As a pilot, I have a team of 46 colleagues who make sure that I can keep my F16 up in the air. These experts are on call 24/7 making sure that the Dutch defense team’s most efficient instrument is functioning safely.
When “Tom Cruise” disembarks, there is no ice cold beer and beach volleyball on the program for him, as there is in the Top Gun film. After every flight we have a debrief session that lasts several hours, in which we optimize the processes, time and again, with the squadron. You do that every day with your colleagues as well, don’t you?
Theo’s presentations give an honest glimpse into a world that is surrounded by romanticism. In reality, driven professionals work together, under a lot of pressure, to make sure that all of these processes run infallibly. The fact that this demands an awful lot from the team can be seen from a good number of traditions that guarantee the ultimate feeling of fellowship. A solidarity that is enough to make many a company jealous.
