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Merry Christmas 2021: Everybody
Loves You!
Who Said No Gift? It’s December
and Christmas is busting out all around us: much stronger than in
the past two years, our emotions take control of families and friends.
Our four offspring (the oldest is 43 now), what great fun it will
be having them all with us this 2021 Yuletide season! There is a
cartoon of a Christmas table inside a boxing ring. Sometimes my
best reality at 80 is pure fantasy, so I say once in a while, just
suppose, let down a bit and go for it! Merry Christmas to you all!
Some love to hate it, but Christmas
for many is also a sanctuary time moving many of us, at least in
our hearts. A bit like Thanksgiving Part-Deux, our family’s
youngsters and grandchildren will make us break the self-imposed
‘gift truce’ rule. After all, when the big fat man in
the long white coat comes to town, all the rules come tumbling down.
After two years waiting for a normal
Christmas, we must do more than just send out Christmas Cards, as
in 2020. So we pass along Christmas 2021 greetings and best wishes
for a Happy New Year 2022 to you, dear reader, as we share universal
blessings of peace on earth and good will to all.
For me the favorite part of the Christian
Church service is the Offertory Hymn, the Doxology that begins “Praise
God from whom all blessings flow.” I cannot help feeling if
I get too high on my horse here I might get struck by lightning,
so I am singing a bit under my breath. Yet the feeling of elation
remains. What happens next is the congregation greeting each other
and simple handshaking, a very touching moment: sometimes the service
stops and folks move from their branch around the sanctuary, greeting
one another!
So this holiday season, back from
isolation of the past two years, I started thinking about fellowship.
We asked some others to share their good wishes, asked them if they
might like to add their greeting to the readers of Flying Typers.
This is meant to be a cherished practice and a timely idea after
all we have been through. Here we go!
Geoffrey
ULD
Can Cans
“The team at ULD CARE
wish the air cargo community a happy Christmas; our Christmas
wish is that everyone can enjoy an abundance of ULD with no
shortages, and for the New Year we of course look forward to
escaping from the Groundhog Day life of the last almost two
years and instead seeing more and more planes in the sky, carrying
passengers as well as cargo.
Bob Rogers, Urs Wiesendanger, and Danielle
ULD CARE |
Georgia
What To Love About The South Despite
all the challenges of getting people vaccinated against a globally
contagious virus, we were still able to move goods to our valued
customers. Our resilient partners overcame supply-chain disruptions
with innovations such as airport cargo community systems. They
countered staff shortages with better pay and benefits. The
reopening of many countries' borders allows us to be with our
friends, families, and business partners across the world.
In the year 2022, we will continue
to promote efficiency gains via technology solutions like the
cargo community system and work towards providing the space
for a new greenfield modern air cargo facility. Our aim is to
continue to fulfill the expectations of our clients, stakeholders,
and business partners to be among the most efficient cargo airport
to satisfy their needs. ATL
is grateful for the strength in our cooperation. On
behalf of all my colleagues at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport, I wish everyone in the industry a safe and calming
Happy Holidays.
Elliott Paige
Director for Air Service Development
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
Jenni
Moves Forward At Emo Trans Right
now it will be good to get back to something that at least resembles
‘normal’ be it new normal, old or something yet
to be determined. Considering
all the challenges, including losing my father, the COVID and
the 24/7 nature of the industry, I don’t think making
it would have been possible, without my family, friends and
the outstanding people of EMO Trans and, of course our business
partners. I am very grateful
and deeply thankful as we move into the holidays. Getting
ready for next year will not be easy, as apparently COVID and
the always present downward pressure to meet and exceed customer
expectations will be even greater. But
with stamina, tolerance and a bit of humor we will have the
opportunity to eventually come out on the other side with a
better handle on our challenges.
Jennifer Frigger-Latham
Vice President, Sales & Marketing
EMO Trans |
Nollag
Dhona From Dublin A
lovely little Christmas wish we had from our school days has
far more relevance to us now as we grow older and are a little
wiser (I hope). “May
peace and plenty be the first to lift the latch of your door.
May happiness be guided to your home by the candles of Christmas.”
I try to take regular time out to reflect
on the mad world we live in and be thankful for all we have.
The global pandemic and working from home has allowed me to
do an early morning walk by the sea most days. This is a marvellous
and therapeutic way to start the day. Subject to weather, I
am lucky enough to get to see the sun rise for over half the
year. My priorities and wishes
for 2022 are very limited:- Another
year of getting up to see as many sun rises as possible, would
be a result. I am not sure if this
is an Irish blessing, but one I like- May
your hand be stretched out in friendship and never in need.
