. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Still have beautiful and sad memories that flash past my mind: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P9EzjmjRgMdqZNjc6S-hEw07TAKq3a6KKwFSSR6dPxPbU-Af6QrhEsoJWkVHhJZ7FEhDwFrc77LfGtlr9uXuzEsiEGWJRdUtjoMiWk_43dPAkCrbHEi9D5n1tUlxcmzGdeKZZKCyQg/s1600/IMG-20170322-WA0039.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="720" height="403" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6P9EzjmjRgMdqZNjc6S-hEw07TAKq3a6KKwFSSR6dPxPbU-Af6QrhEsoJWkVHhJZ7FEhDwFrc77LfGtlr9uXuzEsiEGWJRdUtjoMiWk_43dPAkCrbHEi9D5n1tUlxcmzGdeKZZKCyQg/s640/IMG-20170322-WA0039.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: blue;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="color: blue;">Our meagre facilities for Flt Ops.</span></li><li><span style="color: blue;">The chilling reality of our own B737 being hijack just 4 miles (less than 2mins) from touchdown RW 15.</span></li><li><span style="color: blue;">The Red Army stand off (1975) and also a Cabin Crew Work to Rule. The brave actions of our then PM Tun Razak and Hussein Onn respectively, to deal with these situations.</span></li></ul><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: blue;">(See following Link for those requiring more information:</span><span style="color: red;"><b> </b></span></i></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: red; font-size: 14px; white-space: nowrap;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy54ckG8LdA</b></span><i style="color: grey; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; white-space: nowrap;">)</i></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span style="color: blue;">JAL DC-8 in 1977 and our A300 Dec 1983 CFIT (Controlled Flight Into Terrain) accidents on the approach to RW 15. </span></li><li><span style="color: blue;">In Feb 198, Flying Tiger 747 Cargo, Flight 66, that also had a CFIT accident inbound to RW 33.</span></li></ul><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: blue;">(Link: </span><span style="color: red;"><b>https://youtu.be/bj8tMaCY-HI</b></span><span style="color: blue;">)</span></i></span></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><ul><li><span style="color: blue;">The sad B707 arrival from London bearing the remains of our PM Tun Abdul Razak in Jan 1976. It was a sombre occasion indeed.</span></li><li><span style="color: blue;">A destructive fire we had along the passage-way to aircraft Bays - thank God it didn't destroy the main Terminal.</span></li></ul><span style="color: blue;">More nostalgic photos of the Terminal 1 where we in the 70's to the mid-90's.</span><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZrDwMi6IutQcTw64aSwoc2tYX0ENNPLeCGk-YX64TP1MeReGDDz1t96SYBio27i23OSkjmeuhHrMu3LS4py8kyPZEd3YXhCP9W4QupwCie_sxYQpo-JrLN3sluFl818szrB79l0hxw/s1600/f0fe09adacae3a0b7cb031325ab63a50.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="564" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZrDwMi6IutQcTw64aSwoc2tYX0ENNPLeCGk-YX64TP1MeReGDDz1t96SYBio27i23OSkjmeuhHrMu3LS4py8kyPZEd3YXhCP9W4QupwCie_sxYQpo-JrLN3sluFl818szrB79l0hxw/s320/f0fe09adacae3a0b7cb031325ab63a50.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cabin Crew going for flight.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5JrtwBIm-KcLxOJrpPHKxM-zk-RMxENsw2cLMVi7PYxWcBdAu8zkLFN1SAfVQq9vgLDYQa6sQsqS7m-iDlIxrBOj_JZ0jNTCqGl-F3t8KfkfjeFlrWu0-mC5SWPMYRHnZ4ZC26-Syg/s1600/48638f4b88982c30e88abe87fded12df.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="392" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5JrtwBIm-KcLxOJrpPHKxM-zk-RMxENsw2cLMVi7PYxWcBdAu8zkLFN1SAfVQq9vgLDYQa6sQsqS7m-iDlIxrBOj_JZ0jNTCqGl-F3t8KfkfjeFlrWu0-mC5SWPMYRHnZ4ZC26-Syg/s320/48638f4b88982c30e88abe87fded12df.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">@rothomas</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"> Above: Stamp depicting Terminal 1 - think its date stamped 1965 - The Concorde used to operate then until environment issues killed it. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFB8O_zV_WlEF3IAm5uf6ZxAz6BMhn87z91f-zn8mjXZ7b1h3y4kF7uLbN9h7LgbtTl90E_yCcgjMR1fLs3XqEcq6YdFEJRxSocfIiu6O25hDzoe8Qxv99ChthFqreqHcKhoVBfbkCw/s1600/IMG-20170129-WA0043.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="1092" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFB8O_zV_WlEF3IAm5uf6ZxAz6BMhn87z91f-zn8mjXZ7b1h3y4kF7uLbN9h7LgbtTl90E_yCcgjMR1fLs3XqEcq6YdFEJRxSocfIiu6O25hDzoe8Qxv99ChthFqreqHcKhoVBfbkCw/s640/IMG-20170129-WA0043.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> Terminal 1 - Before the split. 9M-ADT I believe is the second B707-312 MSA purchased from Boeing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><i>Addendum.</i></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><i>A comment from Jason whose father Dougie was an adorable MAS traffic executive working at London Heathrow.</i></span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><i>Used to assist me in checking in my sons when they were at Brentwood Grammer.</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: medium;">Most of us would remember Dougie and the others mentioned by Jason.</span></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">Hi Capt. Roland,</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"> My name is Jason, my Father Dougie worked for MAS LHR from 1974-1990...loved reading ur blog as I have many memories flying DC-10-30(9M-MAS/T/V) and 747-236B(9M-MHI/J) on my many trips flying to KL and onto SYD on holidays and very privelidged to accompany many Flt crew in cockpit for take-off and landing...many names I would remember if they were mentioned. The 1st Station Manager at LHR was Alf then Wong TK, with Abi as ground engineer and Ramla,Judy,leonie,Anita and of course Dougie...Happy Days and memories I will cherish for ever..If you remember me then I hope your enjoying your 2nd retirement...!!! </span></span> </span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;">hi Jason. Of course I do remember you and dad. You must be a grown up lad now. Did you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;">pursue</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small;"> a aviation career? Warm regards to the staff mentioned above, if you are in contact with them.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">We had effeciant devoted Airport/ Station Managers all over our network. To mention a few who got on well with Flight Crew before my memory fades:</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">London: Wong TK</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Frankfurt: Hans (big fellow)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Charles De Gaulle: Daniel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Mexico: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Hongkong: Phillipe Lam</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Honolulu:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Los Angeles:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Tokyo: Mr Ikai</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Sydney: Bill Gates</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Melbourne: </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Chennai (Madras then) : </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Link below provides a Video all about Malaysia Airline(s). Some of the photos in it have been taken from this Blog. Happy viewing of the good old times:- </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-size: large;">https://youtu.be/Vf7Urx7vbcg</span></span></div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhQJMJg54tcQBoZAw5JquhBGWw3fCzKbIbFeKZkoGU3uc-PK_6cBt-csMCt5ZXqMbbbhcnVw26MidldeTa45XIG53TTbu-JXk1ySVg0XIQlRtVI-z7uemJ3fwgghByLUWOE4bP94BJA/s1600/IMG-20160925-WA0031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="668" data-original-width="960" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhQJMJg54tcQBoZAw5JquhBGWw3fCzKbIbFeKZkoGU3uc-PK_6cBt-csMCt5ZXqMbbbhcnVw26MidldeTa45XIG53TTbu-JXk1ySVg0XIQlRtVI-z7uemJ3fwgghByLUWOE4bP94BJA/s320/IMG-20160925-WA0031.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Above: Mr Wong TK Airport Manager London Heathrow. Flight Crew had a good working relation with him.</span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: purple;">An email comment from Wong TK above. So nice to hear from him after 25 years!</span></span><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">"Dear Captain R Thomas </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">It is very nice to received your email and fine you well. When i went through your blog i cried knowing that our great airline </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">which we all work for now came to this situation . yes we had a great time and all of us really work hard but enjoyed ourselves. </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">Sorry to know about your wife but life must go on. I am now coming to 79 years old still living in Reading Uk with my wife and two daughters </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">with 4 grand children . Still play golf and do country walks but with the present lock down situation not able. I still go back to KL and Malacca where i come from and i do meet with Mr Lee Shu Poh for lunch and talk of good old days etc. If you can kindly give me your phone number </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">to keep in case when i stop over in KL when the lock down situation ends then we can meet and talk I still email to Captain Arthur Reynold </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">once a while as he now in Melbourne Mr . Eddie Vella passed away a few months back when Captain Arthur email me. Hope this will start our </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; font-family: "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: purple;">email communication . thank you and keep safe and take care. You are great. bye " </span></div><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">The Airline from here onwards were run by a new Management team under Tan Sri Tajuddin Ramli. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">My official retirement age was due in September 1998, and although at age 55 one could continue flying till 60 (later this age was increased to 65 subject to stringent medical fitness), I decided to move on when Dato Gurucharan Singh offered me to work with him in Jet Airways Ltd, India. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Although loath to move from comfortable surroundings and loved ones, I decided to accept the offer. Dato was the first MAS staff to move to Jet Airways and later on many other MAS personnel from Engineering, In-flight Services and Customer Services also held positions in Jet Airways. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">As Qantas laid the foundation for MAS we pioneers laid the foundation for Jet Airways which to this day resembles the MAS quality of old. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">(Editors Note: As of 2019 Jet Airways folded up. How very sad) </span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Below a video clip of retired planes of Malaysia Airlines. Click link below: </span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> <b><span style="color: purple;">https://youtu.be/8s865idlRcg</span></b></span><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>With Jet Airways (India) Ltd, based in Mumbai - 1997 to 2003.</b></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">My Staff in Flight Operations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">My Manager, Ops Engineering - K S Ramakrishnan. A wonderful and brilliant Performance and Navigation Engineer. