2012 roundup

Well here we are again, the last posting of 2012, this time it was 123 flights totalling 279 hours visiting 45 different airports in 24 countries. Flying 199,550 Km’s and creating 27 tonnes on CO2 , 1.35Kg’s of Nitrous oxide and 1.35Kg’s of Methane which is always disappointing.    

Business wise I think it’s been my most difficult year ever the business has expanded rapidly and the expansion has gone well but it’s now a much bigger business that takes a lot more managing, it is also a disappointment to me that I can’t spend as much time with the frontline staff in the business as I used to . We did not make the profits I was predicting but this was entirely due to late cutover of the new customers and 2013 is looking really positive at the moment. The Euro seems to have settled down but economic conditions are still difficult.

Personal highlights for me were seeing the Olympics and feeling incredibly proud to be British getting to the Paralympics and having my attitudes changed. I also take huge pleasure in the voluntary work that I do with the school, the Air Training Corps and the Youth Football club. Of these the School is the most rewarding the primary education of the next generation is important to us all.

 

In 2013 I am hoping I might be able to reduce my travel a little and I am taking more direct flights than I used to. After 11 years of getting on an aircraft on average once every three days it is becoming a little wearing. That said I see no sign of this happening in the short term making it more of a desire than a realistic goal, in the first 15 days of 2013 I will be visiting Qatar the Czech Republic and Hong Kong.     

 

Happy New Year !!