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  7. Posted · Report reply

    2 days ago....

     

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    Descending into PEN. Weather had been so cloudy all the way.

     

     

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    I like the open concept of the airport.

     

     

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    ATRs are very active here.

     

     

    SS bro,

     

    Video was handheld. Had to be rock steady. Quite bumpy during take off roll. Hehe. Beautiful sight it was.

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    Norman, don't worry about the inflight supervisor. Let bygones be bygones. After all u already got your wish to fly cargo plane. Keh Keh.

     

     

    Spotting can be tiring sometimes, especially if it involves day and night.

     

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    About slightly more than an hour before departure. Cargo and bags were not loaded yet. Thus a clean sight. :drinks:

     

     

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    My Standard Operating Procedure. Nose! Yeah..... :db:

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    Sometimes in late 90’s, Jon fulfilled his dream to become a pilot when MH accepted his application.

     

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    Captain Jon @ Emperor Kong. A happy face upon promotion to Triple 7 fleet.

     

    Before joining MH, he was a yellow bus driver, transporting kids within his neighbourhood to a public school nearby. The force had always been strong in him. With such a short stint in MH, he was able to become the commander of MH Triple 7 in 2006. I started to know Jon when he made his maiden flight on the type. I was on the right seat. Another good buddy of ours, Norman, was another co-pilot that always flew with us.

     

     

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    Me and Norman. I always smoke before boarding.

     

     

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    Jon flew the Triple just like the way he drove a school bus.

     

     

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    During good days at MH.

     

     

    Since then we had flown many times together on the Triple 7, to the nearest destination such as Penang and to as far as Newark. We always argued in the cockpit as Jon was fond of cutting corners and not following Standard Operating Procedures. But there had always been no hard feeling between us and our arguments were always constructive.

     

     

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    Standard Operating Procedure hardly existed in Jon's code of conduct then. :acute:

     

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    Argument like this was always constructive..... :drinks:

     

     

    Middle of this year, the three of us were retrenched by MH. Obviously our retrenchment was part of the ongoing systemwide cost cutting measures. However we are the unlucky few, because apparently, most of the pilots within MH remain employed. I suppose our discipline was the primary cause of our fate. Jon, who’s morning diet has always been roti canai until today, had the habit of unstrapping his seat belt upon rotation. Yes, its a NO NO to do this but such behaviour was confined in the cockpit and we were able to hide it under the blanket. However, due to many many years of this prolonged habit, the story eventually reached the Human Resource Division.

     

    I have been a smoker though out my life since puberty and I guess the cigarette stain that I left (although unintentionally) on the tiller of many Triple 7s in the fleet had made me to the top of the retrenchment list within Flight Ops. Norman too was also the unlucky one. But I do understand the reason behind his retrenchment. He was once caught by the Inflight Supervisor, stealing memory card from the inflight duty free trolley. Although he was forgiven by MH, his action remained the black spot in his disciplinary file.

     

    Jon and I decided to be be daring and we applied for BA. Norman didn’t because he had always dreamed of flying a cargo plane. (He is currently a commander at Raya Airways). Although many airlines would readily accept ex-MH pilots due to their excellent reputation , we were surprised being hired by an airline like BA. However, we have been told (upon reporting for duty) by its Flight Ops that the parent IAG has this new policy of hiring pilots with 'Asian looks’ for its 789 fleet as the type will be flown to cities like Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi. Still, why us? Why are both of us so lucky?? There are so many other very good Asian pilots as potentials. Right?

     

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    During good times at MH. Triple was like a religion 9 years ago.

     

     

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    Good times are back!!

     

     

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    The good memories of Triple 7 are erased completely. This one is a lot better! :clapping:

     

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    Old habit dies hard. Procedures shall always be the last in his mind.....

     

     

    I start to ponder about our lucky fate and very few things strike my mind. I think Jon got the job because he nailed the final interview at BA with flying colours. I know that there is this favourite niece of his who has been studying at Balliol College, Oxford University. He is always hooked on Face Time with her daily. I guess the constant communication with her naturally somehow improved his British accent, thus possibly had made the BA recruitment team very much impressed.

     

    I got the job because I think that the news of my application had somehow reached the top bloke in BA. Just few years ago, I managed to solve a fight between an English man and our local red taxi driver. I was walking by the road side around Bukit Bintang shopping area and I bumped into these two individuals shouting at each other next to a red taxi. The English man complained to me that the taxi driver might have adjusted the fare meter and that such a short 3 kilometre trip from the Twin Tower to Sungei Wang Plaza had cost him RM50/-. I was in a rush and after helping to resolve the fight, I only managed to pass my phone number to him. Days later I received a ‘….once again, thank you...' message from him and below the word ‘Regards’ was his name, Keith Williams. I had never known who he was because I had always associated Willie Walsh with BA.

     

    We pray and hope our stint at BA will last until our retirement. :clapping: :clapping:

     

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    Referring to a recent event, Jon is always paranoid now days whenever I get out from my seat.

     

     

    Hope you all enjoy our little story.....

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    You are right Alif. Robert was a BA cabin crew before. He is young (late thirties) and has good potential in BA. He is recently promoted as Head of Sales, Asia Pacific. That includes Asean, India, Australia, Korea and Japan. China & Hong Kong are big markets thus BA has another Head of Sales for that area.

     

    Robert is a lot busier person now and still remains in Singapore. Malaysia BA rep, Vivian Tan reports to him.

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    Chaity, Flee, Hooi Yen. Thanks for the kind words. Hope you really enjoy thus far. Lots more coming..... :drinks:

     

     

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    Gorgeous.... BA and MAHB were such a sport. :clapping: The plane left untouched for few minutes. So that Mwings could shoot a 'clean' aircraft.

     

     

     

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    Jedi Ong grabbed the opportunity....

     

     

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    Eh, where the h** did he come from??? :shok: He was supposedly positioned at 32R. I guess, he could have run back like a cheetah....kekekeke.

     

     

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    My 'Standard Operation Procedure'......NOSE!! Kekekekeke

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