Richard Yeomans

It was the standard day 1 start with an early airline to Nice.  I met with the crew in the airport then we caught the bus to Cannes.  I was a little unhappy about using public transport but, it was great.  I loved the room of the bus and not having to squeese into a taxi for an hour.  The bus was pretty cheap too and will keep the accounts department happy.  The weather was really beautiful and the countryside is just perfect on the Cote D’Azur.  The sea was as calm as a mill pond and the air as clear as I have ever seen it; the mountains were stunning with the snowy peaks looking so close.

When we got to the airport we had a change of plan and had to go quickly to Paris.  In my excitement I managed to break my headset.  I didn’t really have time to fix it before we departed and I just pushed it  together.  Once we were in the cruise I asked the flight attendant for some tape to make a quick fix.  That didn’t work and it looked like mended National Health glasses.  The FA said she had some glue and came to the cockpit with some superglue.  Great, easy fix and I just need to glue plastic to plastic.  I glued and left it to dry for 15 mins; all dry, perfect.  I popped the headset on and was all smug as we arrived in Paris.  As we parked up and shut down I tried to take off my headset but it was glued to my head.  I had a mental picture of having to meet the passenger wearing my headset.  Maybe, I would have to wear it for the rest of the week, how would I sleep?  I just bit the bullet and ripped it off, I was lucky it didn’t take any skin with it.

We ended up in Berlin and I tried to get an early night and rest my poor sore ear!  It was good to do some flying today, I think the company seems busier, maybe we’ll have a busy summer and some of the poor souls will be able to keep their jobs.