You Tube - Current Favourites

My name is ed, im addicted to youtube.

These are some of my favourites.


Thou shalt always kill - Velly Good

Hello Dave - Mash up of 2001 and Papa Lazarou

Autistic Basketball Manager - moving news story

Robocop Prototypes - Clip from Robocop 2

Braniac Test - Count the Passes

Hot Fuzz

If you liked Space and Shaun of the Dead then watch Hot Fuzz.
If you liked Hot Fuzz and haven't seen either of the others, then go watch them.

Happy Christmas

Like is says on the tin. I hope you had a good one.

A flying job!!!!

Wow, the "getting a recommendation" from my last entry months ago has finally paid off.

I haven't added anything here for ages. I intended to say how I was getting along with finding a job, but it wasn't going well so I didn't feel like broadcasting the fact. That, and laziness.

Well things suddenly changed. I had a couple of interviews in June, one of which I didn't get and the other, BA Connect I made it through to a Sim ride and as a result of that was put in their 'hold pool'. Basically a limbo where you may (or may not) at some point receive a call with a start date.

Well, Thursday afternoon two weeks ago, I received a call saying that someone had dropped out at the last minute, would I be free to start Monday? I almost fell off the roof(guttering repairs) and after a pico-seconds thought, was able to tell them that I would be able to help them out. The next day saw me being fitted for a uniform at BA uniform stores, Gatwick. That made it seem a bit more real. Can't really believe it fully yet though.

First I need to complete the type rating for the Embraer 145 - the (very sexy) plane I will be flying. The first two weeks have been hard graft with an exam we all passed today. Now follows another two weeks of groundschool, then three weeks in the Simulator before getting to fly the real thing.

Best get back to the books.

Recommendation

I have just been told that I will receive a recommendation from the school. By no means the guarantee of a job, but it will definitely give me more chances.
















Now I am stoked.

MCC course

Well after the CPL and IR, I thought the MCC wasn't going to be too bad. After all, the CPL and IR were pass/fail courses and we were told that for the MCC, attendance and 'being alive' were the main requisites. How wrong I was.




















We have now had 5 Sim sessions, where we are either Pilot Flying in the RHS or Pilot Non Flying in the LHS. Making the jump from props to as well as working in a multi-crew enviroment means that it has been a steep learning curve. However the last SIM today was the last one and also the best one. It went really really well. I was pretty stoked as it was all hand flown off raw data. Both Amotz and I finished in style.

Bloody magpies

Went to the beach last night for a quick session with Warren and Virginia who was brought up in Jerez. While looking for them, so magpies knicked my wetsuit and harness which was hanging up to dry. About 200 quids worth. Good to catch up with V+W though.