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AS MENTIONED IN MY LATEST JOURNAL.... SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT ME....

ONE OF MY PASSIONS IN LIFE WAS COMMERCIAL AVIATION, FROM A GROUND HANDLING POINT OF VIEW...

A FRIEND AND EX-COLLEAGUE OF MINE ALLOWED ME TO PUBLISH THIS PHOTO TAKEN LAST WEEK...
IT ILLUSTRATES THE END (OR ALMOST END) OF A DAY'S WORK FOR SOMEBODY WHO WORKS ON THE GROUND -
ENSURE THAT FLIGHTS LEAVE ON TIME, WITH THE PASSENGERS ALL SEATED, THE MEALS ON BOARD, THE BAGGAGE,
THE CARGO, THE FUEL AND THE SECURITY CHECK ALL DONE TIMELY AND SAFELY.

ONCE THIS IS ALL ACCOMPLISHED YOU ENTER THE COCKPIT AND HAND THE CAPTAIN THE PAPERWORK THAT
SHOWS HIM HOW HIS "SHIP" IS LOADED, WHETHER THERE ARE ANY ALTERATIONS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, ETC.

THAN... HOPEFULLY, ON TIME.... YOU CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT'S DOOR AND GIVE THE OK FOR THE PUSH BACK AND TAXI...

I SAID "DAY ALMOST FINISHED" BECAUSE YOU THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICE AND HAVE ALL THE DETAILS
SENT OVER TO THE DESTINATION CITY, HAVE TICKETS DOUBLECHECKED, ETC, ETC, ETC.....

AND IF YOU HAVE A GOOD TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.... IT IS ALL ENDS UP BEING ANOTHER GOOD DAY......

I CANNOT AND SHALL NOT GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT THE STRESS THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE CURTAINS TO ENSURE ALL
THIS HAPPENS, AND THE AIRCRAFT LEAVES ON TIME, FULL OF CONTENTED PASSENGERS.....

IT IS A DAILY CHALLENGE.... BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE IT... IT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT....

THIS .... AS I SAID... IS THE JOB I DID AT LISBON AIRPORT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.....

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AS MENTIONED IN MY LATEST JOURNAL.... SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO KNOW A BIT MORE ABOUT ME....

ONE OF MY PASSIONS IN LIFE WAS COMMERCIAL AVIATION, FROM A GROUND HANDLING POINT OF VIEW...

A FRIEND AND EX-COLLEAGUE OF MINE ALLOWED ME TO PUBLISH THIS PHOTO TAKEN LAST WEEK...
IT ILLUSTRATES THE END (OR ALMOST END) OF A DAY'S WORK FOR SOMEBODY WHO WORKS ON THE GROUND -
ENSURE THAT FLIGHTS LEAVE ON TIME, WITH THE PASSENGERS ALL SEATED, THE MEALS ON BOARD, THE BAGGAGE,
THE CARGO, THE FUEL AND THE SECURITY CHECK ALL DONE TIMELY AND SAFELY.

ONCE THIS IS ALL ACCOMPLISHED YOU ENTER THE COCKPIT AND HAND THE CAPTAIN THE PAPERWORK THAT
SHOWS HIM HOW HIS "SHIP" IS LOADED, WHETHER THERE ARE ANY ALTERATIONS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, ETC.

THAN... HOPEFULLY, ON TIME.... YOU CLOSE THE AIRCRAFT'S DOOR AND GIVE THE OK FOR THE PUSH BACK AND TAXI...

I SAID "DAY ALMOST FINISHED" BECAUSE YOU THEN HAVE TO GO BACK TO YOUR OFFICE AND HAVE ALL THE DETAILS
SENT OVER TO THE DESTINATION CITY, HAVE TICKETS DOUBLECHECKED, ETC, ETC, ETC.....

AND IF YOU HAVE A GOOD TEAM WORKING TOGETHER.... IT IS ALL ENDS UP BEING ANOTHER GOOD DAY......

I CANNOT AND SHALL NOT GO INTO DETAILS ABOUT THE STRESS THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE CURTAINS TO ENSURE ALL
THIS HAPPENS, AND THE AIRCRAFT LEAVES ON TIME, FULL OF CONTENTED PASSENGERS.....

IT IS A DAILY CHALLENGE.... BUT FOR THOSE WHO LIKE IT... IT IS QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT....

THIS .... AS I SAID... IS THE JOB I DID AT LISBON AIRPORT FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.....