31 October 2006
The end of my adventure with MyTravel
Well that's it then for my experiences with MyTravel out of the Newcastle base. I had an amazing 6 months working with some really fun and interesting people. It was obviously hard (nothing hasn't been during all of my flight training), but hugely rewarding. Hopefully the experience and knowledge I've gained over my time with MyTravel will help me find a good job in due course. I finished with just over 400 hours, and 112 sectors (so 56 return flights), this included 79 take-offs and 83 landings (All flights had a take-off and landing! However, during line training I was offered a few extra take-off & landings by the Captain!). The longest flight was 5:12h blocks-off to blocks-on (i.e. including all ground time moving under our own power), with the shortest being 45 minutes (Manchester to Newcastle ferry flight with a time in the air of 29 minutes!).
It wasn't much fun handing my uniform and pass back in, however, I'm sure it won't be long again before I'm bounding about another airport somewhere else.
Only one more adventure left... the MyTravel end of season Party. Due to be held down in the deepest darkest depths of Newcastle City Centre. No photos will be taken to protect the innocent!