So this is it. The MD-11, one of Swissair's longhaul jets. As you might know, I started off flying the Fokker 100, then changed onto the Airbus A320/A321/A319 (just varying in size), but still flying all around Europe. After 5 five years, I started a transition course onto the MD-11. That was in July 1998. I finished training in September 1998, and the first flight (as being checked out) went to San Francisco, where I met Seiko (from the Weizmann bunch), who - unfortunately - could not come to the wedding.

Anne-Sylvie and I got to fly together a lot between the wedding and her pregnancy (both working, of course). In December 1999, she quit flying (because of the baby) and started to work on a desk in the Swissair Operation Center, where she was helping Flight Attendants with a myriad of problems. This way, saying good-bye to flying wasn't that hard after all, since she still saw all the people she loved to fly with (and also the others...).
 
 

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