OT: occupation of BA FTers
Jun 1, 2007, 7:37 am
#196
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Birmingham, England
Programs: LH SEN, Hilton Diamond, AF/KL & BA basic memberships, Tufty Club Exec Plutonium
Posts: 1,668
Academic Administration dealing with European issues at a Midlands University and in addition an elected member of the City Council.
Work is flex Y shorthaul, J longhaul in theory. J shorthaul, Y longhaul in practice. Such is academentia.
As for the council, any hint that you aren't travelling on AirBankrupt in the Cargo Hold and you are on the front of the local rag as being a drain on the poor benighted council tax payers.
Work is flex Y shorthaul, J longhaul in theory. J shorthaul, Y longhaul in practice. Such is academentia.
As for the council, any hint that you aren't travelling on AirBankrupt in the Cargo Hold and you are on the front of the local rag as being a drain on the poor benighted council tax payers.
Jun 1, 2007, 8:08 am
#199
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: London
Programs: BAEC: Gold
Posts: 285
Run a research unit at a london university. 40 clients all over the world. Most research is applied and for industry.
If the uni is paying: Y, almost always, but can wangle WT+
If applied research/consultancy: Y in Europe, but can justify the odd Ģ118 extra for CE, WT+ or discounted J longhaul. So, Finnair and Iberia frequently come in handy! Justified on the grounds that I have to do two to four 16hour days whenever I get somewhere.
In fact, for a uni they are quite flexible, common sense rules.... but I think that's because industry is paying most of the time.
I have no facial hair other than eyebrows, thank you smirnoff
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If the uni is paying: Y, almost always, but can wangle WT+
If applied research/consultancy: Y in Europe, but can justify the odd Ģ118 extra for CE, WT+ or discounted J longhaul. So, Finnair and Iberia frequently come in handy! Justified on the grounds that I have to do two to four 16hour days whenever I get somewhere.
In fact, for a uni they are quite flexible, common sense rules.... but I think that's because industry is paying most of the time.
I have no facial hair other than eyebrows, thank you smirnoff
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Jun 1, 2007, 8:21 am
#205
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: London
Programs: BAEC: Gold
Posts: 285
...I know several bankers / consultants who are demonstrably weirder than I.
Jun 1, 2007, 8:37 am
#207
Suspended
Join Date: May 2003
Location: NYC
Programs: United 1K, HHonors Gold, MR Gold
Posts: 1,628
I moved to London with my ex-beardie weirdie for his sabbatical year. This was back when I was a statusless, semi-frequent traveller, whereas he had Elite status with AC because of his academically-motivated long haul travel (mostly Y, but at least on AC you earn status with Y travel). I enjoyed the perks of his hard-earned status for a while, but then unfortunately, I had to break up with him (not the beardie part, but the weirdie part). I almost scored an op-up the first time I travelled back to Canada without him when I asked the check-in agent whether there were any sympathetic op-ups available for someone who had just broken up with an Elite. Alas, no J seat for me but I did get the exit seat.
Since then, I took on a job with a regulatory authority involving lots of international travel (usually in J) and then moved to an international organisation, where J travel opportunities have been rarer. In a few weeks, I'm moving back to North America and I fear that my new job will not involve very much travel at all. I'm pinning my hopes on Mr Canuck's future job (he's in IT) for airline and hotel points accumulation opportunities.
Since then, I took on a job with a regulatory authority involving lots of international travel (usually in J) and then moved to an international organisation, where J travel opportunities have been rarer. In a few weeks, I'm moving back to North America and I fear that my new job will not involve very much travel at all. I'm pinning my hopes on Mr Canuck's future job (he's in IT) for airline and hotel points accumulation opportunities.
Jun 1, 2007, 8:42 am
#209
Join Date: Jul 2006
Programs: SQ-PPS+8, BA-Mucci Diamente, Mucci Siegneur des Bains Chauds
Posts: 2,286
A banker fell overboard from my yacht.
I grabbed a life jacket, held it up, not knowing if he could swim, and shouted, "Can you float alone?"
"Obviously," he replied, "but this is a heck of a time to talk business."
Jun 1, 2007, 9:09 am
#210
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Iīm on a road to nowhere
Programs: If I donīt have it, I donīt need it!
Posts: 758