JAL入社25周年の大同窓会を企画開催してから、もう６年が経ったことに驚いた。
在籍した10年よりも、離職してからの時間の方がはるかに長いのだけれど、
当時の絆が今でも続いていることは、本当にありがたい。
「同期」というのは、新人訓練を受けるクラス仲間20名のみを指すのだけれど、
同じ年度に入社した仲間はみんな「同じ釜の飯」を食べた思い出と共に、
それぞれが別々の世界で活躍している。
私は日本を離れているので、皆とマメに連絡を取ることもできないけれど、
一緒に社団法人の理事をやっている友人の「鶴の一声」ですぐに集結する。
なかには闘病中の友人もいたけれど、とにかく会えた。
また健康で、集まろう。
I was surprised that six years had passed since we planned and held a big reunion for my 25th anniversary with JAL.
Although it has been much longer since I left JAL than the ten years I was with the company,
I am very grateful that the bonds we had back then still exist.
By "peers," I mean only the 20 members of my class who were in the newcomer training program, but we have fond memories of eating "rice from the same pot" with all of our colleagues who joined the company in the same year.
Now, they are all active in separate industries.
I am away from Japan, so I can't keep in touch with them all that often,
But with a single word from a friend on the board of directors of an incorporated association, we can all get together.
Some of my friends were battling illnesses, but we were able to meet anyway.
Let's get together again in good health.
