Quote Originally Posted by Aristo4 View Post
Hmm, I think bruce was the one who wanted to leave for years prior to his departure. He even was about to quit many times in the 80's too.

Plus he said himself he quit, no one sent him out
That's interesting. I read the opposite in a story about how Ed Force One came about. That story said the band wanted to move on without him, so Bruce used the time to get his pilot's license since he was a big fan of WWII pilot stories.

Rumor has it that the first commercial jet to take off from the New York area post 9/11, one Bruce Dickinson was the pilot of. Then since he already had a commercial jumbo jet license when he rejoined the band, they kicked around the idea of getting their own jet so they could more easily visit areas of the world that were harder to organize tours to at the time. It was a really good read.