What do you do?

[Z3uS]

Work? Study? What?

I'm at college on Materials Science(Materials Engineering) course.

[BADMIHAI]

I'm in university. I'm majoring in history and math.

[ViperASR]

College/University. I'm an Accounting Major. I'm also an Ocean Lifeguard Captain 8)

[Mattk]

I go to uni. I do a combined Arts/Law course. I intend to major (for my BA) in History and minor in Philosophy. I also referee basketball and coach debating.

[blinkmeat]

i play Heman

[asid631]

I am a student actuary, giving Institute of Actuaries(UK) papers and am currently working in Real Estate, constructing and selling small apartments mostly.

[Mattk]

Good luck, bmuller. Although I have to say that accounting majors within the law school are looked down upon because they're probably not going to be lawyers. Also because I don't think there are many who enjoy accounting.

[Skaala]

Student at the Norwegian School of Managment and majoring in Business finance and Business development. Minor: International Marketing and statistics. 3yr of my bachelor.
Work: Norsafe AS

[saadie]

saad isnt here right now soo ... 0X :mrgreen:

this is his brother...well im an instructor, a student, a pilot , a ground/flight engineer as well as a flight operations officer and the MET-man all at the same time :twisted: ....oh i also throw stuff from my planes and get paid for it :prr:

[TopGearNL]

I started a course this year but didn't like it so I quit back in November.

Have been working extra hours but not what I would like, so as from monday I start a new fulltime job with more pay! :D

[dutchmasterflex]

Full time student at Northeastern University - B.S. in Computer Engineering Technology with a minor in Business focus on Entrepreneurship.

Also working full time for a leading military defense contractor.

[Erez]

I work as a mechanic for about 4 months now, might start studying Business Administration, might take a job offering in the US, (PS- dutchmasterflex, as it turns out the dude might be moving to Miami! :shock: )
ah.. and I'm also a certified Medic (from the army days), but I don't think I'll ever want to have anything to do with it again..

[dutchmasterflex]

dude, I've been meaning to mention Miami to you.. I met tons of Israeli's out there (more realistically about 6 or 8)

Good friend of mine lives in Ft Lauderdale (bout 15 mins from Miami) and is looking to move closer to South Beach.

You'll have a much easier time finding rent in your budget, not to mention you'll have a GREAT time living down there... Good luck!

[Erez]

:D thanks! like I said, I'm not pushing either way.. we'll see how things will develop..
but even if it will be Miami, I have some "business" to attend to over at NJ ;) and family to visit over at Colorado :lol: so I might be around a bit ;)
actually I think I also have some distant relatives in Miami too! :lol:
like I said.. I'll open a new thread when I'll have more specifics..
(then again last minute call I still might stay here and get my BA first.. tho I'm SOO not in the mood :lol: but I might never be.. :? :bah: )

did you find the Israelis to be as rude as our reputation would say? :mrgreen: :lol:

[dutchmasterflex]

Haha.. well I was visiting my Israeli friend who transferred to a school down Ft. Lauderdale from Boston. He already knew this other Israeli kid who ended up bumping into a group of friends he knew back from elementary schools when were were in South Beach. That night we ended up partying with them, they were good people. But who knows how they would of treated me if I wasn't already with the group ;)

[Erez]

:lol: too see the worst really you'll have to go to India or Thailand..
one word about Israelis.. some how some way.. we all know each other.. :lol:

[TopGearNL]

I like Israelians, very generous and good hearted.

[Erez]

:lol: really? happy to hear that, but not what i expected.. :lol: well like I said.. go to India or Thailand and look for Israeli travelers there.. :lol: :wink:
besides, how can anyone be anything other then happy in Holland :mrgreen:
my guess is that you all know why so many Israelis travel there.. :lol:

[TopGearNL]

^^ Holland is a shitcountry, but lets not go there, don't want to hijack the thread.

[Erez]

:lol: I'm the new hijack king it seems :lol:
and what are you on about! its one of the best! only thing I know that sucks is that you, like us have a huge Tax on Gas, so our gas prices are about the same..

[TopGearNL]

^^ You wouldn't believe half the shit they do over here..

[Erez]

:lol: :lol: you wouldn't believe 99.999% the shit we have here (and I'm not even touching politics! )

[TopGearNL]

^^ Well I do know alot about Israel since my dad has worked at Carmel for over 25 years now and I know alot of Israelians/jewish people. You know Carmel right?

