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Old 07-26-2007, 02:04 PM
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Taking a moment from the muck fights to ask everyone to check their FCIFs. We had a crew member pass away today.

Very sorry to hear the sad news.

Does anyone know the details?
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Old 07-26-2007, 02:14 PM
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It's always a bummer to read these.

I still wish that they would attach a photo, for those of us that are name recall challenged.
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Old 07-26-2007, 02:26 PM
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God Bless him and his family..
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Old 07-26-2007, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Busboy View Post
It's always a bummer to read these.

I still wish that they would attach a photo, for those of us that are name recall challenged.
Busboy, I have asked many of our ACP's for this for many years. We already have an existing set of digital ID photos in the system that could be used on the secure, encrypted side of our pilot.fedex.com web site. I keep hearing it's a privacy issue. Well, my argument to that is let the individual pilot opt out if he's worried about another crewmember seeing his photo. We already have that capability for calendars and phone numbers. Plus any swinging ramp agent at any station can pull up our mugs but we aren't allowed to see them.

I have often recognized a name of an ill or deceased crewmember but couldn't put a face with the name. A photo may have made the difference on whether I would have sent a card, money or other condolences to the family.

About a year ago one of our Airbus F/O's who flew SIBA a lot passed away due to cancer. While we couldn't see his picture the passionate people at OPs in Paris put a nice page with a color picture up on their bulletin board for all to see. I saw it and immediately recognized him as someone I had seen many times in Paris Ops and in the AOC. Had I not seen the picture he was just a familiar name with no face.

I suggest we do as the UPS pilots do and put something on our MEC web site. UPS recently lost a Captain to cancer a few days ago and the union put up a nice web page on their web site with a biography on the pilot including his picture.

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Old 07-26-2007, 02:37 PM
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Paul was a good guy. A long time DC10 FO, I flew with him several months when I was in the back seat. Always ready to hit the town and buy a beer. He was in the process of A300 Capt checkout.
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Old 07-27-2007, 10:24 AM
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I also knew Paul. Great guy. Does anyone know how or why he passed?
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Old 07-27-2007, 12:09 PM
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my info says he passed in his sleep..sad!
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Old 07-27-2007, 04:25 PM
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my info says he passed in his sleep..sad!
Maybe, but when it's my turn, I'd like to go that way too. Actually, if a person has a terminal disease, there's really no better way to go. I'm sure that he died of something (cancer, heart disease, etc), as very few people just "pass away in their sleep." Regardless, it is a very sad thing, especially for the family. God Speed.
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God bless....
the family is in my prayers..
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Old 07-27-2007, 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Jetjok View Post
Maybe, but when it's my turn, I'd like to go that way too. Actually, if a person has a terminal disease, there's really no better way to go. I'm sure that he died of something (cancer, heart disease, etc), as very few people just "pass away in their sleep." Regardless, it is a very sad thing, especially for the family. God Speed.
Actually, it was sudden. He missed an event during training, so someone checked his apartment and found him.
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