left school `73 worked in Garage stores, then electric submersible pumps, RAF for 13 yrs, BAe as avionics instructor, took redundancy and set up as tv video and audio engineer, got divorced- moved south , security for 3 months !!, then Marine electronics--made redundant, uni as mature student ( checked out bar for younger ones), ran out of cash so went contracting back on Helos, did my CAA licenses and have now worked as licensed avionics engineer on Coastguard Helicopter for last 14 yrs.
Apart from a 7 yr break have worked SAR Helos since 1980.
Chris