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Okay...I'm figuring this thing out...

Since I'm now directing people to this, I'll explain again here, just click the login with Facebook button and it should open a window for your facebook login details, that's all you have to do and you're ready to go on the site!

Once you've registered, you should now be getting access to all of the site. Once I've added you to the 254 group, you'll get access to a private part of the forum and you'll be able to add photos to the Gallery, go to the private bit for instructions (well I'll write them shortly...)

Let me know if there's things that you can't access that you should be able to and I'll look into it!

Some more stuff:

All the news stories are back, but lots need pictures fixed, so if you have any that fit in, feel free to send them on and I'll fix them. Until then, stories from halfway down Page 8 (http://ap254.com/blog?page=8) and on still have the pictures intact.

If you want to remind folk of some of our old hijinks, find the story you want, click on the title of the story, then click the 'Like' button, hold the mouse over the newly clicked Like and you can enter a message to post it to your facebook profile with.

Hope that makes sense...

It has now come to our attention, that all 24 (100%) of AP254 have now be awarded jobs. In fact that sounds so good lets say it again. All 24 members of Ap254 now have jobs! So it is now time to start planning the first AP254 reunion as we all now have (or soon to have) cash coming into our bank accounts once more! So this is time to open suggestions to everyone of what we all want to do. As summer is going to prove very difficult to get everyone together and many of us will be still doing TR during the autumn a perfect time could be prior to Christmas or in the early new year. Whatever the arrangements, it has to involve alot of alcohol. So fancy a few days in NY just before Christmas or possibly skiing in early next year? Well make your suggestion in the comments boxes below and AP254 Events & Escape Committee will convene in the near future to formally consider all valid proposals. By the way, we are always looking for new members to join the Events & Escape Committee (So email Panda if you want to help out as he is sick of it!).

It is with great pleasure that we can today announce that every member of AP254 has now accepted an offer of
It is with great pleasure that we can today announce that every member of AP254 has now accepted an offer of employment with an airline (and all of them to sit in the right hand seat no less!)

Who would have predicted when we all met up for the first time in September 05, that less than two years later, half of us would be on line with the other half hot on their heels doing type ratings. It has been a lot of work, but I think we can all be proud of ourselves today. Here's the list...

• Dave Bell, British Airways, Boeing 737, London Gatwick
• Dom Bradshaw, British Airways, Boeing 737, London Gatwick
• Kev Briggs, British Airways, Boeing 737, London Gatwick
• Vicki Brookes, Thomas Cook Airlines, Boeing 757, London Gatwick
• Graeme Butler, Aer Lingus, Airbus A320, Dublin
• Adam Carter, Aer Lingus, Airbus A320, Dublin
• Jen Caudwell, Ryanair, Boeing 737, TBC
• Mark Corbett, Aer Arann, ATR42 & 72, Galway
• Tom Gabriel, Flybe, Bombardier Q400, Guernsey
• George Godding, BMI, Airbus A320, London Heathrow
• James Graham, British Airways, Airbus A320, London Heathrow
• Greg Hardman, Thomas Cook Airlines, Boeing 757, Manchester
• Mikael Jakobsen, Air Greenland, Dash 7, Nuuq
• Adam Kohler, British Airways, Airbus A320, London Heathrow
• Richard Mallows, British Airways, Boeing 737, London Gatwick
• Katie Marsdin, Flybe, Bombardier Q400, Isle of Man
• James O'Donovan, Aer Lingus, Airbus A320, Dublin
• Richard Palmer, Thomas Cook Airlines, Boeing 757, Birmingham
• Tom Perrins, Thomas Cook Airlines, Boeing 757, Manchester
• Adrian Ruaux, Thomas Cook Airlines, Boeing 757, London Gatwick
• Andy Savell, BMI, Airbus A320, London Heathrow
• Martyn Thomas, BA CityFlyer, Avro RJ, Edinburgh
• Jamie Treadwell, BMI, Airbus A320, London Heathrow
• Simon Weedon, British Airways, Airbus A320, London Heathrow

Congratulations AP254 and fly safe!

Well you have been asking for it for ages but we didn't have any IT. However we do have this. Young Dave Bell has been slaving over a dim and sometimes flickering computer screen to produce a prototype for the new and improved AP254.COM including; blogs, forums, galleries, tea/coffee making facilities etc. And all AP254 class members will have access to it so that you can add you own content!!! Wooo, nip yourself now!!!
To experience this new experience (Ed: I think its time we bought you a new Thesaurus) click here:

www.ap254.com/drupal

Please note the site is not finished this is just a sneak preview. Please leave your feedback as a comment on this story. Thanks.

They think it is all over. It is now! 26th March 2007 saw the successfull completion of the IR exam by
They think it is all over.  It is now!  26th March 2007 saw the successfull completion of the IR exam by Thomas 'Angel' Gabriel.  Tom is the final member of AP254 to complete the exam and therefore this officially means that all 100% of AP254 are now qualified pilots!  A scary thought indeed!
In an exclusive interview with AP254.com OAT supremo Anthony Petteford didn't say 'My God it's amazing soon they [AP254] will all be gone and I will be free free free of them!  I never thought this moment would come ha ha ha, woooo wooo wooo.  I told Denise Wilcox that this day would come but she didn't believe me, not even the voices in my head thought this day would be come.  We're free, we can relax.'

At that point we thought it better to let Mr Petteford continue with his work except that he ran down the runway skipping and singing deleriously followed by all of Customer Service, Ground School staff and the Flight Instructors.  AP254 obviously made a large impression amongst the good people of Kidlington.  Our work is done and now it is time to move on.

Again our congratulations to all of AP254!