[Erez]

wines?

[dutchmasterflex]

Yeah, the things that go on in Israel are mind blowing, literally. But I guess that's what makes me so inclined to visit their.

[TopGearNL]

wines?

LOL! One of Israels biggest compagnies and you don't know, never mind.. :lol:

Anyway you are right, there's crazy stuff going on in Israel from time to time, worse then in Holland.. But Holland isn't all laid back and smoking a Joint like everyone thinks.

[ViperASR]

ViperASR, I'm assuming you are probably in the beginning acct courses, but which course are you taking right now? If you have any problems I'd be more than happy to help you out. Very Happy

Thanks man! Yea, I'm in my first accounting class right now, Financial Accounting, and I move on to Managerial next semester. After those two classes I move onto the rest of the core accounting classes. I'll deff keep that in mind that you are also an accounting major if I get confused :? . :good:

[Erez]

I think a visit here is a must for anyone at least once.. but there are many things I hate here.. and we have seem to became SO corrupted.. but what I hate the most is that everyone here just bitch about this and that.. and no one really "goes to the street" you know.. they bitch and bitch, and everyone just ask "how can this\that be" "how come no one does anything about it" and its all cause they all bitch and do NOTHING.. there is an overwhelming feeling among everyone of "well.. what can WE do.." as if we were a dictatorship.. lazy ass motherfuckers..
me? I just dont give a crap anymore.. I ATE SO MUCH SHIT, i think they all deserve it.. shit.. I dont even watch the news anymore..


LOL! One of Israels biggest companies and you don't know, never mind.. :lol:

if its not in the stock market.. then no.. :P

[TopGearNL]

if its not in the stock market.. then no.

LOL ok :wink:

[silentm]

i'm currently a full time chemistry student in Basel Switzerland.

[harryo2b]

I help planes of the USAF drop steel on target. :twisted: And I love what i do.

[TopGearNL]

^^ Can you drop some on Speedkillars house, you know accidently? :wink:

[Mattk]

I like Israelians, very generous and good hearted.

I have a friend who was originally from Israel but is now Australian. He's a nice guy, we're in the same law cohort at UNSW, and we get along well, but let's say his political views are amongst the most socially conservative I have seen in my life.

[MidEngine4Life]

Im a provisioner for Southwest Airlines
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/4495/image054vx3.jpg
Thats pretty much what i get to see every day, and flirt with flight attendants he he

[MidEngine4Life]

We all had to go through extensive background checks for both the airline and the airport. They've started doing random searches when we come in. Other than that I don't think about it much. When alert levels are high sometimes national guardsmen will take over for the regular security guards. Then I think about it lol
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/2582/pilotpb7.th.jpg (http://img223.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pilotpb7.jpg)
I love my company. Fun loving is the name of the game and they know how to take care of us. I get to work indoors and out, the people i'm there to make happy are my co-workers, the flight attendants, I get to see famous people from time to time (Paula Abdul last week), I get to work with aircraft, I fly free, the benefits rock, the pay is great (eventually), getting/giving hours is a sinch.

[Mattk]

I don't think it would be possible to referee and take pictures at the same time. And I coach debating at a private girls school, so people might think I'm some sort of deranged paedophile, taking pictures of young girls. :P

[saadie]

or you can think and act maturly and take a group photo ;) .. .

anyway ...
this is where i have to fit into .. with a very small seat ... im actually lying on it .. andd then i 6 straps hold me in really tight so then i cant move or scratch my balls .. sometimes the snake gets annoyed .. but thats life .. :\
http://serv2.imagehigh.com/imgss/4020059_DSCN3380-1024.JPG

this is the gang i did the coure with ... im on the extreme left.... it was a verrry tyring day you can se from all our faces :\
http://imgserv2.imagehigh.com/imgss/3961169_DSCN3667-1024.JPG

[Mattk]

or you can think and act maturly and take a group photo

But that doesn't really show the kind of work I do. And then there is the problem that I don't have a camera.

[SFDMALEX]

Wow lots of business people..........how dull......ya'll couldnt get into anything better? :lol: everyone these days is a bizman.......must suck to put that on your resume :P

[dutchmasterflex]

It's by far the easiest major in college minus physical education ;)

But it comes down to what you do with it when you graduate.

