Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to Toulouse I go…

UPDATE!

Ian is to get his own A340-600, with customised titles

Many Congratulations Wys hope you have a great time. Great photoshops Sandy/Matthew 🙂

*skillfully changing the subject*

Look like VS are preparing for Ian’s arrival

Originally posted by Matthew Murray
No Sandy, we don’t!

We expect Ian to enjoy the A340 Course and have even more fun flying the A340! :rolleyes:

shut up! I was talking about once he’s flying

Originally posted by wysiwyg
Due to previous plans to phase out the 300’s it may be that we get trained onto the 600 only. I’ll have to wait and see. I didn’t get a choice between the 747 or the 340 which is probably a very good thing as I really don’t know if I could have been happy to reject either of them. At least this way I havn’t had to make the tough decision. I do believe that in the long term the A340 will give the better lifestyle but I would be a liar if I didn’t admit that the prospect of the course scares the pants off me. I feel very comfortable with Boeing because at the end of the day their aircraft are very basic and easy to live with. The big reddeming feature with the Airbus is that if I ever decide to leave Virgin the world will be my oyster as I can easily hop into any other modern Airbus with minimum conversion. Also there is a very strong likelihood that I could end up on the A380 within a very short period. Now that will be interesting…

Again congratulations Ian. Much deserved.
We expects photos aplenty 😀

Due to previous plans to phase out the 300’s it may be that we get trained onto the 600 only. I’ll have to wait and see. I didn’t get a choice between the 747 or the 340 which is probably a very good thing as I really don’t know if I could have been happy to reject either of them. At least this way I havn’t had to make the tough decision. I do believe that in the long term the A340 will give the better lifestyle but I would be a liar if I didn’t admit that the prospect of the course scares the pants off me. I feel very comfortable with Boeing because at the end of the day their aircraft are very basic and easy to live with. The big reddeming feature with the Airbus is that if I ever decide to leave Virgin the world will be my oyster as I can easily hop into any other modern Airbus with minimum conversion. Also there is a very strong likelihood that I could end up on the A380 within a very short period. Now that will be interesting…

ditto! – next step in the chain is your command in one! Virgin A340 Captain is certainly an impressive title!

yes good luck mate and well done 🙂

Well done Ian.Good luck in the new job!Hope they send you somewhere nice for your first trip!

Well done Wys , certainly a major step up from your Moni !!! 😀
Hope everything goes ok and looking forward to seeing some photos !!!

Al

Congratulations Ian! This was your first choice wasn’ t it.

Have fun, and many happy landings.

Great Ian . I’m happy for you. But……. you’re gonna fly this “ugly-underpowered-non-Boeing-thing” ??? 😀
-Was the A340 your only option at VS?
-Wil VS acquire new A340’s?

Congrats Wys!:D

Well done Ian, just in the nick of time too to avoid all those school holiday flights.:D

And as other’s have asked, will you be letting loose on the 600 ?

probably the A380 aswell:p 😉

Congratulations wys! Does that mean you get to go on the -600 aswell?

Congradulations wys looks like you could be my pilot after all when i go to australia and los angeles:D 😀

Congrats mate! A well deserved move, and what a great aircraft as well! Look out for captain Phil Weignwright (I think that’s how you spell it) he’s a mate who flies the A340s at VS, nice chap!

If Thomas Cook ask for anyone you can think of to fill in your seat at TCX you know who to call 🙂

Wys, why did you needed that french sentence?

Originally posted by wysiwyg
Dunno for sure. Probably about 3 weeks for groundschool and about 3 weeks for sim.

well just remember when your taxying that biatch around LHR, there an itty bitty wee bit more wingspan 😉