CNS Greets A Visiting Tony

     There is a big crowd milling about in the halls surrounding the big meeting room at CNS Partnership 2007.
     Tony Calabrese looking tanned and relaxed surveys the scene and says:
     “Boy what a crowd.”
     “We do better when business is better,” Tony confides.
     “Hey Tony,” somebody chides, “thinking of coming back?”
     Tony Calabrese, whose dedication and service to air cargo is most responsible for insuring that there is a robust vital CNS in the twenty-first century, replies softly:
     “I don’t think I could handle another one.”
     But in for a penny, in for a pound as somewhere deep inside the old juices get stirred up, thoughts drift back to a time almost twenty years ago when Tony and his dedicated team invented what with patience and hard work has developed into the most important top level annual air cargo gathering in the world.
     “It’s nice coming back as a visitor,” Tony ventures.
     “I am happy to be an observer for a change.
     You notice the “we” inclusion that Tony mentioned in passing, when you talk to active or retired people, especially in aviation.
     “We” is an endearment, a way to always be part of something unforgettable.
     “We” was the title of a 1928 book that Charles Lindbergh wrote about his solo flight in 1927 from New York to Paris.
     It’s an important indicator as the future unfolds that amongst all the bells and whistles of streamlining and high-tech development, that we, (you and me) never forget the folks that brought us this far.
Geoffrey