The Transition

Oh dear.  The little company I've been working for went bust.  Wouldn't have known if it wasn't for the wonders of Google Translate.  Sat in the hotel playing Sins of a Solar Empire (awesome game), Finnish email came through.  I'll translate it later, after my game.  Unfortunately that game takes hours but something nagged at me.  Translate.  The word "bankruptcy" leapt out at me.  I leapt out my chair, shoved everything into a bag and legged it calmly out of that hotel in Birmingham and drove home.

And here we stand, hoping very much for a transition from this-

Retro and Hipsterish.  Not acceptable

To this-

Shiny and new.  I'll have some of that

The Boeing 757 was designed about 40 years ago.  It is a classic in every way but they don't make them anymore.  This means job opportunities get less and less.  This does not please me.  As much as I love it, I hope never to fly it again.

To the future!  I want to fly the 787.  Brand new with the new plane smell I have never smelled.  It may mean moving away for a while but I'm willing to do it for the career.  And head-up display!!  

The transition will be straight forward.  Boeing are lovely people and keep a certain philosophy to their design.  It is one I know well.  I'll just have more toys to play with.

To the future.

Gee us a job....