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BCal Flight Deck & Cabin Crew Reunion
The BCal Flight Deck & Cabin Crew Reunion is to be held this year at the ‘Six Bells’ pub in Horley on the afternoon of Tuesday 14 July 2026.
Because of the relatively poor response to the last three years’ reunions, which were held at the traditional venue and time of year, the reunion committee have decided to change the format, time of year and venue for the BCal Flight Deck & Cabin Crew reunion in 2026.
Unlike the last 40+ years’ reunions, this year there is no requirement to buy a ticket. The reunion will be in the form of a summer ‘get-together’ at a pub near Gatwick that crews used to frequent in BCal days, the Six Bells in Horley.
There is no formal meal arrangement. Those who want to eat can book a table in advance directly with the pub, or take ‘pot luck’ on the day.
If making an advance booking for a table, the Six Bells' manager Wayne has asked that you mention that you are with the 'BCal Reunion’ group so that he can plan his seating arrangement (and staffing) accordingly. Although hopefully, on the day, we can spread out into the garden if the weather is good enough.
Alternatively, just turn up and have a drink.
Start time is 12:30pm, with no end time so the ‘die hards’ can carry on as long as they like until the 11pm pub closing time.
We did hold an afternoon ‘mini-reunion’ at the Six Bells in 2021, arranged at very short notice after the regular reunion at the hotel in Crawley had to be cancelled because of Covid worries. The mini-reunion worked out well and the people who came had a good time sitting in the pub garden on what turned out to be a warm sunny afternoon.
The Six Bells is a large pub and can accommodate 100 people inside and 120 in the garden, 32 of which are under cover with electric patio heaters in case of inclement weather (much less likely in mid-July than the traditional late-September timing). There is a large car park.
Ye Olde Six Bells, Church Road, Horley, Surrey, RH6 8AD.
01293 825028
Website
The committee are concerned that it is difficult for us to advertise the annual reunion to all those former BCal Flight Deck and Cabin Crew who are not on our emailing list. We would like to acknowledge the help given to us in publicising the reunion by Dave Thaxter, who runs the excellent www.british-caledonian.com website as well as a Facebook group called ‘The British Caledonian Group’. Dave kindly includes a reference to our reunion in his twice-monthly ‘Staff Newsletter’ email that can be subscribed to by contacting him by email on [email protected].
We periodically post details of the reunion on the other three BCal Facebook groups, which are: ‘BCal Family’, ‘British Caledonian Airways’, and ‘BCalReunited.BCal/BUA’. However, because these posts are usually only visible for a short period of time, it is better to periodically check our website and, best of all, to ask us to add your email address to our emailing list.
Please pass on details of our www.bcalreunion.org website to any of your former BCal crew colleagues who you are still in contact with and who you think may be interested in attending the annual reunion.
Many of those people who are on our emailing list must have changed their email address because there have been many ‘undelivered’ messages returned to us. The three-year gap after the 2019 reunion caused by the pandemic didn’t help. To check whether you are on our emailing list, look for an email that was sent out on 29th April 2026 from [email protected] with the Subject of: ‘Announcing big changes to the BCal Reunion 2026. New venue. Just 11 weeks to go!’. If you haven’t received this email, then (after checking your junk folder) send an email to us at [email protected] and ask to be added to the emailing list. You will then be sent details of future reunions.
Hope to see you all at the Six Bells in Horley on Tuesday afternoon 14 July 2026.
The reunion committee:
Jeanette Smith/Clark, Phil Benson, Karen Banfield/Strawson and Ann Barnes/Roberts.
