And what do you do?

Nothing as interesting as the Justin/nator saga. What a great story.I flew for a living. About 7 years in the Canadian military and then over 31 years with Air Canada. I had to retire at age 60 just over 3years. My last aircraft was an A340 and my last flight was Hong Kong/Vancouver.As a result at the age a lot of you were learning really interesting stuff in university I was trying to acquire skills in aviation. I'm trying to make up for it now, to whatever degree I can, but as you'll notice by my posts it's slow going.Now my job is leading sing songs by playing music from the first part of the last century to groups of unsuspecting seniors. I do that as well as being a warden in our church. (Anglican) I try to keep time aside for reading, (science and theology), but I don't get as much time for that as I'd like. (Some days, like the last couple, I spend too much time posting on EvC which cuts further into my reading time.) Actually the main reason that I spend time here is that there is so much accumulated knowledge, and as a result I spend a lot more time here reading than I do posting. Thanks to all who share their insights and wisdom.

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Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

It was my childhood dream as well. I was extremely fortunate. I always seemed to be in the right place at the right time which was none of my doing. Mind you, being born in 1943 and ahead of the baby boomers was an advantage although my dad died in service, (an RCAF Navigator) in 1944. I always been blessed with good health and so I had no problems that way.I flew and instructed on the A320 and love Airbus technology. I saw a video presentation of the cockpit of the 787 the other day and seeing as how my airline is getting them I found it really disappointing that I had to retire without getting a chance to fly it.My favourite airplanes though were the C130 and the DC9.