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Together we </span><span style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 20.7px;">achieved</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> a lot. He retired just before I did and is currently either residing in the USA. Amazingly fit for a then 76 year old.</span></span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zZWi8zpc0gmfzdLgmBTQfG9XiC-xgYFL7aGDyqJrmge4xsuRIXwNDvmlgZUNVpli7lEf6R4KIvUIDVepG5DuCyJC8jbSEmPLGBxaDUQ8rKDviUYYQkGp7ACvBNHVrVzj_H_gAlib5w/s1600/IMG_0065.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zZWi8zpc0gmfzdLgmBTQfG9XiC-xgYFL7aGDyqJrmge4xsuRIXwNDvmlgZUNVpli7lEf6R4KIvUIDVepG5DuCyJC8jbSEmPLGBxaDUQ8rKDviUYYQkGp7ACvBNHVrVzj_H_gAlib5w/s320/IMG_0065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Renita and Premila D'souza.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Charming Secretaries.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1wTiTqw2bDnllmWGu4JQbgHJSjcaAjYcTXjRnNWg3jH3Sa_oPDA-nqKuz4ACze-3DXQGBEgEMoyHtPqD5slgO_5XxQKgvBRwnYnf3DzadmRGMvCaLZzVQ2V7139UaBQo6Ez95pc-ZA/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1wTiTqw2bDnllmWGu4JQbgHJSjcaAjYcTXjRnNWg3jH3Sa_oPDA-nqKuz4ACze-3DXQGBEgEMoyHtPqD5slgO_5XxQKgvBRwnYnf3DzadmRGMvCaLZzVQ2V7139UaBQo6Ez95pc-ZA/s1600/IMG_0066.JPG" /></a></div> <i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">Regina, My loyal and faithful</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b></span><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">Secretary</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b></span><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">for the 6 years I was in Jet Airways - 1997 -2003.</span></b></i><br /><div style="margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">An East Indian, married to Mark</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b></span><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">Hanif</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b></span><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">with 2 beautiful children,</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></i></b></span><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">Keagan</span></b></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><i><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;"> and</span></i></b></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><i><b><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 13.5pt;">Roxanne.</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc38h0nqiJkwJxmzqTRcrgy9G8gW_rUrcbxI-IRkIxK_twhxKPxYUedujylQsQRpbTZwiauWTIuek6P-7bbZirVX_Y6KLfnINxPNG2yRCo4utwbZ6xDZ0sxmxygW84jEYg5KqgyWTu7g/s1600/IMG_0063.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc38h0nqiJkwJxmzqTRcrgy9G8gW_rUrcbxI-IRkIxK_twhxKPxYUedujylQsQRpbTZwiauWTIuek6P-7bbZirVX_Y6KLfnINxPNG2yRCo4utwbZ6xDZ0sxmxygW84jEYg5KqgyWTu7g/s320/IMG_0063.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Below: View outside my apartment along Juhu beach during one of the 6 monsoons I experienced.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iweBF6W0eIkEB9VMJKVPT10MKChFTlExWHIer7WAJu2gtudVRio_lQsRvnBBBsnQekrfHux8GFJPHyHPKb46a2XIUxtGp1lKIbFcCznPDXyCpOz3O5DcnQpIFhoLiwTGK-qF-uOtFw/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1iweBF6W0eIkEB9VMJKVPT10MKChFTlExWHIer7WAJu2gtudVRio_lQsRvnBBBsnQekrfHux8GFJPHyHPKb46a2XIUxtGp1lKIbFcCznPDXyCpOz3O5DcnQpIFhoLiwTGK-qF-uOtFw/s320/IMG_0067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Sudhir was also my Development Capt handling other Technical matters.</span></span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 17.4pt;"><br /></span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 17.4pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSNMaHALGJ5WxyiH_SxPYQtsPhqDMzVE-z_gTotfxtrO-OZPh42zdhBfSegXWg-nug4oPzJdqFH7ZLTanO5BRXujVG6Gyi-QOpWO14Lu6uV3gVNSeJAyVoKbvPOgQHlIa3oagNl_Ixg/s1600/Picture+810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSNMaHALGJ5WxyiH_SxPYQtsPhqDMzVE-z_gTotfxtrO-OZPh42zdhBfSegXWg-nug4oPzJdqFH7ZLTanO5BRXujVG6Gyi-QOpWO14Lu6uV3gVNSeJAyVoKbvPOgQHlIa3oagNl_Ixg/s320/Picture+810.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: blue;">With Capt Mohd Shain my Development Captain in charge of the B737 NG intro together with Capt Sudhir below. Friends to this day and we keep in regular touch.</span></span><span style="background-color: #c0a154; color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjzpRXZBoQTss48HwJVKNpjDYpRlJ_ttWXIhdN-0BAY9_Lz9xcu8QuCKx02l3pYn_llz6hZC0sAJ_jZvGJH3Gs6tTPKFIqq4maGxVhxWcIlbrQIH6njkD6K_azYeipw0OjD8qI7qAVQ/s1600/Picture+811.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjzpRXZBoQTss48HwJVKNpjDYpRlJ_ttWXIhdN-0BAY9_Lz9xcu8QuCKx02l3pYn_llz6hZC0sAJ_jZvGJH3Gs6tTPKFIqq4maGxVhxWcIlbrQIH6njkD6K_azYeipw0OjD8qI7qAVQ/s320/Picture+811.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">VP's Office at Jet Airways. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQHtULQEcTn0XBPEypYfDrXtK1c1DIJp5EVGACJjdUllVr4pN7JJIjl8wdxfZGdRQR1iEzTYF-mugh9s5_F5mQP9hQpqv8KxcU8s40zqLzAogB-5OmrZ4ODj7stMllvW2to-NswJg4A/s1600/Picture+809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQHtULQEcTn0XBPEypYfDrXtK1c1DIJp5EVGACJjdUllVr4pN7JJIjl8wdxfZGdRQR1iEzTYF-mugh9s5_F5mQP9hQpqv8KxcU8s40zqLzAogB-5OmrZ4ODj7stMllvW2to-NswJg4A/s320/Picture+809.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">In 1999 I attended the Boeing Symposium in Seattle. Took along my Tech Dev Captain Sudhir Gaur along for exposure. Below we are on our way with my wife to accompany.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzirhiik1th981OfvU3pcokubPvGbyW36nzNKt5iwfiGA3SvUmjlPx62RMUzhWLEcoPPTQ7u8U80BP_W43eIw0VmX4jGbvAi5l0or0bQY4NnXKg8muIurWcssiYJXMwnRi0YTEh4twew/s2048/IMG_0014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="2048" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzirhiik1th981OfvU3pcokubPvGbyW36nzNKt5iwfiGA3SvUmjlPx62RMUzhWLEcoPPTQ7u8U80BP_W43eIw0VmX4jGbvAi5l0or0bQY4NnXKg8muIurWcssiYJXMwnRi0YTEh4twew/w400-h229/IMG_0014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Part of my team, from left:</span></span><br /><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Capt Cedric - He left Jet and joined Spice but am not sure of his recent whereabouts<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">3rd from left Capt Malkani Vice President of Flt OPs and Capt Moghe the Chief Pilot Line.</span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2NgSEp_CnHB7nT0sOpubUMUmH1Jf0ruBdLuk-tMJ6Hf6GGGMT3-QhIX605HfeO4zMc9PspJ5ZBtK06KAOoSOXcSFJmC3tWH8EfoTyfF8HviBrYGghDCxUSE8HLYPANhQeBuZtramVw/s1600/IMG_0057.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd2NgSEp_CnHB7nT0sOpubUMUmH1Jf0ruBdLuk-tMJ6Hf6GGGMT3-QhIX605HfeO4zMc9PspJ5ZBtK06KAOoSOXcSFJmC3tWH8EfoTyfF8HviBrYGghDCxUSE8HLYPANhQeBuZtramVw/s320/IMG_0057.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Below photos taken from 401, Shubham Aptms, Juhu. </span><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Our cozy 2,600 sq ft Apartment. It was Dato Guru who managed to obtain this location just by Juhu Beach. Most of the other expats were housed elsewhere.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Juhu however had many cows around roaming around - very much like Buntong, Perak, from where Guru hails, Ha!Ha!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Monsoon in Mubai: Our apartment was 50m from the beach and these two shots were taken from our balcony.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 13.5pt;">Mumbaites love the rain and the monsoon. It was our 6th monsoon and we had had enough of it.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><br /><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The winds could be as much as 30 - 40 kts gusting and the waves were vicious.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4gj0cnyRif51ODCe7U3eyh2sQhsxTewcGiA0Pz4RN5s-SMFfCPa0uYz1n5gWWd4w-BUrAntw5cqpEG-MmtxyDNJp__bhlGltI-Gc37tNMpYeZhbSVq_khiIOOMHjQ8vbpHwFDe9vAw/s1600/IMG_0067.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4gj0cnyRif51ODCe7U3eyh2sQhsxTewcGiA0Pz4RN5s-SMFfCPa0uYz1n5gWWd4w-BUrAntw5cqpEG-MmtxyDNJp__bhlGltI-Gc37tNMpYeZhbSVq_khiIOOMHjQ8vbpHwFDe9vAw/s320/IMG_0067.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHYDmndQ7_6VqKLUUegi_aAuekJudSKlg6QDG5dsG7ykq9Nl8xTVDuOkjgHq4-f8sDBczqZPlew36yWMwaUJE1LzlqqjjMnKZNWNszYs6KdfVYa9Wf387kODoGijmjRs2TbpyYdNV-A/s320/BOM+1st+dinner+at+NGs.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;">Gateway of India</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_g3yX0PMgNuWZO8gJWzek3amxqpLdZcBNPK1bSK22wtxL9oHBy2IziBUU9_1Vs2QJUxIVthWs63A34a5FIzFi5vSVcmVgED9xeBzJPGhzmhpfCz5t_-yQVyMLRnaRupttHTsBqk5Qw/s1600/FY0147.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_g3yX0PMgNuWZO8gJWzek3amxqpLdZcBNPK1bSK22wtxL9oHBy2IziBUU9_1Vs2QJUxIVthWs63A34a5FIzFi5vSVcmVgED9xeBzJPGhzmhpfCz5t_-yQVyMLRnaRupttHTsBqk5Qw/s320/FY0147.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Photos below: Diwali Celebration at Naresh Goyal's place.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGziA4ALEYvGqjf6nPfH1K5Ai_iCEH7WctOOrFZEU1TTEUbz7ZO3srn9zgKMG1BVWc_7H1vkNbewl5Kho0AEHffXA0Cc4WY1uaMtbSTntvaZHwuGAqFA6gfb7ChoC4v4wlfkNXU-6AA/s1600/Jet3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZGziA4ALEYvGqjf6nPfH1K5Ai_iCEH7WctOOrFZEU1TTEUbz7ZO3srn9zgKMG1BVWc_7H1vkNbewl5Kho0AEHffXA0Cc4WY1uaMtbSTntvaZHwuGAqFA6gfb7ChoC4v4wlfkNXU-6AA/s320/Jet3.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue;">Fireworks on Diwali.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIKa5TlOZZRmiBj5iEc_kHlqdQMrdMW6B97d1tQFSLV3hn8ZQID9_BWcgXnvpZW-EO9uDHyBVuYXRFQxACCA6goCjs7vK5Tg_DB26rbqEn5UML_KnNQJcC60YDp-NtvreqmURPmjJoQ/s1600/IMG_0153.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIKa5TlOZZRmiBj5iEc_kHlqdQMrdMW6B97d1tQFSLV3hn8ZQID9_BWcgXnvpZW-EO9uDHyBVuYXRFQxACCA6goCjs7vK5Tg_DB26rbqEn5UML_KnNQJcC60YDp-NtvreqmURPmjJoQ/s320/IMG_0153.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB79qcG0w5cMVwrCa8_gQgb16qmN4jHxsdVCjdSdRLRlid6goSErxM9UQHOqo8F3gf4ueyhnYg6DVbBg4_xRgYtg5icfB72dNPN5cd5iu4-9QdFHwk8dOqY4OvzUVcsCU8ePu8T7ozQ/s1600/Jet1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAB79qcG0w5cMVwrCa8_gQgb16qmN4jHxsdVCjdSdRLRlid6goSErxM9UQHOqo8F3gf4ueyhnYg6DVbBg4_xRgYtg5icfB72dNPN5cd5iu4-9QdFHwk8dOqY4OvzUVcsCU8ePu8T7ozQ/s320/Jet1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Below: Dinner at our Chairman Naresh Goyal's residence </span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Also present were Peter Leuthi, the new COO and Wolfgang the CEO.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The brains behind the Airline are Saroj (sadly he passed away last year), Vic Dungca and of course the man himself Naresh Goyal its Chairman.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsjm7ZQZoNML4KdbFoe0UYhgyeSB-4CGSqW032bPyVQecdnaesE1hohMw7bbLpcX5HX2pTKWl0njspAsAsWtjKZO-XTUCyjN8srtCRi2sXCa0iI-SGwN-GLKeegpsySkrL1V9KVwtiA/s1600/Jet4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsjm7ZQZoNML4KdbFoe0UYhgyeSB-4CGSqW032bPyVQecdnaesE1hohMw7bbLpcX5HX2pTKWl0njspAsAsWtjKZO-XTUCyjN8srtCRi2sXCa0iI-SGwN-GLKeegpsySkrL1V9KVwtiA/s320/Jet4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">2002: Contract Negotiations with Embraer from Brazil.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below: I am with Steve Forte our CEO, and SK Datta the E.D, having discussions over dinner. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8tAz-yPgT-3Pc1evy5drpXW9rRG-0eCPHsY4PRQ9IwTlSYTLKa-2JSaiXG-d5OOr_4Qc50oI9mX7uahk-2zcIjTtSrqx7qYPOa27rl9PnqTn7ASPYg3wtT2stXi-63lYaYViDuC1xg/s1600/Embraer+Dinner+at+Leela.