"I started flying when I was 12. My parents had a little cabin northwest of Montreal that we'd go to in the summer. A nearby air service company had four or five airplanes. I talked my dad into going and seeing if I could get a job. They said: 'Yeah, sure. We can't pay you though, because you're underage.' My job was fueling the airplanes, loading baggage, and whatever else. In return, the pilots taught me how to fly."
"In 1972, I joined Air Canada and spent 33 years flying for them. During that time, I flew anybody and everybody. We had movie stars and royalty. I flew the Prime Minister of Canada a number of times during election campaigns."
"In 2005, I retired from Air Canada and was hired by Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, a Saudi prince based in Riyadh. He was a self-made billionaire. When I was there, he was the fourth-richest man in the world. If you have never lived and worked with somebody who is that wealthy, you have no idea about how they spend their money. It was unbelievable."
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