During my first ever interview for a job at 19 with a British
airline, one of the panel asked me: “If you were a pilot headed due north and
the aircraft came over the North Pole, how would know which direction to fly in
to get to your destination?â€
As the answer came to me, I blessed my geography teacher in
school (he served in the Royal Navy in the Second World War and knew all about
compasses and navigation).
My solution was: “I would continue flying till the comp
