Look at me now…..i’m flying!!!!

After 7 and a half loooooong weeks, I finally passed all 24 of my exams getting a surprising 98.9% average pass mark! Well done me!!

Group 190 celebrated getting our wings with an Aussie style BBQ cooked by our instructors and then onto a few bars for some vino’s.

Group 190

Our Aussie wings

Virgin Australia being a very organised company gave us all “buddys” for our first 12 sectors.  So bright and early on Monday morning with a spring in my step  I set off on a flight passengering to Melbourne to meet her.  My first flight was Melbourne to Brisbane return on an aircraft that holds 110 passengers (or guests as Virgin Australia refer to them as!) This was such a strange concept for me after serving 400 passengers, sorry….guests!! for the past 8 years!

As I approached the aircraft I was catapulted back in time  to my first day at Virgin Atlantic all those years ago, I started getting nervous and in a panic as I realised all these 7 and a half weeks of training where I was in a constant state of boredom I now have to put into practice! But Jules my buddy saw me gave me a massive hug and said “Welcome to Virgin Australia!”. What a way to start!

As soon as we took off I realised how much I had missed flying, it was great to be back, even if it was with the nickname “newbee” now.

The flight was just under 2 hours, a far cry from my usual 8 hour flight, and time flew by ( excuse the pun!)  The 3 other crew were lovely and the passengers…sorry guests! Loved asking me where my accent was from. I was roped into making all the annocements because everyone loves the English accent and that has pretty much been my job every flight since.

After just over a week flying I have completed my 12 sectors with Jules and have now ventured out alone.  The Australian crew are really nice, everyone is interested in my stories from Atlantic.

In 7 flying days I have been to- Brisbane, Melbourne, Coolangatta, Mildura, Cairns, Coffs harbour, Adelaide and of course Sydney.  It’s good to be back in the air but this time with Aussie wings!