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8tAz-yPgT-3Pc1evy5drpXW9rRG-0eCPHsY4PRQ9IwTlSYTLKa-2JSaiXG-d5OOr_4Qc50oI9mX7uahk-2zcIjTtSrqx7qYPOa27rl9PnqTn7ASPYg3wtT2stXi-63lYaYViDuC1xg/s320/Embraer+Dinner+at+Leela.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Me with Embraer VP and Steve Forte.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt6LiyyCdRzIMfTmbi9E42a792g83KIrIwQ9uC1Y6hX6iVQlPWKnpQXIvkHDFK2ZpswtaMXqhI_EToogfdJiGiwp4qqG3tZvk2ppp5PiiopfMwBCGoCl-Q22jTdxIcuGQeLkm1jqe4Q/s1600/Embraer+2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZt6LiyyCdRzIMfTmbi9E42a792g83KIrIwQ9uC1Y6hX6iVQlPWKnpQXIvkHDFK2ZpswtaMXqhI_EToogfdJiGiwp4qqG3tZvk2ppp5PiiopfMwBCGoCl-Q22jTdxIcuGQeLkm1jqe4Q/s320/Embraer+2002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Purchasing an Flight Training Device from Atlantis, Ontario</span></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"></span><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 20.7px;"><span style="color: blue;">Year 2000! Trip to Ontario to finalize arrangements for purchase of a B737-400 Flight Training Device for Jet Airways. The team included my Tech Development Captain Sudhir Gaur and our Simulator Maintenance Manager G.R Reddy (retired IAF Group Captain)</span></span></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-Q2bVnfJXIenNn1tVcJugp9iX9aptS2vhT4PIeE63afCGECq5KAtVC9kwdYEGphzWEww8Er7Eg6CJDyx2IpIR2HiZuJZ3De__TeSfJtdlFb08hJaN51O4w4WvnLar7560twD5jHLcA/s1600/New28.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-Q2bVnfJXIenNn1tVcJugp9iX9aptS2vhT4PIeE63afCGECq5KAtVC9kwdYEGphzWEww8Er7Eg6CJDyx2IpIR2HiZuJZ3De__TeSfJtdlFb08hJaN51O4w4WvnLar7560twD5jHLcA/s320/New28.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Dinner at the revolving restaurant, CNN Tower.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The host was </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">From left: Meriam, Sudhir, Reddy and me.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMaMlA7yidyxjds5jH3KpgDjW8d0y6X9BdBasaX9BPXJCJFhf723Kx0Lz731KZSfo8AVm3O68KHpje43bHYFzRSVHNPpjawB9f6kmNagGUjSCQOz30d-Nu_iiilxghgaL4i1BdccqvQ/s400/FY0133.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="267" data-original-width="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUMaMlA7yidyxjds5jH3KpgDjW8d0y6X9BdBasaX9BPXJCJFhf723Kx0Lz731KZSfo8AVm3O68KHpje43bHYFzRSVHNPpjawB9f6kmNagGUjSCQOz30d-Nu_iiilxghgaL4i1BdccqvQ/s320/FY0133.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Dinner with the President and staff of Atlantis the manufacturer of the FTD (Level 4).</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">The FTD that I introduced was a value for money device that formed a bridge between the 737 Classic aircraft that Jet possessed at that time and the B737 NG's. It was configured to a B737-400 while our B737-800 NG Full Flight was from CAE which were based in Montreal. DGCA granted us recognition for recurrent training differences to be covered on the 737-400 FTD.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQvupeB_o-XaOi-5fxD1LXnZClvgpmF6gmA3hWmYJNH1ITZtBR6LH_XOjdegoVyH4kgm9DULk-Ttnwe9K_MFFDGsBKVAlb4tXDQul8VB9-bYGIx66Y_lVBzFFEGXvl2nDMNQzUugnwA/s1799/FY0137.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1799" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQvupeB_o-XaOi-5fxD1LXnZClvgpmF6gmA3hWmYJNH1ITZtBR6LH_XOjdegoVyH4kgm9DULk-Ttnwe9K_MFFDGsBKVAlb4tXDQul8VB9-bYGIx66Y_lVBzFFEGXvl2nDMNQzUugnwA/w400-h266/FY0137.JPG" title="@rothomas" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOrxquAMSoAJfEkVN1v2MToJ-dXIbvYT3k1iuCFEyo6FhUSgcef4kQWUtBENjxvTeqzute48Hl61EVXeaubnbm-4Wi5txOARIB3C-yxSWwElhVvJeCRLAZ8paVFk9ymsmbDDGOhuYRw/s1600/IMG_0224.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOrxquAMSoAJfEkVN1v2MToJ-dXIbvYT3k1iuCFEyo6FhUSgcef4kQWUtBENjxvTeqzute48Hl61EVXeaubnbm-4Wi5txOARIB3C-yxSWwElhVvJeCRLAZ8paVFk9ymsmbDDGOhuYRw/s320/IMG_0224.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Resigned from Jet Airways, w.e.f 30 Jun 2003, after serving them for 5 1/2 years as VP </span><span style="font-size: 18px;">Flight</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> Operations.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Capt Mohan (ex- DFO Air India) is standing to my right.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Photos were taken at a farewell luncheon held in SM Centre, Mumbai.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">On my left is Cmdr Baal and Gr Capt G R Reddy (Simulator Engineering Manager) and Vidiya one of our Stenos.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT94Gzh9d8MpYAATdExlrqtDcdwX8MqS6r4I-_Ku4NuO9bFkeysG4pAB_tg_vBNoESvUHr8qmc3FJpIEfBO5Thyj6OEzocyLRppWtSQ18tquUWUNK4N6aoAf2rn-SCqhp8rvhWan3uGw/s1600/IMG_0250.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT94Gzh9d8MpYAATdExlrqtDcdwX8MqS6r4I-_Ku4NuO9bFkeysG4pAB_tg_vBNoESvUHr8qmc3FJpIEfBO5Thyj6OEzocyLRppWtSQ18tquUWUNK4N6aoAf2rn-SCqhp8rvhWan3uGw/s320/IMG_0250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">Flight Operations cramped offices</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWoDrF8x9uR99JMwaQJMVffVncU05jZuIx_T7vYsDI2EM-ZyKPySsAr5xSMpFQWgC_5_glBdzKwLVueTLg5ydchjK9pNdKCgf8AvdDotTeq7VsxUWci0s_YK66NcgeZapg_d_Lnz4zg/s1600/IMG_0249.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMWoDrF8x9uR99JMwaQJMVffVncU05jZuIx_T7vYsDI2EM-ZyKPySsAr5xSMpFQWgC_5_glBdzKwLVueTLg5ydchjK9pNdKCgf8AvdDotTeq7VsxUWci0s_YK66NcgeZapg_d_Lnz4zg/s320/IMG_0249.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">My words of response were: "There's a tide in the affairs of men which when taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitten........"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">I have taken the tide, and now, as all tides do ebb, so to, I have to ebb away into retirement."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">S.K Datta ( with the beard) smiles at this statement and so does Capt Malkani on his left and Jennifer D'silva (Exec PA to Chairman, Naresh Goyal).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Thanks Jenifer for organising the farewell luncheon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">Quite a sad day on the whole.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">On reflection Jet Airways was a very good employer and deserves the No 1 status it has acquired in India and maybe very soon, in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: blue;">I am glad that I have, in a small way, laid some foundation in Flt Ops, and now pass on for better things in life.</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO13i24iwcCZ7JKQeGO_MCieH9DrG_UwkxlwUL8RN54c4E2LRvxNIF-1F3JbMksSLQf2-trUss81W6hWVlmHf8cBBf2OrEVa3H5DbLU_-eGmMDrtxHkoiY4GtzSNkoWBMX680L-Vu30A/s1600/IMG_0253.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO13i24iwcCZ7JKQeGO_MCieH9DrG_UwkxlwUL8RN54c4E2LRvxNIF-1F3JbMksSLQf2-trUss81W6hWVlmHf8cBBf2OrEVa3H5DbLU_-eGmMDrtxHkoiY4GtzSNkoWBMX680L-Vu30A/s320/IMG_0253.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: blue;">Capt 'Slim' Mohan saying a few words of farewell.</span></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ0YrkHWpNoah8en9Xj4bLFyTsvZq-DYZTTAAShg021EJ7vUdpjIKzIolcX2ciWpQ9tFgJOEsbTFgQoCVWi4rooniOMftLYTrGWQiBxz410zqNG0wFGbf9nbYqCTY5p7LiJafYB2JEQ/s1600/IMG_0251.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggJ0YrkHWpNoah8en9Xj4bLFyTsvZq-DYZTTAAShg021EJ7vUdpjIKzIolcX2ciWpQ9tFgJOEsbTFgQoCVWi4rooniOMftLYTrGWQiBxz410zqNG0wFGbf9nbYqCTY5p7LiJafYB2JEQ/s320/IMG_0251.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: blue;">North-East Operation during the Monsoon. Real fascinating! Credit due to all those wonderful Calcutta based pilots who had to operate in marginal conditions each year.</span><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Eyem-SEgtVKSB3ZEn-mxDcbX9_uKtnOFdEfQPkmGC97swHF2PH4BNTtiPb3st2NXqWInqK86mQnQLiLfmhNJwBF6uYXgZf9QWEZYoBpyi-EtbIzfStkC2r7VUzWM8xEe4eKAjJQ_Zg/s1600/Bagdogra.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Eyem-SEgtVKSB3ZEn-mxDcbX9_uKtnOFdEfQPkmGC97swHF2PH4BNTtiPb3st2NXqWInqK86mQnQLiLfmhNJwBF6uYXgZf9QWEZYoBpyi-EtbIzfStkC2r7VUzWM8xEe4eKAjJQ_Zg/s320/Bagdogra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZriNMzgl6Q1jL6KWSDLKIU0jNnyoXXuiDDmTvhT-XM7IKQrfJ_cnOc1GkEgfRfbKzAkvLQj6yvQdb1zm2w2iLWE8XY3cXkWXXKhHpSlAvYseWIO7ex8DdpQmvKIErLdpHGgByUImZdA/s1600/IMG_0235.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZriNMzgl6Q1jL6KWSDLKIU0jNnyoXXuiDDmTvhT-XM7IKQrfJ_cnOc1GkEgfRfbKzAkvLQj6yvQdb1zm2w2iLWE8XY3cXkWXXKhHpSlAvYseWIO7ex8DdpQmvKIErLdpHGgByUImZdA/s320/IMG_0235.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8atig96v5pC2KgeE9OkeYkFrhUtxkWNWBqtJRWlFMGKfpVMrQdjuILf5xdXLxAibaCKljq8Q-W1g1QxI1Yf32mhmV2KCTIaN4N5LrQHnq9k_o-58-7V3Elu4GpVZr6Gt-RgwmlqfboQ/s1600/IMG_0236.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8atig96v5pC2KgeE9OkeYkFrhUtxkWNWBqtJRWlFMGKfpVMrQdjuILf5xdXLxAibaCKljq8Q-W1g1QxI1Yf32mhmV2KCTIaN4N5LrQHnq9k_o-58-7V3Elu4GpVZr6Gt-RgwmlqfboQ/s320/IMG_0236.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4WG4em4InCfjWuVICzdYQHDXQ_W6vwUX8usBTwTNZg9P5SwxgMb8t5rUn9TXZeObSTZnxIq64a2D8TxEHZO6uS6_giC587UpYgPdFREhPRXHBYemZTbrQBx4XBMo1SR3uDFbZqjlDw/s1600/IMG_0232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4WG4em4InCfjWuVICzdYQHDXQ_W6vwUX8usBTwTNZg9P5SwxgMb8t5rUn9TXZeObSTZnxIq64a2D8TxEHZO6uS6_giC587UpYgPdFREhPRXHBYemZTbrQBx4XBMo1SR3uDFbZqjlDw/s320/IMG_0232.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgmh5lBP7s9ZtGeuoHZ5cvX66dE9pHntn6bFXrTmjd6P4JrmIxjzkDIkmnrJvvgmMPWb1sXb_SGYhuDDva6w434xrOIz2lTp7EDH-02E2WaXPLt7FVYqrOF6AXaIxi9YyLGhlp2paMA/s1600/IMG_0233.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgmh5lBP7s9ZtGeuoHZ5cvX66dE9pHntn6bFXrTmjd6P4JrmIxjzkDIkmnrJvvgmMPWb1sXb_SGYhuDDva6w434xrOIz2lTp7EDH-02E2WaXPLt7FVYqrOF6AXaIxi9YyLGhlp2paMA/s320/IMG_0233.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0shIs3euEK_VjogMYpu55a8quddXLAcUIInyM54vjd0o_8M9G3oeY6NJ2h4NGNPhBYjXgK-EQwWvoYDwfbCGngke5A3xk8PaozCHZxMFXZtjelwzVlG7I1ZNUoO436gGUnh0BSHlzQ/s1600/IMG_0228.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0shIs3euEK_VjogMYpu55a8quddXLAcUIInyM54vjd0o_8M9G3oeY6NJ2h4NGNPhBYjXgK-EQwWvoYDwfbCGngke5A3xk8PaozCHZxMFXZtjelwzVlG7I1ZNUoO436gGUnh0BSHlzQ/s320/IMG_0228.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf9iwHe7GtQ1NZCc-_1qrcF7njaaPbjlqSL5p9NMsgQ7ydl8dq4CP-XjPyYHGJtkv2mCpYzxHO8Tb2YdR61ptDCCf_cmtVnEE74TAn3CYzVV2x1_jYICHSnWRmogxhv6h7uLG7IIGCw/s1600/Monsoon+NE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbf9iwHe7GtQ1NZCc-_1qrcF7njaaPbjlqSL5p9NMsgQ7ydl8dq4CP-XjPyYHGJtkv2mCpYzxHO8Tb2YdR61ptDCCf_cmtVnEE74TAn3CYzVV2x1_jYICHSnWRmogxhv6h7uLG7IIGCw/s320/Monsoon+NE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b00fe;"><u>Magic Airlines: Delhi</u></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">Subsequent to my time with Jet Airways in 2003 no longer had I started retirement India beckoned again. This time it was for Magic Airlines which was a start-up carrier, based in Delhi. There was a lot of work to be paper work and planning to be done for the Airline to be granted approval by the DGCA. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;">The Owner was M/s Nira Radia, a gem of a Boss and knowledgeable on aviation matters and Airline operation. The team she recruited consisted of Mr Ng Fook Meng, Suppaih, the late Murugesu and Subramanium - all ex-MAS Staff. Ng FM headed the team.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;">For more on Magic Airlines go to my Blog labelled such. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">Firefly Sdn Bhd </span>(subsidiary of MAS)</span><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">And last but not least, back in the MAS fold; joined Firefly on August 2007. 