Richard Yeomans

I’m in Moscow and it’s cold.  Well, I think it is cold, it’s -10 and feels freezing, the locals just say that I should wait until the winter really starts.  It’s cold enough for me and I have to say it looks nice with the clean white snow on the ground.  We stay in a hotel pretty close to the airport and it is a country club and spa but facilities are a little limited due to the cold.  It has a pool and gym but I find that I am a little lacking in motivation to get wrapped up to go across to the pool.

We got into the hotel pretty late last night and I have spent the morning catching up with a little sleep and this afternoon I am getting stuck into Flight Crew Finder chores as I listen to my Spotify playlist.  We are having a big surge of effort over the next few weeks to get most of the site constructed for a launch early next year.  There is no fixed date yet but, I can say for certain, it will not be launch until it is fully ready and tested.

I head home tomorrow and I have a busy week collecting and checking all the promotional material I have ordered.  We will need to get some photos of the things we have so I can post them here.  Keep an eye out on these pages and also follow us on Facebook for the most up to date news and the odd job advert.

I have had a day in Geneva and I have had a chance get stuck into some work.   I love the idea that I can continue to work from my hotel room around the world and there is no real difference.  I can set up the phone to work through the computer and when someone calls the Flight Crew Finder number it rings on my laptop.   I am someone who tries to resist all change but, I have to say that I love my laptop and my little mobile office.  It gives me a feeling of being at home with the BBC i-player, it is a phone and it a good way of keeping in touch.  Dare I say Facebook – too addictive.

I have had to write an article for the Netjets Safety News.  I have been putting it off for weeks but once I started the article started to flow pretty well.  I have to let the article ’settle’ for a day or two and then I will read it and then re-write and edit the article so it makes some sort of sense.  I have been continuing to deal with lots of emails from people interested in Flight Crew Finder.  I enjoy dealing with people enthusiasm and I just can’t wait until the site is up and running and we can see people getting paid employment.  

I have taken delivery of the Flight Crew Finder ‘crew tags’ but I have yet to see them as they arrived after I left to go on tour.  I have placed an order with a local embroidery shop and they are making up some samples.  We hope to distribute and sell some of the t-shirts, hats and bags from the website and trade shows.

The worst thing about flying is getting to the airport and some say it is the most dangerous part of any journey too. Today, the traffic gods frowned upon me and I was late, so late I missed my airline. I feel a little guilty as I only allowed 3 hours for the 60 mile journey and I knew I may hit some traffic. It all worked out well, I have enough time to fly to Geneva without delaying the revenue leg to Rome this evening.

Heathrow is quite pleasant today, it’s quiet I do like Terminal 5. I have my favorite little places to hide and keep away from the masses.

I have only had 4 days off and try have been packed days. I have been working on the Flight Crew Finder project. The website design is now complete and the build continues. I know so little about the mechanics of website construction but, I know what I like!

I have ordered some samples of promotional material and I will be posing in some photos next weekend for the online shop. The ‘crew tags’ have landed in the UK and hopefully I’ll have them when I return from tour.

This week away has to be a writing week. I need to write an article for Netjets Safety News as well as loads of copy for the website.

Follow my progress on Twitter @flightcrewfind and on Facebook!

I have had a pretty busy tour but it has been really enjoyable. We have had a great mix of flying and spent quiet a lot of time in the UK. It is strange but I really enjoy spending time in the UK, I like the familiarity of it all. Have I travelled too much? I don’t think so, I still really enjoy my job and think it is the best job in the world.

I have suffered a little frustration with some of our handling agents. I think with the reduction of flying activity some of them may be losing their focus. It took over an hour to get towed out of a tight parking stand yesterday and that made us late for the rest of the day. These are the frustrations of a Netjets pilot!

Flight Crew Finder has published it’s second news letter and it can be found here. Things are progressing well and the contest for the web site design is well under way. I hope we will have a winner within a few days and then the building work will really begin. It is so exciting and I can’t wait until I can get out and spread the word to all those companies who will be looking for pilots and cabin crew.