This story<\/a> about a returning-from-holiday aviation mechanic who, when he heard the aircraft that was due to fly everyone back to the UK had developed a fault, stepped up, volunteered his services and repaired the airplane, made me sit back and think.<\/p>\nWhat, I wondered, would be my skills that could be called upon in an emergency?<\/p>\n
‘Is there a technical project manager in the house?’ That’s an emergency call that isn’t very likely to happen, is it?<\/p>\n
But ‘Is there a battlefield-trained medic here?’ Yeah, that’s got some value. If the victim is suffering from a major shrapnel wound or is oozing his (or her, these injuries aren’t that choosy) intestines through a hip-to-shoulder abdominal slash, then I’m your man.<\/p>\n
How about ‘Is there a former electronic intelligence officer with a security clearance greater than the Prime Minister here?’ Nah, that’s not terribly useful, is it?<\/p>\n
How about ‘A Class One Marksman able to take out a moving target with a headshot? At night? From 250m?’ Well, I’ll concede it’s a skill unlikely to be called on in the departure lounge of Menorca airport, but hey, it’s an attribute that’s cheered me up in my most people-hating moments.<\/p>\n
‘Let me through I’m an aircraft engineer and I’m rated on this aircraft type’ wins, in this instance.<\/p>\n
‘Let me through I’m a doctor’ would probably come a close second.<\/p>\n
But I do wonder where, in the World Rankings of Usefulness the phrase ‘Let me through I’m an MP’ would score?<\/p>\n
What would be your call to step in to the breach?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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