Posted on 09/16/2010 10:11:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
...After decades as the frontman of Iron Maiden, Bruce Dickinson has a new second job – in middle management. The English singer has been named marketing director of Astraeus, a Gatwick-based charter airline, where he has worked as a pilot for several years.
The announcement at the bottom of the Astraeus website makes it sound like just another corporate position. "With the rapid growth in the business we have increased our commercial team," the statement reads. "Bruce Dickinson as our marketing director, [and] Claire Ronson has now moved to sales and marketing to support our sales team." They don't even give Dickinson his own sentence, spilling more words on new product and planning head, Seb Pelissier.
But Dickinson isn't just another suit...
"Bruce is a great communicator," explained Astraeus's chief commercial officer, Shaun Monnery. "[And] he knows the aviation industry inside out." A long-time pilot, Dickinson has not just flown commercial charters for Astraeus, he has helmed Iron Maiden's private jet and even rescued stranded Britons. "I did seriously think about going to fly aeroplanes as an alternative career," he told the Guardian in 2002. "I was putting out piloting CVs that said nothing about me being the lead singer of Iron Maiden."
"In a demanding industry he is a man who can cope with pressure," Monnery said, "whether as a 757 captain or in front of 50,000 Iron Maiden fans, or senior airline and aviation managers." And Dickinson, 52, shows no sign of quitting his other gig....
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I like that and that pretty much describes my life. Today I am the paralegal, tomorrow night it is back to Chef for the weekend. LOL.
Damn, next thing and you’ll see Keith Richards behind the counter at your local pharmacy!
Take a look at my FReep page. You’re right next to wastedyears. I’m not sure why you didn’t get it...
...or shacking up with Pamela Anderson.
You got it!
Thanks. |m|
I had such a crush on Eddie is High School. All my friends had posters of Prince and Duran Duran, I had Eddie and Vic (Megadeth mascot).
AWESOME!!!!!!
Where the hell were you when I was single?
Where the hell were you when I was single?
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ROFL. Probably being “molly Mormon”.
(My favorite IM song.)Couple of mine were wasted.
Thanks, FRiend! :-)
Bruce Dickinson a washed up dingbat? Nah, caught Iron Maiden on Paladia from a concert filmed not long ago and he (and the rest of the band) are still going strong. His voice is still full on metalopera quality.
BTW they still sell out the stadium wherever they play.
About ten years ago, Bruce Dickinson was one of the top five rated fencing masters in England.
He’s the man.
Sounds to me like they still do it, because they love what they do. Sounds like, to Bruce, always treated the music more as a hobby, rather than a career, probably why he's so level-headed.
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