10 years after retiring from it</span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: 180%;"></span><br /></span><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">Initially joined FY as Head of Flight Training but reappointed as; </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;"><b>Head of Flight Operations Jan 2008.</b>Successfully Inducted the </span><span style="color: blue;">5 ATR 72- 500's </span><span style="color: blue;">for Firefly's in 2008 and phased out of the F50's in Dec 2008.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">We commenced Contract and Tech Spec definition for the ATR 72-500 immediately with ATR.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">Below with our MD Eddy Leong, MAS Legal and ATR Francois Leneveu. Extreme right is Christophe Potocki marketing salesman extraordinaire for ATR.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gqh6K9Wb4-VSFkD09HJPxM1ZFJeFBA94Y98L6lAS8ADrcSPn37YQyaDhP8wpieNPDkPbQxRCgoJexnHAi38907sTUdIT8uo9RcKSYYTv39hwjxONAQNWSDndtKNhNenZZL30HSeiYQ/s1600/2007-+ATR+Team.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gqh6K9Wb4-VSFkD09HJPxM1ZFJeFBA94Y98L6lAS8ADrcSPn37YQyaDhP8wpieNPDkPbQxRCgoJexnHAi38907sTUdIT8uo9RcKSYYTv39hwjxONAQNWSDndtKNhNenZZL30HSeiYQ/s320/2007-+ATR+Team.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: blue;">2008. Below Arrival of our 1st <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">ATR</span> on 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">th</span> Aug.</span></b><br /><b><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IitzuU9yysbF8dMLou57HItIbNusZSlcnU1e6S1pedU5DCBWfUo_ybExjxpkoyaKDHXUhLEcwQC1yOTorWSeoOd8aM3SffL_GuuQaAFRyTBsEd_qdt-Nr__OuFUEbe-LDlSidqz_K4g/s1600-h/2008+FY"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363461570956118226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2IitzuU9yysbF8dMLou57HItIbNusZSlcnU1e6S1pedU5DCBWfUo_ybExjxpkoyaKDHXUhLEcwQC1yOTorWSeoOd8aM3SffL_GuuQaAFRyTBsEd_qdt-Nr__OuFUEbe-LDlSidqz_K4g/s400/2008+FY's+1st+ATR-+9m+FYA+11th+Aug+2008.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">Welcoming the arrival of our first ATR-72.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: blue;">From left: Tajuddin (Head of Operations MAS), self as Head of Flight Operations, Ken Chong (Simulator Instructor with ETOPS) and Meng who was COO Firefly. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1K0D3CxX3R5wwHo65IsN8SwF9X5B_E9HR2OKJdGspG9y01QucAxLeYdX5qRtyA2lIb07CDvmQRfMfVCucOhQVsvBD9JCmE_4pbz0iqn37ZPi3kpvDIMgvdCdBpggC991Q8O3K5saHg/s1600/10593137_10203647655384047_6565363785313995731_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1K0D3CxX3R5wwHo65IsN8SwF9X5B_E9HR2OKJdGspG9y01QucAxLeYdX5qRtyA2lIb07CDvmQRfMfVCucOhQVsvBD9JCmE_4pbz0iqn37ZPi3kpvDIMgvdCdBpggC991Q8O3K5saHg/s320/10593137_10203647655384047_6565363785313995731_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b><span style="color: blue;">21st Dec 2008 - Phase -out of the F50's form Firefly.</span></b></div><div><div><span style="color: blue;">Group Photo with the F50 Pilots. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Our MD Eddy Leong is standing on the top of the stairs with his fold of Flight Crew. I am seated at the bottom. This occassion also marked the commencement of my semi-retirement phase (twilight) prior to full retirement on the 13th July 2009. </span></div><div><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SEs5Gp60XGYzJ6nmNv6U8gixdKdgJh95vp0jIL8L16qx36gYgCJriOvBLn1AEkXuaMtYXeyjePYWnmdU-yqRcctWrqmR4ujl-4RXyeIhPC2pLEd07gyFy8PtHsrdJgpdTwZ-C2Qqj4c/s1600-h/DSCN0203.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363460821522677890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SEs5Gp60XGYzJ6nmNv6U8gixdKdgJh95vp0jIL8L16qx36gYgCJriOvBLn1AEkXuaMtYXeyjePYWnmdU-yqRcctWrqmR4ujl-4RXyeIhPC2pLEd07gyFy8PtHsrdJgpdTwZ-C2Qqj4c/s400/DSCN0203.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> </div><div><div><span style="color: blue;">My last day in active Office- Dec 2008. Semi-retirement from here on.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">(Continued as consultant to Firefly from then on.)</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGm0CpMkMRIM0hMNaFX77E7NMjTnoyBEGLPyffbPOm1iBjneyC3aosgjQ8ZV6LhAeCRhGrwWqvi3z4Fgv5ChJDDk3prStis2KmKXE4ru1BZfvCktL1p2KKkXsh9HhphkGDjvB0DWVAjY/s1600-h/DSCN0161.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363460292644722802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXGm0CpMkMRIM0hMNaFX77E7NMjTnoyBEGLPyffbPOm1iBjneyC3aosgjQ8ZV6LhAeCRhGrwWqvi3z4Fgv5ChJDDk3prStis2KmKXE4ru1BZfvCktL1p2KKkXsh9HhphkGDjvB0DWVAjY/s400/DSCN0161.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">A farewell party was held in our FY office attended by all staff. We were a growing airline, small in size and a close knit family . Cake to bid me adieu with speeches to follow.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZLGLGTDKWNrT6MZAKGiKSba82Zdp-HS3zlketKDVAn5nns0dvG6lLwNQiGnFPHiGmWoFDnrIHa1C2KyJab8ZbYg0Ozc2rEG4cCPBcqokr3ZGo8zoVVIA9fUvBoMhbhrfw7hZrwXHaVw/s1600-h/DSCN0186.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363459387247102562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZLGLGTDKWNrT6MZAKGiKSba82Zdp-HS3zlketKDVAn5nns0dvG6lLwNQiGnFPHiGmWoFDnrIHa1C2KyJab8ZbYg0Ozc2rEG4cCPBcqokr3ZGo8zoVVIA9fUvBoMhbhrfw7hZrwXHaVw/s400/DSCN0186.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Speeches by all. Here we have Grandpa' Patrick Lee cracking a joke.</span><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwrEUXS5qRKvAdXIoO0ko_32Nelw-OZBeDuZKXZusXzdF5iKKkmxegz0eU-YbNKS2p9mlvyKUsPB3Q8v9xaERtWSFEahROnXab0XacWC1DAZsBxeqbtvw4H-UBVj9ZEKOuK8_W2RrtU8/s1600-h/DSCN0183.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363458851214114002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBwrEUXS5qRKvAdXIoO0ko_32Nelw-OZBeDuZKXZusXzdF5iKKkmxegz0eU-YbNKS2p9mlvyKUsPB3Q8v9xaERtWSFEahROnXab0XacWC1DAZsBxeqbtvw4H-UBVj9ZEKOuK8_W2RrtU8/s400/DSCN0183.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="color: blue;">2008 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">th</span> Dec.- Hard to say goodbye to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">wonderful</span> staff of Firefly. Capt Jalil my Chief Pilot and who will be eventually assuming my position, is 3rd from right. </span></div><div><span style="color: blue;">Firefly is e<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">asily</span> among the top small airlines and we were giving Air Asia a run for their money.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSc-plS8xKSmyRLI6t7XH9jLd82XybfiNgcVCp8K3pP86g4vm78inVCnE-iTAhZTaerM3JZIjARVZzGkOjwqBK5-8X0fTFhzsnthPsFs9wAoFQPrtRU6hpozikjo0Q4OsvuejNARwp_w/s1600-h/DSCN0176.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363458286199961186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbSc-plS8xKSmyRLI6t7XH9jLd82XybfiNgcVCp8K3pP86g4vm78inVCnE-iTAhZTaerM3JZIjARVZzGkOjwqBK5-8X0fTFhzsnthPsFs9wAoFQPrtRU6hpozikjo0Q4OsvuejNARwp_w/s400/DSCN0176.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-size: medium;"><b>For more details on my life in Firelfy go to my Blog labelled such.</b></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></b></div><div align="left"><b><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></b></div><div align="center"><b><span style="color: blue; font-size: 130%;">I did not do it "My Way" but HIS way. </span></b></div><div align="center"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-size: 130%;">To God be all the Glory for these 46 years in Aviation.</span></b> </span></div><br /><br /><span style="color: blue;">Comment from 'Darren' on the 18th Sept.</span><br /><span style="color: blue;">I was looking for information on the F-27 which my former company used to charter, and came upon your site by chance or destiny. What an amazing career/life you have Captain, and an incredible testament to your wonderful faith in God. It was timely for me. Thank you and God bless!</span><br /><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-23922745937313713752021-03-29T12:28:00.001+08:002021-03-29T17:15:58.915+08:00<p> <span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I have moved my Christian and Family Blogs to a new Blogspot.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">For those who want to view these posts ( currently on "End Time Revelation") you can access them through:</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Link: https://rolandathomas.blogspot.com/ <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">This Blog will be only for Aviation matters.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Warm regards,<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">😇<br /></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-55910628106115185862009-02-01T19:13:00.001+08:002021-05-07T16:19:15.705+08:00Firefly Pt 5: My Retirement<div style="text-align: left;">
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My semi-retirement party was held on the 13<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> Dec 08 at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Staffield</span> Country Club in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Mantin</span>. Organised by Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jalil</span>, Lynette, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Saiful</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Muzzafar</span> and gang.<br />
We also took the opportunity to wish Lynette a belated birthday.<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Jalil's</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">beautiful</span> country home located in the middle of the Golf course.<br />
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Siva, our Security man not looking very pleased at all - was it the lack of attention from Lynette??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF66MiCm3YAx_07rOqXOygZEnh3VX_KSCERnXzMO27f5oveGV1WvC9OMLoIaFe7heE97TcmRpVzldHloJTs8JJ6djQcNQbEAG3ldd0lhpqzXQvGrCXT1qydc4moxGag08qBzYy3bFoQ/s1600-h/DSCN0137.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283676463326790098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipF66MiCm3YAx_07rOqXOygZEnh3VX_KSCERnXzMO27f5oveGV1WvC9OMLoIaFe7heE97TcmRpVzldHloJTs8JJ6djQcNQbEAG3ldd0lhpqzXQvGrCXT1qydc4moxGag08qBzYy3bFoQ/s320/DSCN0137.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Shahrul</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Saiful</span>, Lynette & Mrs Eddy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Leong</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfhPF15TrpIOouphA45jvJjaub__nXa1CK_4NNvF_I_ULO1i0L7UFDb0_pLYbN0aLj3PeK33_WMzgRvHg_2oWGF64Xp9syjYntiS7CC4Ro0q9jxaqdrh31qqVI0_ylAF4Vknvw_QerA/s1600-h/DSCN0142.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283672410601345794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfhPF15TrpIOouphA45jvJjaub__nXa1CK_4NNvF_I_ULO1i0L7UFDb0_pLYbN0aLj3PeK33_WMzgRvHg_2oWGF64Xp9syjYntiS7CC4Ro0q9jxaqdrh31qqVI0_ylAF4Vknvw_QerA/s320/DSCN0142.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a> The best Boss I have had - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Eddly</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Leong</span>.<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ATR</span> Engineering team. From left: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Muzaffar</span>, Lawrence (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">PWC</span>), Eric <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Sae</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">FSR</span>) & Timothy <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYh3F6dAT-iwyVZQzgnlL9jejOcqPd2WfS3R_75yJLdLNyrCiIaaoupHEBoyXBhfQ5rj3vRaiOvP3VaS5fBe8_MpSgJsjRhhd1N34JbWzh2zchn8KtblanznEl6M88bQb2-a6m1Mhhw/s1600-h/DSCN0146.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283660036150471026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYh3F6dAT-iwyVZQzgnlL9jejOcqPd2WfS3R_75yJLdLNyrCiIaaoupHEBoyXBhfQ5rj3vRaiOvP3VaS5fBe8_MpSgJsjRhhd1N34JbWzh2zchn8KtblanznEl6M88bQb2-a6m1Mhhw/s320/DSCN0146.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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You seldom see Eddy listening to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Meng</span> in earnest! Patrick Lee our industrious & <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">knowledgeable</span> Head of Ground Services is playing billiards. Background - the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">ATR</span> Engineers<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmby_jje7iBe2e6Y0I5KFMtG6G_3wvxvE7lqPnRf_Qmb8cLP0ZfoRRWiRTVAEadod3aZWclXv6-ISgT72wDFCMV1FhFLnz56u0mhAxGfeYVyp-McKUjrstdtQ0HV3xDn2oa4uRhMBYQ/s1600-h/DSCN0152.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283658208402883330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmby_jje7iBe2e6Y0I5KFMtG6G_3wvxvE7lqPnRf_Qmb8cLP0ZfoRRWiRTVAEadod3aZWclXv6-ISgT72wDFCMV1FhFLnz56u0mhAxGfeYVyp-McKUjrstdtQ0HV3xDn2oa4uRhMBYQ/s320/DSCN0152.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
