Doug Barnett:  

Doesn't look like I'll make it to the reunion this weekend-again! Made it to the 10th and 20th and had a great time but unfortunately I'll be out of the country for the 40th. For those I won't have the pleasure of seeing agin, here' s a brief look at the last 40 years! After Burnaby Central I studied at Douglas College and SFU. Worked for a couple of mining companies in the summers and a wholesale food distributor as well. In 1985 I ended up in Cold Lake Alberta working for what is now part of Boeing. That gave me the financial ability to take up flying and I returned to the Lower Mainland and attended Fraser Valley College and got all of my pilot's licenses. Did some floatplane flying in Tofino and Vancouver and worked my way up the aviation food chain flying for various charter companies in B.C., Alberta and Manitoba. Went to work for Canada 3000 Airlines in 1997 and enjoyed it immensely. Unfortunately I watched my job evaporate on the evening news a little after the events of 9/11. I then spent a bit less than a year at WestJet and found it wasn't the place for me. In 2002 we moved to Dubai and I started flying for Emirates Airline. Emirates flies pretty much everywhere so I saw a lot of the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and a bit of ...Expand for more