John var en av de få som har mottatt IFALPAs Scroll of Merit, og er således med i organiasjonens Alpha Omega klubb. Jeg tror det bare er 6 nordmenn før ham som har mottatt den høythengende prisen. Kopier av disse hang i sin tid på Flygerhuset nær Fornebu.
Det er kun to flygere i Norge som har fått Sroll of Merit og Solakonferansens sikkerhetspris.
Jeg kjente ikke John, men han jobbet med helikoptersikkerhet, og var allsidig.
Maureen and Frank Santoni <sesixth2@outlook.com> 02:47
Dear Members, Tanja Harter contacted me with the sad news that John Kristoffersen passed away recently. He will be missed by all. Tanja wrote: "One of our Alpha Omega members, CPT John Kristoffersen from Norway passed away, way before his time Saturday Feb 22nd.
greg.fallow@orcon.net.nz 03:03
All, So sad to hear of John’s untimely passing. He will be missed. He gave so much to his home organisation, IFALPA, his community and aviation safety. Fondly remembered. Greg From: Maureen and Frank Santoni <sesixth2@outlook.com> Sent: Saturday, 1 March 2025 2:48 pm
In memory of John Kristoffersen
Written by: Union leader Synnøve Egeness Lilleli and deputy leader Jo Bjørn Skatval
John
Kristoffersen, our dear friend and colleague, chairman of the Norwegian
Pilots' Association's Aviation Safety Committee, passed away suddenly
on Saturday 22 February. One of the warmest hearts in Norwegian
aviation suddenly stopped beating.
John
began his long flying career in the air ambulance service in the autumn
of 1994. He flew missions to save lives and transport
the sick for 23 years, out of the bases Alta and Tromsø. A service and a
job that leaves its mark and that gets a special place in those of us
who have practiced and lived it - also John spoke several times warmly
about this time and the importance of the
job.
In 2018,
John went to Svalbard and flew Coast Guard assignments with Dornier,
among other things, until he retired early as a pilot.
- "No as
I am retired", he often said when it was at its worst in the federation
world with large and several issues that had to be handled at the same
time. A retirement unlike any other. John
has always been involved in trade union work and aviation safety work
in addition to his flying career. He sat for several years as
Lufttransport Flygerforening's accident investigation representative,
local runway safety team and later in the Norwegian Pilots'
Association's HUPER section (human performance). Here he worked both
nationally and internationally, and quickly became a name that was
recognized far beyond our country's borders.
In 2023, John took over as chair of FSIK, the aviation safety committee, in NF.
His
competence, work capacity and ability to say what many people think, but
do not say for various reasons, made John a fantastic resource and one
to be trusted.
Now that
spring is getting brighter, and perhaps the big work projects were
completed, John was looking forward to being able to go down to his
beloved Italy. A small place where he had also found
friends with his open and honest northern Norwegian personality. That
was perhaps his dream, when he would one day retire for "real"; to just
live in the moment, philosophize with a good glass of red wine in hand,
and look out over the Italian landscape.
You then
went in far too early for landing, long, yes far too long before our
flight plans dictated. John; You will be missed, but never forgotten!
Fly, fly off where the sky is always blue,
Up and off from the turbulent and grey.
Days of sunshine and nights reflected in the Northern Lights,
Twenty-foot tall
-They are the memories now.