An <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">excellent</span> team and one which has made Firefly what it is today. From left: Capt Jalil (Chief Pilot), me, Alita, Meng, Eddy, Capt Zeno<br />
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My friendly staff Lynette (Head of Cabin Crew) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Saiful</span> (Manager, Ops <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Disp</span> & Control)<br />
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With Lynette, Herman (the Fat Boy-<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">sotong</span> ball), Eddy & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Saiful</span>.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPj8MXkJBZ5GqJjl1nFgcBXplr0rFR0f_bKCReRwvAgNGj0UDWETer1PrHqlG9xxDgSRKTqyczWxv5uOjXa3eIyF0wvIfWS_tF9EqSZHYp3fIMfrPLioaSu14CDBfvLQpz0ZuV_sH5ZA/s1600-h/DSCN0157.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283655596222200658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPj8MXkJBZ5GqJjl1nFgcBXplr0rFR0f_bKCReRwvAgNGj0UDWETer1PrHqlG9xxDgSRKTqyczWxv5uOjXa3eIyF0wvIfWS_tF9EqSZHYp3fIMfrPLioaSu14CDBfvLQpz0ZuV_sH5ZA/s400/DSCN0157.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> With my favorite Boss, Eddy. Makes me think of the others - Charlie Chan (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">SIA</span>), Jack Bird (MAS), Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Hassan</span> (MAS), Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Khairi</span> (MAS), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Naresh</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Goyal</span> (Jet Airways), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Nira</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Radia</span> (Magic Airlines) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Jeh</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Wadia</span> (Go Air).<br />
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<span style="color: #330033;">My deputy and Chief Pilot, Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Jalil</span>. A pilot & a gentleman.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfOWZw3iVO2A167GjK4m4pKTWipH-hwgTlhZcpJ39uppx1cznuq1oJhWykm0bbQitehzNNruLJ6_FdtF3_XgQ6JAeXGqI0_lRIX_7o8vQUrX_MoQFfgfNyBTKC0wmB9McJXO-lIqWSg/s1600-h/DSCN0159.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5283652103521892866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbfOWZw3iVO2A167GjK4m4pKTWipH-hwgTlhZcpJ39uppx1cznuq1oJhWykm0bbQitehzNNruLJ6_FdtF3_XgQ6JAeXGqI0_lRIX_7o8vQUrX_MoQFfgfNyBTKC0wmB9McJXO-lIqWSg/s400/DSCN0159.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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My sincere thanks to the Staff of Firefly and especially Jalil Mt Dom, for a touching and memorable occasion.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-48393221907144032542008-08-16T16:57:00.000+08:002021-03-23T15:33:57.582+08:00Firefly Pt 3: Evacuation Demo for 1st on type - 16th Aug 2008.An evacuation demo the ATR 72-500 was required by DCA, was conducted on the 16 Aug 2008.<br />
Participants prior to the demo. Aircraft was positoned in front of Hanger 1.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtDFjDz-6iVh-9P23yuGQtGhFwO_N_W57qWTMMs5a8G33CJYjLT6RKf4dJVa6BTXj1Eevv6AfubE7Ic84cGCU6xHFvYAw0uKKxd-gp4O8iB06O-i6HefA_2sgWevRv0V7fmzeBE_rCA/s1600-h/DSCN1342.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269179941516311042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtDFjDz-6iVh-9P23yuGQtGhFwO_N_W57qWTMMs5a8G33CJYjLT6RKf4dJVa6BTXj1Eevv6AfubE7Ic84cGCU6xHFvYAw0uKKxd-gp4O8iB06O-i6HefA_2sgWevRv0V7fmzeBE_rCA/s400/DSCN1342.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Pre-evacuation.<br />
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1st run.<br />
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After the first round of Evacuation, its all smiles from Meng, Yusri, & Jalil<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-33829338002195508592008-08-11T15:48:00.000+08:002021-03-25T16:44:46.957+08:00Firefly Pt 2: 1st ATR, Ferry & Arrival Subang. 11th Aug 2008<span style="color: #000066; font-size: 130%;"><strong><span style="color: #333399;">9M-FYA Firefly's first ATR Delivery and Ferry</span></strong> </span><br />
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Aircraft <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">taxiing</span> out for Departure Toulouse. Crew were - <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Capts</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Jalil</span> Md Dom, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Fauzi</span> AB and Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Norhalim</span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">DCA</span>) and F/O <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Najib</span>. Enroute layover stops were <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Pahpos</span> in Cyprus, Muscat, Chennai to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Subang</span>. Subsequent deliveries from FYC onwards were via Abu Dhabi instead of Muscat)<br />
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20 ft to a perfect touchdown <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Subang</span>, on the 11<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">th</span> Aug 2008 at 1709 hrs.<br />
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Our MD Eddy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Leong</span> jumping for joy and taking a giant leap for Firefly.<br />
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The Acceptance and Ferry Team.<br />
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Past experts on aircraft Acceptance & Deliveries - Self and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Dato</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Tajuddin</span> (now Head of Operations, MAS)<br />
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FY team from L- R: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Alham</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Hj</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Yusof</span>, B.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Saiful</span>, Eddy, Christophe and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Fajar</span>.</div>
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<strong><em><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "arial";">This was been my 23rd involment in helping finalise an Agreement for airlines (MAS, Jet Airways, Go Air)</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "arial";">Below:When two legal brains show some interest, something is up. Rohaila (who finished worked at 2 am) and Francios (ATR). </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "arial";">Our MD, Eddy Leong, trying to convince his boss, MAS M.D Dato Idris Jalal, that we have left some margin for the 72-600.</span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "arial";">I Joined the airline on 15th Aug 2007 as Head of Flight Training ( Jan 2008, redisgnated as Head of Flight Operations) and in charge of the Malaysian ATR Training Centre that MAS intended to start. It is a difficult mountain but probably would be the one to remember in my latter years. </span></em></strong><br />
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<strong><em><span style="color: #000099; font-family: "arial";">Currently we are finalising the Purchase Agreement for 10+10 ATR 72-500's for Firefly and next week the ATR training team would be down.<br />
Below is our Negotiating team, with Fook Meng taking this shot. From Left : Francios ( Contracts -ATR) , Rohaila ( MAS's Legal Manager), Eddy Leong (M.D -Firefly), & Christophe (the Sales & Marketing Director for ATR). </span></em></strong><br />
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<div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-72208626967633322122007-01-30T18:23:00.000+08:002021-03-28T17:54:39.122+08:00Avalon Aptms, Powai, Mumbai- May 2007<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Meriam</span> & me outside Avalon <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Aptms</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Powai</span> on 26<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">th</span> May 2007, the weekend before our departure.<br />
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<div>19th Oct 2006- Blessing ceremony for WAD. Group Photo with the MD of Go Air, Jeh Wadia. We were like one small family and the airline looked set to be different. I am extreme left with Meng my Engineering counterpart 3rd from Lt. <br />
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<div>Mr Jeh Wadia is the handsome gentleman in the centre (brown shirt). Sadly many of the staff below have left Go.<br />
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One of the happier moments in GoAir as Exec Vice President Flt Ops.<br />
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<div>During Lunch on a Saturday Vasuki, the MD's P.A, organised a cake and a small gathering in our cafeteria. On my right is Vasuki and on my left Sashi the only Secretary servcing Flight Operations. The staff were very closely knit and treated us foreigners well although, Vasuki loves to smear you with that gouey creamy stuff which she performs to all on their birthdays. Unfortunately she is no more with GoAir.<br />
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</div>Vikram Imanandar - ex Naval Dornier pilot. Big guy, very strong, but I think my son Andy can flaten him. <br />
<div>Selected him for A320 course after much objection from Capt VK Sharma. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFW1nZzqKR6rSgI5mE2jXSDswgNzrR0_ecvkYaoRLTqFSk4MpdK3vS6BWvB0GXjKeuEtRpgzXWr9hkbsaislF0HScLzk0umdQdWklOQujOEE5qPIiP_ddeCuty1K9TJ029KMwVT46eA/s1600-h/DSCN0887.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110054871120908130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicFW1nZzqKR6rSgI5mE2jXSDswgNzrR0_ecvkYaoRLTqFSk4MpdK3vS6BWvB0GXjKeuEtRpgzXWr9hkbsaislF0HScLzk0umdQdWklOQujOEE5qPIiP_ddeCuty1K9TJ029KMwVT46eA/s320/DSCN0887.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: left; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a><br />
