Did you train with some of the people you now work with?

Did you train with some of the people you now work with?

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The people we trained with, we very rarely flew with, because we were in the same position in the aircraft as you were. They were the third officer to start with, or the second officer, who is effectively the third in command. All your friends that you trained with were all second officers, so they all were in different aircraft. The next time I saw them was when we were close to retirement, flying on the Jumbo, because if you did a very long sector, then you had two captains, two co-pilots, and the better the chances of the two captains both being of the same vintage. It could well be a friend of yours from the day you trained.