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This thread is taken from the NRT-KLM thread which started drifting badly, so has been moved by the fabulous CC Mods and renamed in my Honour 
I am off to NRT towards the end of this month (my last LH trip - my exchange programme is up and I am due to return to SH in Australia early Feb
) - but there is definately time for one last Truck Party!!!!! If I see any KLM crew will be sure to tell them what a good rep they have...
Possibly may see Flaps/FlyBlue there??
I am off to NRT towards the end of this month (my last LH trip - my exchange programme is up and I am due to return to SH in Australia early Feb
) - but there is definately time for one last Truck Party!!!!! If I see any KLM crew will be sure to tell them what a good rep they have...Possibly may see Flaps/FlyBlue there??
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I have never met any KLM crew in the truck, AF on the other hand were there from time to time. You will surely bump into JL,NH,UA,AA,NW,OS,AF, LX,VS,BA,QF crew.
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That would have been with pleasure sinala1!
Unfortunately I don't go to NRT much! It's a very popular destination within AF (the per diem are very interesting), so it is very requested by my collegues. But since I don't particularly care to request it, I seldom get rostered there. It's not that I don't like it, but I prefer to save my bidding points for layovers that I really like (SFO to name one
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Unfortunately I don't go to NRT much! It's a very popular destination within AF (the per diem are very interesting), so it is very requested by my collegues. But since I don't particularly care to request it, I seldom get rostered there. It's not that I don't like it, but I prefer to save my bidding points for layovers that I really like (SFO to name one
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You will surely bump into JL,NH,UA,AA,NW,OS,AF, LX,VS,BA,QF crew.
Flyblue it would have been my pleasure - although I do have an SFO in about 10 days time so you never know!
BiscuitChucker I have been on an exchange programme from Virgin Blue in oz - I have been flying with Virgin Atlantic for the past year - its been a life changing experience and I am absolutely distraught about having to leave the UK but alas the UK Home Office are being particularly unhelpful in my quest to be able to stay...
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Originally Posted by sinala1
I am absolutely distraught about having to leave the UK but alas the UK Home Office are being particularly unhelpful in my quest to be able to stay...
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Originally Posted by FormerFlyer
Will you marry/civil partnership me?
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It actually looks like its getting to that stage!
(Unless of course I meet the person of my dreams, then it would be 
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Hey Sinala,
just wanted to know how you found your overall experience with VS! What did you enjoy and what routes did you like / dislike? Do you think it will be hard going back to shorthaul in Australia?
Also, how did you find Britain? Are you going to miss it loads (including the weather!!!)?
I was going to suggest, are any of your parents / grandparents British or European in origin? If they are, you may be entitled to British citizenship or citizenship of any of the EU countries your parents/grandparents originate from. Then you can work legally in the UK.
just wanted to know how you found your overall experience with VS! What did you enjoy and what routes did you like / dislike? Do you think it will be hard going back to shorthaul in Australia?
Also, how did you find Britain? Are you going to miss it loads (including the weather!!!)?
I was going to suggest, are any of your parents / grandparents British or European in origin? If they are, you may be entitled to British citizenship or citizenship of any of the EU countries your parents/grandparents originate from. Then you can work legally in the UK.
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Originally Posted by FlyBlue
With pleasure!
...Which one is the bride?
...Which one is the bride?
just wanted to know how you found your overall experience with VS! What did you enjoy and what routes did you like / dislike? Do you think it will be hard going back to shorthaul in Australia?
Also, how did you find Britain? Are you going to miss it loads (including the weather!!!)?
I was going to suggest, are any of your parents / grandparents British or European in origin? If they are, you may be entitled to British citizenship or citizenship of any of the EU countries your parents/grandparents originate from. Then you can work legally in the UK.
Also, how did you find Britain? Are you going to miss it loads (including the weather!!!)?
I was going to suggest, are any of your parents / grandparents British or European in origin? If they are, you may be entitled to British citizenship or citizenship of any of the EU countries your parents/grandparents originate from. Then you can work legally in the UK.
The most appropriate two words that I can think of to describe the experience as a whole - Life Changing! There is so much, so many experiences, so many people, so many places, such a diverse range of cultures, so many personal lessons and so many happy times that I have had/been/interacted with over the past year that have had such a positive impact on my life.
The flying itself has been amazing - the aircraft are great (The Boeing 747-400 has such nostalgia.... the A340-300 aka the BabyBus is kinda small and cute, and the A340-600 is just devine - such a modern aircraft to fly on!), the route structures are unbelievable, the crew rest is great (
), the long layovers are fantastic! I have a 3 night stop over in Vegas this weekend which I am quite looking forward to...As far as ancestry goes, alas I totally lack any form of ancestry to the UK or Europe (except obviously our forefathers many generations ago) so that unfortunately is not an option for me, but thanks so much for the thought anyway!
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It's great to hear you've had a fantastic time! I bet you can't wait get back to Oz and the fantastic weather - you sure you won't miss the British weather?!
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Originally Posted by sinala1
erm well I can tell you now I would look terrible in a dress!
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Originally Posted by concorde001
It's great to hear you've had a fantastic time! I bet you can't wait get back to Oz and the fantastic weather - you sure you won't miss the British weather?!
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Umm well all I can say is I look great in a kilt
I met a Great Scot (no pun intended, of course ) in Hong Kong on an overnight - but erm Hotel Lobby rules shall be applied to that story
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Originally Posted by flapsforty
Sinala1, similar to a Great Dane? 
I met some KLM crew in the crew line for immigration at SFO (which seems to NEVER end) and I can tell you some of them were *definate* "Great Dane's"!! (provided, of course, I have my geography/nationalities correct
- which, the more I think about it, I think I am wrong?? )
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Umm well all I can say is I look great in a kilt
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An oft-forgotten saying comes to mind "It's not the cut of the cloth that matters but what it's covering"
You should see my sporran
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Originally Posted by FormerFlyer
An oft-forgotten saying comes to mind "It's not the cut of the cloth that matters but what it's covering"
You should see my sporran
You should see my sporran
The rest shall be left to your imaginations... It truly is sad though that I am unable to stay - as much as I love Virgin Blue and Australia, now is just not the time for me to return... so I am going to live it up as much as I can before then!