Happy Christmas to you and
all the clan.
Ian & Sean McCool
Director and Chairman
International Airline Marketing |
Joyous
Season From Where People
Sang Their Way To Freedom
Estonia, which had endured foreign
occupation for centuries, joined its fellow Baltic Republics
of Latvia and Lithuania in a nonviolent movement that enabled
them to become independent from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Especially memorable during that
time was Estonia’s “Singing Revolution “in
1986 when the population gathered in an outdoor park and literally
sang the occupiers out of the country. Well,
now a quarter century of freedom turns the corner later in 2022.
The Baltic States can count 25 years including the scourge to
lockdown along with the rest of the world in COVID, and that
is the name of that tune. In
fact that heartache continues sailing race around the world
like ongoing storms and heavy seas. Without
a first-class crew you could never make it. Fortunately,
the Ospentos crew has been on top of happenings and proved to
be worthy of a championship. We
are very thankful as we extend thanks as we take a break for
Christmas 2022. The advanced
digitalization, built up during the years, has made it possible
to smoothly operate during exceptional times. A number of the
staff working from home, except the guys doing the physical
handling. A seamless cooperation without sitting together. Well
– sitting together on the lap top screen. The
digitalization is something that is the key word throughout
the Baltic countries. The governments of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
and Poland are working on an EU Commission backed concept eCMR.
The CMR waybill for international trucking is fed into a “cloud”
and concerned authorities— police, border guards, customs
and taxation authorities can monitor what is transported in
a truck without stopping it. For the time being, Ospentos is
the only operator having the capability to participate as a
trucker in this project because of our advanced internal digitalization
capability. As a reflection
for the coming Christmas holidays, I can only say that our crew
has deserved a break, but the exception of course, are the guys
working in the terminal – they would deserve a break as
well, but operations must run. Maybe Santa will notice their
dedication. If this year has
been a nightmare in international supply chain, then what will
happen next year? Guess there
is no clear answers, on the contrary a ton of questions. Whatever
the development is, we at Ospentos say – BRING IT ON,
WE ARE READY! We wish all
my friends and everyone everywhere, a peaceful holiday season
and a Happy New Year 2022.
Erik Byman,
Owner
Ospentos, Oy |
One
From
The Heart My
greeting/wishes/thoughts going into the holidays and into next
year:
Thank you! Thank you to our
team, our customers, and all the various entities in this industry
that continue to work together like never before to serve the
needs of the world and the people in it. It’s
inspiring to work alongside so many incredible humans every
day. What we do matters, how we do it matters even more.
Sending thoughts of health, joy
and peace your way!
Jessica Tyler
President
American Airlines Cargo |
Freight
Forwarders Make The Season Bright
Ciao! Hope
you’re all fine (I’ve had the third batch of vaccine
2 days ago). My traditional
wish is the following: all the best to you all, for all . .
. Top priority for 2022: claiming
a level playing field for freight forwarders Wishes
for 2022: having our normal lives back
Hugs,
Antonella (Anto) Straulino
Foreign Affairs Manager
FEDESPEDI |
By
Gosh By Golly Mistletoe & Kale
Air
Cargo was always important, but in 2020/21 it became the life
saver. I think as an industry we have grown in stature both
within the aviation space (survival chord for the airlines)
and the world in general (survival chord for the world transporting
PPE, Vaccines, other medicines, food etc.). The
Pandemic also provided us with an opportunity to clean up a
few things in our own houses (read legacy technologies) and
boy, as an industry we did very well in this area too. In spite
of all the issues and challenges, I think our industry will
have the best Christmas this year!!! My
humble gratitude to all our industry colleagues for the fabulous
work that they have done for the world. I
think the top priority for 2022 should be continuing the strides
that we have taken in the technology area. Technology and focus
on sustainability in 2022 will transform our industry like never
before. Here are the 5 songs
that I love the most: Winds
of change – Scorpion, click here.
Blowing
with wind – Bob Dylan, click here.
Sacrifice
– Elton John, click here.
Circle
of life – Elton John, click here.
Deva
Sri ganesha – (energetic prayer song from the hindi movie
Agnipath 2) – Ajay Atul, click here.
So with thanks to all our friends
and business partners here’s to a fabulous Christmas …
and looking forward to meeting everyone in the bright New Year
of 2022, bringing us health and good fortune!
Amar More
Director
Kale Logistics |
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