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From: Sir Andrew Maloney
CC: General bulletin.

Good day to all of you - fine men and women of stalwart constitution and courageous souls, one and all.

As you may, or may not know, I had taken leave to visit my nephews and nieces on Planet Baden Baden some months ago in February. While it would have been jolly well splendid to have had that length of time on holiday, I can assure you that company procedure in combination with my own personal work ethic would not allowed me to have willingly deserted our beloved corporation for so long.

As it happens, the circumstances surrounding my absence was rather less cheerful than a mere family visitation. After a meal at a rather nice restaurant with my family, I had the misfortune of falling down a flight of stairs and apparently fracturing a rib. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as a small malignant little bugger of a tumour was found forming in my right lung during a chest scan.

Of course, I'm fine now, but only after a long stay in a rather horrid Rhienlandic private hospital. The en-suit was simply dreadful; the bathtub and shower fixtures were simply unacceptable. Oh, and the meals were distinctly sub-par. Despite these grievances, I soldiered on, tramping on down the road to recovery with dogged perseverance.

Ah yes, as it happens, I'm rather depressed about the consequences of my little medical adventure. I've been signed off by that absolutely splendid, yet utter bastard of a doctor as a 'C3', or 'invalid'. In a nutshell, I've been forced into retiring from the post of captain of my beloved BES-Bramall. I have already hand picked the man to replace me, in the form of the rather wonderful Peter Brown, who served as my co-pilot for a little under a year, before being reassigned to the BES-Mountbatten.

I have already usurped the captain of the Victoria I's position, and I shall be formally taking the helm for ceremonial flights. Well, after I've taken a brief 'Liner Piloting for Dummies' course, that is. Those poor fellows on the Board were having palpitations at the thought of my accidentally crashing into one of Southampton's berths!

Well, that is all for now. Just to let you know that Mr. Maloney is back in business (albeit somewhat grudgingly behind a desk).

Cheero!
~Andrew Maloney

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