King of Netherlands secretly a KLM FO.
05-18-2017 | 09:13 AM
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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
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.e798368c723a
05-18-2017 | 11:49 AM
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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.
05-18-2017 | 03:57 PM
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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).
05-18-2017 | 04:04 PM
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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).
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!
05-18-2017 | 05:44 PM
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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
I'll rate that a little higher on the BA-scale then the occasional passenger flight that 'nobody knows about'.
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