Called me from Toulose mid way through the Flt Simulator Training phase saying that he wanted to give up and come back. I spent quite a bit of time giving him encouragement and true enough after 2 extra sessions he made it. Now GoAir has a potential Captain. Praise God.<br />
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<div>Wonder if Go appreciates this??? Indians to appreciate??<br />
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<div>But do we worry - nay, we are a different generation, a holy people, we serve our Lord and give glory to Him that we can serve him such.<br />
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My time with Magic Airlines, India was from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Nov</span> 2004 to Mar 2006. <br />
Based in New Delhi. <br />
Magic was then a new start up <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">LCC</span></span> airline that was due to launch in Oct 2005. It had 4 Malaysians in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">startup</span> team namely: <br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Ng</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Fook</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Meng</span> - VP Engineering & Project Head. <br />
M <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Subramanium</span> - VP Finance <br />
S <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Murugesu</span> - VP Commercial <br />
Myself - VP Flight Operation. <br />
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It was about the same time as Spice & before Kingfisher were also seeking "NOC" (no objection certificate). Run by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Nira</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Radia,</span></span> a very bright, energetic and capable lady, who was also owner & Chairman of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Vaishnavi,</span></span> one of India's largest Corporate Communications firms. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Tata Group,</span></span> if I am not mistaken, is their biggest client. <br />
Unknown forces however, prevented the airline from being granted the "NOC", and we dismantled in March 2006. A sad day as the airline would have gone places and made a name for itself. <br />
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Some of the Magic's family are present below, in a Diwali gathering held at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Nira's</span> (Boss) farmhouse in Delhi. She joined us a bit later. <br />
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Below from left: <br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Muru</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Meriam</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Meng</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Chari</span> (Engineering) & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Chandrasekara</span> (Advisor ex- Indian Airlines)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-anQgkbzjVS424JmnymzVIab1kgCmZ4Kd2IgB8PgOs6xyvMRd_Xjf9DoIV3yplgjlflP1FP00wFsUUJ0s-WKBkBMpvgX3Ndm8t7v6ziVJrQ7-mIrT4jR_DBJ5v8mKMEhJnZZXjzvEDg/s1600-h/DSCN0103.JPG"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Karuna Maam! Nira's (Bosses) sister with Chandrasekara & Muru.<br />
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</div>When two Engineer's get together guess what the subject of their conversation would be?? <br />
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From left: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Subramanium</span>, Chetan, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Muru</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Rejev</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Mohan</span> (Director Corporate Affairs) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Meriam</span>. <br />
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This time with me in the group. <br />
From left; Rejev's wife, Subra, Muru, Chetan, Roland & Meriam<br />
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<div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-84072903608018353642006-04-23T17:20:00.000+08:002021-03-25T16:41:44.160+08:00Delhi 2005/2006 - Chandigarh, Jaipur, Nainital<div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;"><u>Delhi- Nov 2005</u></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<strong><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;">A Punjabi Wedding</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Capt Rohit Kapahi and Kritik</span></strong></div>We had the opportunity to witness a true Punjabi wedding on the 23rd Nov 2005.<br />
It was that of F/O Rohit Kapahi with Krithik both of whom were know to us. Their parents Capt Kapahi & Renu were very dear & good friends of ours.<br />
Rohit flew with me as F/O and Krithik was a Flight Stewardess recruited by MAS for their Indian sectors.<br />
Of course Capt Kapahi was one of my B737 crew when with Jet Airways.<br />
Below from left seated & facing camera: Krithik, Rohit, Renu & Capt Kapahi. Surrounded by family & friends.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Also known as the 'Pink City' which is the striking colour of the old city. Pink is also the colour of hospitality in Rajastan. Jaipur is an hours flight from Delhi and about a 4 hours by road (NH 8). Roads were good & superior to those we drove on elswhere in India. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To the south of Jaipur is Udaipur, which is also a beautiful city in Rajastan.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">We had started of from Gurgeon in SW Delhi which is on the NH8 to Jaipur. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Below, stopover for early lunch. Driver Pradeep is on the right although I did all the driving.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYEgv7m2_tj1TNOILz8znDtBaPSNQDd79pzYM9CFLfyjEjLuSKKMJrsfSX_i4Z4oEX_RJInCdoiwVlBlqEh1GnCVDonspbU-9RGodjUk3dYJViDf8B9FseFsZHfVi_oAhZpnDZWvDPA/s1600-h/DSCN0187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYEgv7m2_tj1TNOILz8znDtBaPSNQDd79pzYM9CFLfyjEjLuSKKMJrsfSX_i4Z4oEX_RJInCdoiwVlBlqEh1GnCVDonspbU-9RGodjUk3dYJViDf8B9FseFsZHfVi_oAhZpnDZWvDPA/s400/DSCN0187.JPG" vr="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Arriving Jaipur, a gloomy 'zoomed' photo of the Amber Fort as we are driving. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hawa Mahal is a major landmark and a famous tourist attraction of Jaipur. The Palace offers a beautiful sight to behold. The literal meaning of Hawa Mahal is Palace of Winds. Hawa Mahal was built by Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh in 1799. It has 953 small windows decorated with tiny lattice work. It has 953 small windows decorated with tiny lattice work. These pink sandstone windows commonly known as "Jharokhas" are constructed in such a style, that it looks like a giant honeycomb.</div><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Nainital is a glittering jewel in the Himalyan necklace, located at a height of 1938 meters (6356 ft) above the sea level. A place which is blessed with interminable scenic beauty, Nainital is northern India's most popular hill station and health resort. What is uniquely special about Nainital is that it's splendid beauty is matched with an equally salubrious climate. Because of these reasons, tourists keep pouring in here round the year. This attraction of this tourist town revolves around its Naini Lake. However, it is not just the lake but the entire place which is quite developed since it is an important district in Uttaranchal and a flourishing tourism destination.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nainital is 322 kilometres from Delhi. The journey took 6 hours the last 80 km up a winding road a good 1:30 mins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Nainital’s unending expense of scenic beauty is nothing short of a romance, as some of the photos below will indicate. </div><br />
We made this journey just prior to the snow falls in early December that prevented further travel to the resort.<br />
Left Delhi very early in the morning and stopped over at a place just after the outskirts of Delhi. This was to avoid the traffic jams in the Delhi area. It was winter and the temperature around 7 deg. in the Delhi outskirts.<br />
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Meriam, with our Driver Pradeep waiting for some b'fast. Quite a deserted restuarnt at that time. <br />
Our didn't quite trust my Driver to take us up the mountains so I did all the driving. Pradeep lended the moral support and a sense of security in a foreign country.<br />
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A journey which should normally take 3:15 hrs on Malaysian roads would take us close to 7 hrs. Here is the reason why. The UP roads were atrocious. Taken just after a rail train crossing in UP. We had to cope with bullock carts and other slow modes of transportaion along the way.<br />
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Half way up the winding road to our destination.Nainital is behind the hills in the background. The winding road up the hills were tricky with none of the protection barriers we find on the way up to Genting Highlands in Malaysia.<br />
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Arriving Nainital - on the outskirts of the town.<br />
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Meriam freezing cold in the resturant at the Boat Club -hardly any heating.<br />
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The jewel. Beautiful sunrise.<br />
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The lake ringed by homes, hotels, shops, etc<br />
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On the way home a small cafe(??) at the foothills. Stop over for breakfast.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-18862169622812651932003-10-06T13:52:00.000+08:002021-03-28T17:53:20.646+08:00Mumbai 2000, Shubham Aptms Juhu, & Jet Airways StaffMy Manager, Ops Engineering - K S Ramakrishnan. A wonderful and brilliant Performance and Navigation Engineer. Together we acheived a lot. He retired just before I did and is currently either in the USA or Coimbitore. Amazingly fit for a 76 year old.<br />
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<span style="color: #000099;"><strong><em>Regina, My loyal and faithful <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Secretary</span> for the 6 years I was in Jet Airways - 1997 -2003.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><strong><em>An East Indian, married to Mark <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Hanif</span> with 2 beautiful children, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Keagan</span> & Roxanne.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><strong><em>To date she has never forgotton mine or Meriam's birthday (my children have!) nor our Anniversary.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #000099;"><strong><em>Kudos to you Reggie, and may God Bless you and the family always. </em></strong></span></div>
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The approach into Bagdogra is not easy as it is surrounded by restricted areas and hilly terrain to the north. It is surrounded by four countries, namely, Nepal to the west, Sikkim to the North, Bhutan to the North East, and Bangladesh to the South East.<br />
During the rainy season and low clouds extreme caution on the part of the pilot is required with specific procedures to be followed.<br />
