So where I work we've recently released a series of video's detailing the many many jobs that all make part of the day to day running of an airline. Most of yee on here will be well aware of how the pilots day goes, but ever wondered about the engineers, caterers, Ops managers, ramp agents, cargo masters, cabin cleaners, dispatchers, customer service agents ect...

 

Well here you go, I think it comes to about 30 mins in total if you add it all up, but there's certainly a lot more going on behind the scenes than just the pilots and cabin crew. Take a few minutes to check out all these rolls and more than make an airline work.

 

http://careers.aerlingus.com/career-profiles/

 

Regards,

Ró.

Which one of those videos has you in it Ró???

 

Don't tell me they didn't include the infamous Captain Ró O'Cadhain in those profiles

 

Cheers Mate

I agree with Matthew! You did this once in some other video, now, where are you now? :lol:

Nope, that one was a different one we did last year, not in these ones at all... ^_^

 

Regards,

Ró.

Darn, the job of the guy posting in flight sim forums is already gone. :(

 

Wait, there's

Simulator Specialist Maintenance and Integration

Means that one has to work in Rónán's garage, right? So lets see.

 

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables Include:

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  Ensure the full flight simulator and peripheral training equipment is developed and maintained to JAR FSTD A standards What? :wacko:

  
  

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  Perform simulator maintenance and engineering functions to ensure the simulator is ready for daily flight crew training Easy, me has FSX on a separate partition. B)

  
  

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  Support the maintenance, software development and quality functions within the Simulator Section Isn't that the same as above?

  
  

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  Utilisation of client-side systems to keep track of simulator defects Yeah, those darn defects. Well, lower your settings!

  
  

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  Support in the testing and quantifying of simulator dynamics Stop posting the same thing twice, ok? :mad:

  
  

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  Up skill on a large range of complex system technologies, assimilating technical and engineering information from a wide variety of sources, prepare concise logical engineering reports and feedback to Flight Operations and the Approval Authorities Geez, it's called tweaking!

  
  

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  Perform and organise software system backups Yeah, well, just because you folks always forget about backups, right? :lol:

  
  

Take a few minutes to check out all these rolls and more than make an airline work.

 

Really interesting Ronan. The videos are brilliant at emphasizing the importance and centrality of each service team.

 

As Aer Lingus Supervising Engineer Derek Cunningham said, "It's a massive industry, but a small community."

 

In a sense, that describes how I see, (in a smaller way), the flight simulation world, and AVSIM at the heart of it.

 

Kind regards,

Wait, there's

Simulator Specialist Maintenance and Integration

Means that one has to work in Rónán's garage, right? So lets see.

Yup, one of the key competencies they forgot to mention was being able to work quietly before 7am (that's sleepy time...) ^_^

 

 

As Aer Lingus Supervising Engineer Derek Cunningham said, "It's a massive industry, but a small community."

In a sense, that describes how I see, (in a smaller way), the flight simulation world, and AVSIM at the heart of it.

Yes the engineering video is my favourite of them I think, It's quite an accurate statement, for such a big industry / company, you'll always know almost everyone else, or at least know someone who knows everyone else... Same goes for FS, many people take part in it, but even going across the different websites and fora out there and you'll recognise others from the other fora.

 

Regards,

Ró.

Cool videos Ronan! Thanks. It's nice to know that the company has this family feeling. It's, in my opinion, one of the most important things for a successful company. Similar to ours (it has been started in 1950s by a family).

I agree, the airlines are like a Family. My sister-in-law works over at United Airlines in Chicago in Operations. I would say the culture is similar there as well. Lots of friends that look out for each other.

 

Cheers

what is most common in conversational language in the company (ATC comms excepted)? English or Gaeilge?

what is most common in conversational language in the company (ATC comms excepted)? English or Gaeilge?

English 99.999% of the time with the odd conversation "as Gaeilge", usually only when we don't want others to understand what we're saying though.... Also all our announcements are made in both English and Irish. English is the main language spoken in Ireland, despite Irish being our joint official language. Funnily enough you're the second person in the space of two weeks on here to ask me about speaking Irish in the company... :blink:

 

Regards,

Ró.