What do you do Alex?

[TopGearNL]

Im sabbatical, till september.

[Mattk]

It's by far the easiest major in college minus physical education

Where I'm from, I reckon it's because people do it so they can potentially make lots of money. Such greed and materialism... :P

[Z3uS]

A looooot of business ppl, indeed!

I wasn't expecting that at all. :)

[saadie]

what were you expecting then ? ... .. monkey flea eaters :lol: ..

[Mr.Vercetti]

I'm currently doing my MSc (actually I have 3 more exams to take and If I pass I then move on doing my dissertation, but I have to pass the fucking exams first) which is in the Distributed and Multimedia Information Systems which is a Computers/IT related MSc.

[TopGearNL]

what were you expecting then ? ... .. monkey flea eaters :lol: ..

LOL!

[pagani]

I do gardening for big company here in limburg the netherlands.
:D 8)

[pagani]

wines?

LOL! One of Israels biggest compagnies and you don't know, never mind.. :lol:

Anyway you are right, there's crazy stuff going on in Israel from time to time, worse then in Holland.. But Holland isn't all laid back and smoking a Joint like everyone thinks.

That is amsterdam.
It's pretty normal where i live.
:D 8)

[saadie]

to be honest ... im not doing anything these days ... last race of the season was last month ... im done with it ... soo im just sitting home doing nothing .... i need sponsors .. big ones to get enough cash for the next season :( ... :cry:

[Z3uS]

what were you expecting then ? ... .. monkey flea eaters :lol: ..
Since this is a car forum, i was expecting professions more like engineering...

[saadie]

the richest people in the world are businessmen ;) .. and businessmen buy expensive cars and later crash them because the car was too good for them .. if engineers had expensive cars ... there would be alot more non wrecked ferrari's lambo's porsche's ..... maybe the engineers try to find fleas on monkeys and crach .. but who knows ... :mrgreen:

[TopGearNL]

^^ Yep thats how it works.. sadly.

[spanky]

I was an IT Technician for about 8 years and am now an electrician...

Nothing to exciting but definitely pays the bills!

[gucom]

2nd year Fiscal Economics (so i'm gonna be a tax specialist, currently doing an internship at the Tax Service (IRS), nothing to make ppl hate u like that 8) :P )
i dont know exactly what i'm gonna do with it yet, maybe i'll be an advisor, maybe i'll go to the financial side of law enforcement... who knows :)

[Mattk]

i need sponsors .. big ones to get enough cash for the next season
Get a real job, then. :P

[PaulGT2164]

I restore classic cars/muscle/hot rods, see my post called "cars at the shop" for details.

or my sig.

[wasaabi92]

I just finished my second year of college. I study Mechanical Engineering and I (just) declared a minor in French. For work, I'm a Barista at Starbucks, and for play I restore older cars, and race new(er) ones. Duh.

In all honesty, I don't want to be an Engineer when I "grow up," I want to race cars or be the next Richard Hammond ... :D

[RC45]

I am a professional money launderer...

..and lucky for you guys I am willing to cut you in on my latest venture... remember, keep this just bewteen you and me....


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Reply-To : [email protected]
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The Heritage Trust Group,
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[rusrocket]

damn right

[ldin]

i am a system engineer/project manager/IT director/CIO/whateverthefuckbossneedsmetobe....that help?

[Pokiou]

i work for the australian government.

[spanky]

i work for the australian government.


which department pokiou

[Mattk]

Excuse me, anything better...?

Everything. :P I did Microeconomics in my first semester last year. I don't believe in hell but I'd imagine it'd be something like a Microeconomics lecture. It was so bloody boring. I only know of one person doing a Commerce or Economics degree at my uni who actually thinks that sort of stuff is fun. And this is a uni with a prolific Faculty of Business (as it is now called). I really can't understand why those degrees are so popular if so few seem to enjoy them. It can't purely be the riches awaiting them after they graduate.

[racingfreak]

I'm finishing my honours in Quantity Surveying but also actively involved in property development (my source for affording my first love...996 4S)

[Mattk]

Ok, fair enough. It's just that from my experience, people seem to do such majors even though they don't enjoy them. Finance is a disproportionately common major at my uni. Perhaps more people like it than I think.