Below: Our aircraft in transit at the apron in Bagdogra (IXB). Awaiting passenger boarding for return flight to Calcutta.<br />
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Guwahati is the largest city in the NE region of India.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It was raining and turbulent all the way from Calcutta (CCU) to Guwahati, located in Assam.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Below: Aircraft is making a low visibilty approach into Guwahati. Just about make out the Brahmaputra River in background left.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Know for its tea industry and sprawling tea gardens. Assam Tea anyone?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Another low vis approach in rain to Guwahati Airport. Shorter strip and restricted apron and taxiway.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Capt Mohan (ex- DFO Air India) is standing to my right below.<br />
Photos were taken at a farewell luncheon held in SM Centre, Mumbai.<br />
On my left is Cmdr Baal & Gr Capt G R Reddy (Simulator Engineering Manager).<br />
Back to the camera is Regina my secretary.<br />
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Also present were Peter Leuthi, the new COO and Wolfgang the CEO.<br />
The brains behind the Airline are Saroj, Vic Dungca and ofcourse the man himself Naresh Goyal its Chairman.<br />
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My words of response were: "There's a tide in the affairs of men which when taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitten........"<br />
I have taken the tide, and now, as all tides do ebb, so to, I have to ebb away into retirement."<br />
S.K Datta ( with the beard) smiles at this statement and so does Capt Malkani on his left and Jennifer D'silva (Exec PA to Chairman, Naresh Goyal).<br />
Thanks Jenifer for organising the farewell luncheon.<br />
Quite a sad day on the whole.<br />
On reflection Jet Airways was a very good employer and deserves the No 1 status it has acquired in India and maybe very soon, in the world.<br />
I am glad that I have, in a small way, laid some foundation in Flt Ops, and now pass on for better things in life.<br />
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<div>With young Capt Sudhir Guar in my office. Sudhir was also my Development Capt handling other Technical matters. </div><div>Both of them were bright young Captains, intelligent and eaisly moulded. </div><div>They are current A330/340 Captains with Jet. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufQIKiZcfcQVS9JlXcSMgLHxfN_HY53A52bOCm5wbAMJaHxd_Bi1j25RhaXFvJuF_dqY6hPqrV719vvpjlslekNJI7vDk6XK-s6SwIGyHWtDA0rFdEV580qZFF5TgRigd90nRy52EGQ/s1600-h/Picture+810.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372001232991849506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufQIKiZcfcQVS9JlXcSMgLHxfN_HY53A52bOCm5wbAMJaHxd_Bi1j25RhaXFvJuF_dqY6hPqrV719vvpjlslekNJI7vDk6XK-s6SwIGyHWtDA0rFdEV580qZFF5TgRigd90nRy52EGQ/s400/Picture+810.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div>2003- In my Jet Airways office at SM Centre Andheri-Kurla road. An overload desk!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BptqyUY2FPC0G-S6JiwWsOGVyQJbc48gh1zh0piSnKTPr6YFyBpt1x0gone5uSPG9yo0KiV2rxmnZQwAA9hczhYJrZUwBLo9BQ6LLoDUSxQg2Ym-DJdWQxJZ3034MHKPclG9iPkfTw/s1600-h/Picture+809.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5372000705732369362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3BptqyUY2FPC0G-S6JiwWsOGVyQJbc48gh1zh0piSnKTPr6YFyBpt1x0gone5uSPG9yo0KiV2rxmnZQwAA9hczhYJrZUwBLo9BQ6LLoDUSxQg2Ym-DJdWQxJZ3034MHKPclG9iPkfTw/s400/Picture+809.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-83324769049369908022003-05-15T14:43:00.000+08:002021-03-25T16:52:21.242+08:00Reminiscence of Jet Airways - India's largest Domestic Airline<span style="color: #000099; font-size: 130%;"><u>The good times with Jet Airways - Jan 1998 to Jun 2003</u></span><br />
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My 1st visit to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">BOM</span></span> to meet with Jet Airways CEO Nikos <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Kardasis</span></span> and Chairman <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Naresh</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Goyal</span></span> was in Dec 1997. Jet had only 15 B737 - 400 aircraft then. <br />
It was Dato Guru the VP Ops for Jet Airways, who invited me to join him. <br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Meriam</span></span> who was still employed as Physiotherapist in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">GH</span></span> KL, also accompanied me.<br />
We were provided with a Hertz car to view the city and and assess the living conditions. Must say we ended up fascinated with the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">prospect</span> of spending the next few years in India.<br />
Below <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Meriam</span></span> on a shopping spree in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Colaba</span></span>.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOityTcia2RyDV7wwnl-Vrq9pOwIhETyZZMN0ttRFLDbn8jpgNwPAbD7iG8-xf9IErdQufb2Saa1ObFqibF_bk4T0NTUpT__47-CMWv9F4t22F5uWbLOpEmHOfXHiIEXTQsraWGM6vHac/s1600-h/BOM+1st+Tour.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347826807455699058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOityTcia2RyDV7wwnl-Vrq9pOwIhETyZZMN0ttRFLDbn8jpgNwPAbD7iG8-xf9IErdQufb2Saa1ObFqibF_bk4T0NTUpT__47-CMWv9F4t22F5uWbLOpEmHOfXHiIEXTQsraWGM6vHac/s400/BOM+1st+Tour.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 280px;" /></a>Jan 1998 - Em<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ployed</span></span> by the Airline. A Flight Operations Christmas party, organised by <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Dato</span></span> Guru (VP Ops) in Jan 1998 was for me, a fitting introduction to the staff of Jet Airways.<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Meriam</span></span> on the dance floor with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Sainath</span></span>, who gave us a fine display of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Bollywood</span></span> dancing.<br />
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Staff of mine below. Meeting Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Hatangadi</span></span> (Ops <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Mng</span></span>) & <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Kumaran</span></span> (Tech School <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Mng</span></span>), for the first time.<br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vt51nKH89yZL5hu07_xc9xkR1u19duUel8HrHVgs1SE111jrKQZF30v0RRTl7nfU4vCg1IApU45lk9Flk8gR0FOpEDrvsX6dxCPZ7WlT9_yIEsaW5GLXDtv0jcuHYCZNU6nwlcx1e70/s1600-h/BOM+Kimaran.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347825434346625282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6vt51nKH89yZL5hu07_xc9xkR1u19duUel8HrHVgs1SE111jrKQZF30v0RRTl7nfU4vCg1IApU45lk9Flk8gR0FOpEDrvsX6dxCPZ7WlT9_yIEsaW5GLXDtv0jcuHYCZNU6nwlcx1e70/s400/BOM+Kimaran.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
The first of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Naresh</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Goyal's</span></span> dinner parties. </div><div>We all congregated in an apartment below his so as to make a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">surprised</span> entrance, as it was Nita <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Goyal's</span></span> birthday. It was all to confusing to me then.</div><div>Below From L: Mrs <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Baliga</span></span> (a gentle refined lady), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Meriam</span></span>, Philip <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Crasta</span></span> (VP Planning), Mr <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Baliga</span></span> (VP Engineering) and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Dato</span></span> Guru (who was sick and left early).<br />
<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfFOId7uezT1oyPyYbM_LaGmDK6yke5BaCJFcTlBR6Pea4jqZbfsd44MqBZZDH2tbpOkhw5Wyr2c4nMxiPgQ9Rs31HM9jBvs_75Ljvjfdk_keiUG5Dw40Jt3e704qL0pIFulKMwvSHLQ/s1600-h/BOM+1st+dinner+at+NGs.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347825167410403858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidfFOId7uezT1oyPyYbM_LaGmDK6yke5BaCJFcTlBR6Pea4jqZbfsd44MqBZZDH2tbpOkhw5Wyr2c4nMxiPgQ9Rs31HM9jBvs_75Ljvjfdk_keiUG5Dw40Jt3e704qL0pIFulKMwvSHLQ/s400/BOM+1st+dinner+at+NGs.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Nita's birthday bash. Below from L: Famous South Indian <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Actress</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Sri</span></span> Devi, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Meriam and </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Naresh</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Goyal</span></span>.<br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfG0wQLgbsPvdlQv1folXzsFhZcUpHRhCr3hcNx7KN81B13Ej2j94-D5a6JyPkeIRnZ2kKxqyj4fu0czj3Q2LYLwTz0Fucl23e5Lbt-T1jA4lMwXeJ0GMQ82hsW2Lvn0_hyGqHXotIk8/s1600-h/BOM+NG+&+Sri+Devi.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347824947784602850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfG0wQLgbsPvdlQv1folXzsFhZcUpHRhCr3hcNx7KN81B13Ej2j94-D5a6JyPkeIRnZ2kKxqyj4fu0czj3Q2LYLwTz0Fucl23e5Lbt-T1jA4lMwXeJ0GMQ82hsW2Lvn0_hyGqHXotIk8/s640/BOM+NG+%26+Sri+Devi.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Meriam</span></span> with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">Sri</span></span> Devi & her husband below.<br />
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<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUM2U1DXnt1nNFlemVi91f-sJLsZwtFEdL_1EmMdJBFOYO3ovGz6G1NmdqDUZlf_IbVWwNFUznbNpjVX80teV4xyFCrRZrmbnqCU17u-ioU_mMtScED8f40htG8ieqkxSNPs10dUoPhs/s1600-h/BOM+Sri+Devi.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347824773594499234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJUM2U1DXnt1nNFlemVi91f-sJLsZwtFEdL_1EmMdJBFOYO3ovGz6G1NmdqDUZlf_IbVWwNFUznbNpjVX80teV4xyFCrRZrmbnqCU17u-ioU_mMtScED8f40htG8ieqkxSNPs10dUoPhs/s400/BOM+Sri+Devi.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> Gert Van <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">de</span></span> Veer, ex Chairman of South African Airways was a Board member of Jet. Here we are after a Board meeting having a discussion. Guru does not look very convinced!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347825856272442226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8SvQI6XJi3nZgiKTRieXjt2tieMuLGA2MUFpm1pYPAalLvrpBCWidmfOmfhBNR1kXRrG1qtwkLM9HmcyZGbYNb6D2jvWTaC8RnJFM5cbHNaYT0_2FliDrCXTF0cQ7WKBt-1RQXYspUw/s640/BOM+Board+meet.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></div><div>After a heavy day in the office I am relaxing with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Meriam</span></span> on our 'love chair' in the bedroom. We had a beautiful bedroom in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Shubham</span></span> Apartments, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Juhu</span></span>.</div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347824588578875906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh93gJOHzV38rfP5GFwz_qDqIXmmaeX7Tyk6wPXKga811bJ6VGo1k4v3w9i7nLwQUQ3NyVfXEiEBwl7s3SMjgutpLNQD3mgGRtwX_ftUMbxU7hR5fxbt8aEuF5SNZGi1HNV019hIytdA/s400/BOM+Love+chair.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 266px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" />Les Hayward and Karen having fun at a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">Divali</span></span> party at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">Naresh's</span></span>.</div><div>Les was an ex-Qantas Captain who was also head of the B747-400 fleet.</div><div>He joined Jet a few years later as Ops Manager. He left Jet 2001 and is currently serving on the Board of Air New Guinea.<br />
