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Submitted by Peter Pihach,
I would like to add to Steve Aubury’s story from NetLetter #1530:
I was employed at Air Canada at that time and my position was Flight Crew Routing and Day of Operation in Vancouver.
Hearing the chatter on the Dispatch Radio Frequency I started to think about a possibility of crew replacement. After the second departure failed I, with my assistant started to find another replacement crew, both Pilots and Flight Attendants.
Aircraft and the desired amount of crew was ferried to Calgary. This was all done in 2 hours from call out to departure.
My wife Audrey as a Flight Attendant was working in First Class and was hearing all the commentary. Thanks,
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Gentlemen, you do a great service to the entire Air Canada and other Canadian airlines/employees.
My name is Robert Fuhrmann and I worked for Air Canada from 1967 until retirement in 1999.
I started in Chicago working on the ramp. I took time off when I was drafted into the US Army in September 1967.
I served in the Vietnam War in 1968 and 1969, then returning to Chicago and then transferring to Los Angeles in 1969 where I spent the rest of my career; 32 plus years total.
My grandfather, A. C. Gardiner, served as the Chief Auditor for CN Rail for 50 years in YWG and YVR. (CN then the overseer of Trans-Canada Air Lines).
One of my uncles, Bruce Gardiner, also spent 50 years with CN Rail. Another uncle, Harley Reed served in the transportation department for the city of Vancouver for 50 years, leaving as the Director of Transportation.
Adding my 32 years, that totals 182 years in service to Canadian transportation. Don't know if that is a record, but that is a lot of years of service.
Respectfully,
Bobby Fuhrmann Menifee, California |
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Jack Morath sent in this comment on Terry's UK passport item from NetLetter #1529 -
Good afternoon Terry,
I read with interest your item about your Passport, so I got into my family History and a bit of research and came up with the following:
Here attached is a picture (below) of my grandfather's passport issued in September 1926 when he was a Chauffeur driving for a millionaire. He drove a Rolls-Royce for nearly twenty years for him and his family.
The passport was issued during the reign of George V. My passport next to it was issued in 1952 and issued in the reign of George VI.
For a history of the UK passport see homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk
All the best
Jack
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