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25.Apr.2008 : Car Trouble Today I backed carefully out of a nose in park at Wafi, and received a terrible crunching noise for my efforts. I kind of like my little white volvo and now that I don’t own it, I’m even more concerned with looking after it. Some examination revealed that Volvo designed a [...]
24.Apr.2008 : Last Roster My last roster with Ek was issued today. I managed to swing 8 days off in the middle of the month (second top bid) and also a BKK with a HKG shuttle on the 29th – which is when I’m supposed to be on RG days. I e-mailed HR to check [...]
21.Apr.2010 : Car Sold After stuffing around for ten days, my car is sold. Originally a old co-worker from the office had expressed an interest in the car. First was a look at the car (I dropped in to his place to show him the car) then it was a test drive (he came round [...]
17.Apr.2008 : Police Report It now looks like I will need to obtain a police report to get an ASIC card in Australia (having previously been told I would not). So I’m now researching that topic. I have also been advised to get a document from the GCAA certifying my GCAA licence as a genuine [...]
16.Apr.2008 : Mr. Flanagan Yesterday I wrote a letter to Maurice Flanagan. In an airline where change (particularly in the management structure) is a way of life – he’s been the biggest constant for us from the beginning. I’ve only met and spoken with him twice. Once was a highlight – winning the UK Ideas.Org [...]
11.Apr.2008 : Garage Sale. Today we had the first Garage Sale. We advertised two days before on the dumpsters up and down the street. Although we’d put 9 am on the ad – the door bell started ringing at 8am. When I went out there at nine, there was 50+ people crammed up against the [...]
10.Apr.2008 : Provident Fund. Today I spoke to Nick Foxton (nick.foxton (AT) emirates.com) who has clarified a few of the outstanding issues associated with provident fund payout. Because the administrators are about to change over (14 April) I’ll describe the newer system which has multi-currency advantages over the old. You still have two choices in [...]
New Grbac Uniform This morning at 10am, Virgin Blue officially unveiled its new uniform to the public at Sydney Tower Westfields after the closely guarded secret was maintained by several thousand staff. Despite the airline crew addiction to social media and extroverted behaviour – as well as a company booklet issued to crew full of [...]
You’re airlines either got it or it hasn’t… Virgin Atlantic introduced their “You’re airlines either got it or it hasn’t” message to Sydney’s travel elite last night as part of a charity event to raise funds for the victims of the Queensland floods. In typical Virgin fashion, The Ivy floor staff were dressed in Atlantic [...]
09.Apr.2008 : Mashreq Bank. Today Meg and I went to Mashreq bank to setup closing out accounts and credit cards. More/New information has come to hand – it turns out that my Visa Card (big spending limit) is tied to my salary, thus requiring the 33 days notice. However the Master card is not, and [...]
07 Apr.2008 : Ticket Refund I’ve hit a snag in the road with Staff Travel. If you’ve been following along with my saga, you’ll know I purchased Cat A tickets for us all to go on a holiday to JFK. In the end however, I went there on my ALT, and Meg and the kids [...]
05.Apr.2010 : ID90 Freight Concession. Chris had been through the Cargo Concession process and documented it in detail for me. While he did that, I found an old spreadsheet I used once to calculate Cargo Concession. It’s only good for Australia, but I’ll find out how to get the rates for other countries as well. Organising the [...]
02.Apr.2008 : Mashreq Points. Today I’m hassling with SmashWreckBank over Mashreq Points. I have a few thousand dirhams of points to spend, and need to do it before I cancel my cards. Most of the outlets you can use them at require you to take a letter there with the pre-approved amount you can spend, which [...]
29.Mar.2008 : Back from JFK. I’ve been on holidays with my family in New York. This is one aspect of the job I’m going to miss. We had a great time and I have a great picture of Lewis in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, surrounded by culture and history, reading a book. Meanwhile – Crown have [...]
