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King of Netherlands secretly a KLM FO.
He's been an FO for 21 years on the Fokker, now transitioning to the 737.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e798368c723a |
Interesting but not a surprise. In Great Britain Prince Charles and his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry all have been helicopter pilots in the military.
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It is really amazing that he has been able to keep this under wraps for this long. It speaks to a great deal of humility and a passion for aviation that he didn't go public with this for his ego or some sort of political gain.
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It aint a secret any more 😳
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Haha so cool. Wish I could cherry pick my two locals every month and call it good ! :)
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I wonder if he bought the beer on the overnight or insisted everyone go Dutch.
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Originally Posted by 303flyboy
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Haha so cool. Wish I could cherry pick my two locals every month and call it good ! :)
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
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Interesting but not a surprise. In Great Britain Prince Charles and his sons, Prince William and Prince Harry all have been helicopter pilots in the military.
It's the norm for young royalty to do military service, kind of expected. A bit unusual to fly for an airline, but cool non-the-less. We tend to get wrapped around the negatives of the airline biz sometimes, but when you see rock n roll gods and kings doing our job when they don't have to it reminds you that a lot of people wanted to do this, but not many could (especially in the older generations). |
Originally Posted by rickair7777
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It's the norm for young royalty to do military service, kind of expected.
A bit unusual to fly for an airline, but cool non-the-less. We tend to get wrapped around the negatives of the airline biz sometimes, but when you see rock n roll gods and kings doing our job when they don't have to it reminds you that a lot of people wanted to do this, but not many could (especially in the older generations). Up The Irons! |
Originally Posted by DC8DRIVER
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It is really amazing that he has been able to keep this under wraps for this long. It speaks to a great deal of humility and a passion for aviation that he didn't go public with this for his ego or some sort of political gain.
Actually pretty well known in The Netherlands. Just nobody really made a big deal about it as it's been his hobby. Europeans tend to respect privacy a little more. Then prince now king also participated in skating events under a pseudonym that everybody kinda knew anyway. http://www.slate.com/blogs/five_ring_circus/2014/02/23/elfstedentocht_this_insane_120_mile_speedskating_r ace_makes_the_winter_olympics.html Doesn't the King of Jordan fly occasionally for Royal Jordanian? I think his dad did. Present King Abdullah flew against ISIS http://controversialtimes.com/wp-con...2/Abdullah.jpg I'll rate that a little higher on the BA-scale then the occasional passenger flight that 'nobody knows about'. |
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