Official Opening of the CTC Crew Training Centre - Hamilton

Today was the Official Opening of the new training centre. Work on the building and surrounding area was finished just in time for the opening with some workers adding the finishing touch only a few hours before. We were all involved in the days proceedings to some degree, although John managed to miss the latter half of the day due to a doctor's appointment for a 'ear, nose and throat infection'. The opening ceremony went smoothly, despite half of the speeches being in Maori and no one being able to hear the translator. The rest of the afternoon was spent, chatting to the guests and helping with the running of pleasure flights for anyone who dared step in a plane with Dave Woodington, Matt Skilton or Peter Wheeler, some of our best instructors ;-) Nik welcomed the guests at check-in, but didn't charge a single cent in excess baggage, lucky he's not working for Ryanair! Morgan, Andy, Phil and Tony corralled the guests and made sure no-one missed their flight... except for a couple at the start where Tony managed to get the first three people lost on an apron with only three Seminoles about ten yards from the main doors... (For future reference, Tango is the one with 'T' on the side, Papa is the one with 'P' on the side and Victor is the one that's falling apart...) All in all, an enjoyable day. Back to work as normal on Monday.