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British Airways Captain – (Retired)
A boy from a council estate, becomes that Radio 4,sometimes, hard to hear captain’s voice.
I’m now too old to be an Airline Pilot – apparently the CAA don’t want old duffers staring out of the window all day. Strangely though, I have been paid to do that for decades. So, instead, I now talk to rooms, not metal tubes, filled with people.
Grounded, in every sense of the word, I was a normal kid with an abnormal ambition. I became a normal man, a husband, a dad, a fixer of things, and a normal pilot who thanks to thousand of fabulous colleagues, who in some cases were far from normal, I was never on the news!!!!
About Their Talks...
If you want a dry technical explanation of flying, then swipe left – I’m not for you. However, if you want a laugh, I might be what you are looking for
I have 45 yrs of experience. I’ve flown many different airliners form the little ones with propellers and dials to the 747 jumbo jet and even the mighty A380 super jumbo. I flown hundreds of thousands of passengers over millions of miles, but frankly I still have little idea how any of it works!! How the hell do those huge things get off the ground?
I’ll give you an insight into becoming a pilot, and hopefully give you a humorous flavour of some aspects of this complex and fascinating profession.
The speech has a couple of risqué bits which can be tempered a teeny weeny bit for those who might prefer knitting or growing tomatoes, to being entertained by Jimmy Carr. If you wish me to speak after dinner, preferably after everyone has generously lubricated their oesophagi, then this speech could work well.
Fee:
I’m happy to speak for free and hopefully share an evening of fun with you.
I merely ask for a minimal contribution towards travel cost of £25, and that a similar contribution be made toward a charity of your choosing.
