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Have you flown with King Willem Alexander?
Posted: 2017-05-20, 12:31 pm

viking43
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It has been revealed that the King of the Netherlands has been acting as a co-pilot for KLM and Martin Air for the past two decades.
http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/18/europ ... klm-pilot/

Link to CNN news item.
Re: Have you flown with King Willem Alexander?
Posted: 2017-05-23, 4:20 am

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I saw that article and had a laugh.
He said that concentrating on flying helped him clear his head of other weightier concerns.
He isn't 737 qualified, so that rules out most of my KLM flights out of Amsterdam.
He flew Fokker's, mostly very short flights, 20-40 seats.
Good for him.
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Re: Have you flown with King Willem Alexander?
Posted: 2017-05-23, 6:30 am

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Apparently, he's going to be getting certified for larger aircraft because KLM is phasing out the smaller ones. Doubt he'll be flying to and from Toronto, but you never know...
Re: Have you flown with King Willem Alexander?
Posted: 2017-05-24, 8:21 pm

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Its possible. The Fokker is the popular choice for KLM to use between Glasgow & Amsterdam.

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