G'day,
I was the HS Field Rep based at Qantas from 1981 to 1989 and during that period a number of Qantas JFC technicians were sent to HS for training on the JFC 68. I retired to Sydney in 2002 and have kept in touch with the guys at Qantas I worked with. Times have changed and Qantas has decided to shut down the Component Overhaul Shop at Mascot and this past Friday they had a farewell luncheon which i attended. There wasn't a lot of guys from the 1980's there but every one of them that was there that had gone for training asked me how Ray was. It was sad to have to tell them that he had passed away but it felt good knowing that these guys still rememberd him as i will! He was one of the best service engineers we had and had a talent to explain how to fix a problem with the 68 in terms that even I could understand! He was, as we say Downunder, fair dinkum!
Rob Mueller
Heritage Funeral Home