Recorded in 1982.
David Gunson takes his work at Birmingham Airport seriously. He's been an Air Traffic Controller for approximately 12 years, and says he's determined to stick at it until he gets it right.
He is also in great demand as an after-dinner speaker, and while describing the niceties of nosewheel steering explains that "The passengers are bound to notice if they go through a hanger on take-off"!
David Gunson is a Yorkshireman to the core - and proud of it. He was born in Sheffield (where he insists that the M1 is cobbled!) and as a young man went to work in a steel foundry. He left, and joined the RAF, spending ten years with Coastal Command on Shakleton aircraft.
He is thus well qualified to take us behind the scenes in the world of flying, and with tongue very much in cheek, his "talk" skilfully combines humour with hazard, raising many a laugh - and many an eyebrow.
David Gunson's humour is based on fact, often mischievously, as with a wry smile he informs us that "We force them down narrow corridors, thereby increasing the risk of collision, while at the same time justifying the job of Air Traffic Controllers to keep them apart!"
22 авг 2024
