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A voyage of discovery in Greece
Samantha Priestley uncovers the lesser visited Greek Islands on a seven-day cruise, taking in Ikaria, Patmos, Lipsi, Kalymnos, Amorgos, Iraklia and Serifos.
You know you’re officially on the way to your holiday destination as you hear those magical five words:“This is your captain speaking”.
But much as we love to hear from the person in charge, as they tell us how high we’ll be flying and what to expect as we ascend, we rarely glimpse inside the cockpit.
Hidden from view, our trusty pilots carry the weight of hundreds of travellers and their assorted bags of hopes and expectations, on each and every trip.
We asked airline and tour operator Jet2 for upfront access to find out more.
Pilot Neil Robinson, a captain based at Liverpool Airport, talks to Portal North.
Read the interview here.
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