CROSSWORD/LETTERS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: june 2011 :: RMTnews The winner of prize crossword no. 70 is Paul Jarvis of Torpoint. Send entries to Prize Crossword, RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NWI IJD by July 25 with your name and address. Winner and solution in next issue. ACROSS 7 He wants to de-staff stations, abolish guards and raise fares (7) 8 Green person from another planet? (7) 10 Publicly owned Scottish ferries, in short (6) 11 You can’t make one without breaking eggs (8) 12 Piece of money (4) 13 Eye protection in bright weather (10) 14 Own up - or let in (5) 16 Cartoon magazine (5) 21 Caught, again (10) 24 Red ensign, for example (4) 25, 27 Airport rail link - on strike for fair pay (8, 7) 26 Without company (6) 27 East German city famed for its pottery (7) 28 See 25 DOWN 1 Eight-sided figure (7) 2 Called for, formally (8) 3 With stones, may break your bones (6) 4 Battle station! (8) 5 Soaks, to infuse (6) 6 Fought (7) 9 Stags, bulls and dilemmas have them (5) 15 Buried (8) 17 Foot soldiers (8) 18 Cut (off) (7) 19 Ships aren’t much use without them (5) 20 Material used to weigh down and stabilise ship, balloon etc (7) 22 Painter, sculptor, musician etc (6) 23 Top-of-the-range (6) £50 PRIZE CROSSWORD No. 71. Set by Elk No. 70 solution... 33 Dear editor, On behalf of my family and my late husband Alex Dallas, crane operator with Sparrow Offshore, I would like to thank RMT members, men and women in the offshore industry and all RMT for their generous and warmly received donation. The setting up of the RMT Offshore Disaster Fund was a lovely gesture, appreciated by all my family, after my husband and his colleagues were killed in the Flight 85N Super Puma helicopter crash on April 1 2009. The dreadful memories of that terrible crash, happening on such a beautiful sunny day, still live with us and will do so for the rest of our lives. It was only much later on that we as a family realised how much it had affected so many other people as well. I am very glad to hear that RMT will continue to fight to improve helicopter safety and work hard to ensure that this type of tragedy never ever happens again. We also hope that the work of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch will change things for the better and we are still waiting to hear the results of their final review sometime later this year. Regarding your donation to my family, I would like you to know that my three children and I have decided to make two donations to local Aberdeen charities close to our hearts that will benefit from your members generosity. Yours sincerely Eileen Dallas and family RMT OFFSHORE DISASTER FUND THANK YOU