To the left of les is CEO Steve Forte's wife.<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">Divali</span></span> dinner at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_38">Naresh's</span></span>. </div><div>Included in the picture are Steve Forte, who had joined us late 1999 as CEO replacing Nikos, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_42"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_39">Saroj</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_40">Datta</span></span> ( Executive Director).</div><div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347823374220770162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumjnu67Nj6Ku1K3kbBvkh1qcxb3T4lKVcTa8JHF7kXVqqh5bnkMDOOb1nPRgz9a53cYeZK7PeQoZ2S7z7ZGVoGFq4eDs1B8jJBqZsRKAgPxcxW4QyONS31aezkAiFpfqkZXzaJJWM9vU/s640/BOM+NGs+House.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /><br />
Les Hayward had decided to call it quits in 2001. We threw a farewell party for him on the 26<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_41">th</span></span> Feb.<br />
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<div><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347823806672366002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbLZLeaMK15rVsvAyFBulEOGE-kcB5x3RbJypAebr4HMmzloxyElss-gRHYU1H07GF1s1Sov_gTVyP4KgKB7Gw2cY5x_gN8J6uPyjGzCAxlfUIrhjvQVzXkNU8JyNZuTBVDVUKDHCmEI/s640/BOM+Les+Hayward.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></div><div><br />
<div>Another 'do' at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_43">Naresh's</span></span>. This time we have new entrants into management viz. 2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_44">Snr</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_45">VP's</span></span> under Steve Forte.<br />
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<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_46">Steve</span></span> chatting with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_47">Saroj</span></span>.<br />
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<div>A simple impromptu gathering of Management Jet Airways on my 59<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_48">th</span></span> Birthday. </div><div>We had just completed a Board meeting - hence the disheveled looks on some of us. </div><div>The scene was at the Mainland China <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_49">restaurant</span> which was just down the road from SM Centre, our office</div><div>In the picture from R are: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_50">Sarberjit</span></span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_51">Jeyakanthan</span></span>, Gen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_52">Ashok</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_53">Verma</span></span>, the great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_54">Hariharan</span></span>, ?,? . <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqwLacNvdV5fJbmjBpvNog3eMLf6geEnyRcWePrQ4KRwyZ7QhxRIdtuCtM6ZoI4_L7mNWRamfpy4IQOHfAuN9EqvKDKAhysZHucetV2kZLvUFzvagNi0ttHVe9-MmdWoKxdu-Lref6RE/s1600-h/BOM+bday4.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347821602400971458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqwLacNvdV5fJbmjBpvNog3eMLf6geEnyRcWePrQ4KRwyZ7QhxRIdtuCtM6ZoI4_L7mNWRamfpy4IQOHfAuN9EqvKDKAhysZHucetV2kZLvUFzvagNi0ttHVe9-MmdWoKxdu-Lref6RE/s400/BOM+bday4.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div><span style="color: blue;">Another <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_55">sectio</span></span>n of the Chinese <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">restaurant</span>. Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_56">Naveen</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_57">Malkani</span></span> is seated at the rear. His wife <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_58">Jeya</span></span> is seated next to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_59">Meriam</span></span>.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqah1yEImr4Es_ZyvguUIBQtSg8awiJ3uBCLHiOUKcyUOhkGKn5WtEWdQ6YFvw2ZESEc400c31iCXgYcaOZOyPsvSkmt4Tgyoehs-ubbIOHkthFUZX5f5zTr3BpFM_37fMI4odm6g-r4c/s1600-h/BOM+Bday+2.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347820733279988530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqah1yEImr4Es_ZyvguUIBQtSg8awiJ3uBCLHiOUKcyUOhkGKn5WtEWdQ6YFvw2ZESEc400c31iCXgYcaOZOyPsvSkmt4Tgyoehs-ubbIOHkthFUZX5f5zTr3BpFM_37fMI4odm6g-r4c/s640/BOM+Bday+2.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
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<div><span style="color: blue;">My colleagues and our Boss at gathering. </span></div><br />
<div><span style="color: blue;">From L: Capt <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_60">Sarberjit</span></span> Singh, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_61">Baliga</span></span> (VP), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_62">Naresh</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_63">Goyal</span></span> (Chairman), <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_64">Rajesh</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_65">Verma</span></span> (VP), Nita <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_66">Goyal</span></span> (VP) and a smiling <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_67">Premila</span></span> (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_68">Naidu</span></span>?)</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #000099; font-size: 130%;">59 years old and looking young again - without the beard. </span><br />
<div>I am ready to cut the cake. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_69">Jeya</span></span> (Capt Malkani's wife) seems to be having a good laugh. </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV3VsiIGy59hq1LP5o-4BRTIkZ_fCEsmtY6pHeApbjj_d8mSrxEGkUUTMvdu01X8UljiuJllJAZYVsH6LMB8pi076fv0ZGiH-HI3qbLKuzfWKZjLYurMHdRGWGCrBik_CCGznvaVIAwE/s1600-h/BOM++bday+3.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347818961854056498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV3VsiIGy59hq1LP5o-4BRTIkZ_fCEsmtY6pHeApbjj_d8mSrxEGkUUTMvdu01X8UljiuJllJAZYVsH6LMB8pi076fv0ZGiH-HI3qbLKuzfWKZjLYurMHdRGWGCrBik_CCGznvaVIAwE/s400/BOM++bday+3.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><br />
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<div>My staff in Flight Operations. Taken on the 27<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_70">th</span></span> Jan 2003 a few months prior to my departure. Can only recollect some of the names.</div><div>Rear L-R: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_71">Geeta</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_72">Renita</span></span>, Pamela, ?, Angela, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_75"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_73">Vidiya</span></span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_76"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_74">Vaishali</span></span>, Regina (my dear secretary)</div><br />
<div>Front L-R: Savina, Gloria & Me<br />
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Dinner hosted by President of Embraer on the occasion of the signing of the LOI by Jet Airways. Our CEO Steve Forte is on the extreme right.<br />
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It was a busy night - hence the discussion with Mr Saroj Datta. And Naresh was making things easy either.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Unknown Airport</u></span></strong></div>
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Below: Just on top of clouds cruising at 31,000 ft. You could make out the mountains to the north which are part of the Himalayas.<br />
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As we get nearer destination high ground appearing just prior to descent</div>
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Descent has commenced, cloud cover is not bad, as we can perform it visually. Altitude is 30,000ft approx.</div>
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Initial descent at 30,000ft</div>
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Descending through a pass - altitude around 24,000 ft which is the minimum height at which a decision to turn back or proceed to destination is made.</div>
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Altitude is around 18,000ft. Airport is around 11,500ft !!!!!</div>
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Exciting isn't it ???Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063206081827036704.post-14533358658501156342002-04-05T17:05:00.000+08:002021-03-25T16:45:30.019+08:00Our Visit to Niagara Falls and OntarioYear 2000! Trip to Ontario to finalize arrangements for purchase of a B737-400 Flight Training Device for Jet Airways. The team included my Tech Development Captain Sudhir Gaur and our Simulator Maintenance Manager G.R Reddy (retired IAF Group Capt)<br />
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Transit at Amsterdam<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><i>The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara river, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the US state of New York. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (121 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.</i></span></div>
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Meriam. It was freezing and many parts of the falls were frozen<br />
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Notice the right half of the falls are partially frozen.<br />
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Canadian falls.<br />
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Canadian horse falls. Due to the wintry conditions the "Maid of the Mist" boat cruise was not in operation.<br />
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US side of the falls also partially frozen.<br />
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Wind blown shot.<br />
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Freezing in the tunnel - tunnel effect<br />
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Night view.<br />
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Our hotel.<br />
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Dinner with the President and staff of Atlantis the manufacturer of the FTD (Level 4)<br />
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Meriam seated next to Sudhir<br />
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Dinner at the revolving restaurant, CNN Tower.<br />
From left: Meriam, Sudhir, Reddy and me.<br />
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CNN Tower<br />
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View of the ground below.<br />
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Railway station Ontario. Proceeding to Montreal for flight home.<br />
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Meriam with Sudhir.<br />
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