[MidEngine4Life]

It may not be a big deal to most of you, but here where I live there are 3 major airports. One in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one here in San Jose. Although San Jose is the largest city in the SF bay area, it has the smallest airport so large airliners are not a very common sight. In fact only one 747 has visited the south bay since it was introduced in 1969. San Francisco gets all that due to all the tourism and more space for its airport.

Anyway the point im getting at is that the very first 747-400 landed here on the 27th and thanks to my job I was out there with all the media taking photos
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2932/turninginuk8.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=turninginuk8.jpg) http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3264/ja89172jt2.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ja89172jt2.jpg) http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6545/myfavrb9.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myfavrb9.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3727/taxiingawayiu3.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taxiingawayiu3.jpg) http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6693/dwarfedxl9.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dwarfedxl9.jpg)

And here is a little vid somebody took. The event got a lot of attention.
1st 747-400 arriving at San Jose Airport - YouTube
I love my job =)

http://www.nbc11.com/news/13211144/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=lifestyle
^You can actually see me in the video on this site he he^

[MidEngine4Life]

He he I doubt that will ever happen. That thing is too damn huge.

[gucom]

Ok, fair enough. It's just that from my experience, people seem to do such majors even though they don't enjoy them. Finance is a disproportionately common major at my uni. Perhaps more people like it than I think.

my study is part of the Financial Management cluster that also includes accounting and business economics, so i guess it's comparable... and i love it :D

[dutchmasterflex]

Wow lots of business people..........how dull......ya'll couldnt get into anything better? :lol: everyone these days is a bizman.......must suck to put that on your resume :P

Excuse me, anything better...? Business is the most competitive and hardest major to be accepted to at most respectable universities in the U.S. Here at Texas A&M it is by far the most difficult college to be accepted into, not to mention I'm in Business HONORS. It's not just here at A&M either, UT and many other big name universities have to continually turn down hundreds if not thousands of applicants each year b/c for the most part they try to select the best candidates.

By no means am I trying to discount other majors as being difficult, b/c I have many friends who are engineering majors. However, I have yet to meet anyone outside of the business school(including engineering) who thought accounting and finance were easy courses.

Accounting is a piece of cake. Simply arithmetic + new vocabulary.

[rusrocket]

im a student at Louisiana State University, transferring to University of Texas for next semester. unfortunately, i have to complete a semester before i can get into the business school there, but that is ultimately the goal.

[Erez]

well, big update from me!
quitted my job yesterday, I'll land at NJ (!) in about 2 weeks!! :shock: :mrgreen:

[Z3uS]

well, big update from me!
quit my job yesterday, I'll land at NJ (!) in about 2 weeks!! :shock: :mrgreen:
I suppose that's good news... Congratulations? :D

[Erez]

it is :mrgreen: thanks :mrgreen: :good:

[dutchmasterflex]

Good to hear Erez, any word definite word on what city you will be working in?

[nthfinity]

Wow lots of business people..........how dull......ya'll couldnt get into anything better? :lol: everyone these days is a bizman.......must suck to put that on your resume :P

Excuse me, anything better...? Business is the most competitive and hardest major to be accepted to at most respectable universities in the U.S. Here at Texas A&M it is by far the most difficult college to be accepted into, not to mention I'm in Business HONORS. It's not just here at A&M either, UT and many other big name universities have to continually turn down hundreds if not thousands of applicants each year b/c for the most part they try to select the best candidates.

By no means am I trying to discount other majors as being difficult, b/c I have many friends who are engineering majors. However, I have yet to meet anyone outside of the business school(including engineering) who thought accounting and finance were easy courses.

Accounting is a piece of cake. Simply arithmetic + new vocabulary.

We engineering majors thought a good way to boost GPA was to take a junior/senior level accounting/statistics etc. class :P

the new vocab stuff was silly...
shortly, I won't be using any of my higher education learning for anything :) .. and will be using business practices a great deal. I know people who are both very successful business majors, and people who will have a hard time finding a job with thie degree... business degrees are kinda like that.

[TopGearNL]

Nice pics, love those planes!

Hope you will see an A380 soon indeed! :D

[Mattk]

Congratulations, Erez! Good luck in America! Try not to be like Eddie Murphy in that movie. :P

[79TA]

mechanical engineering major
work for a general contractor part time
trade stock options
run
work on Trans Am
waste time on computer

that's a pretty hefty percentage of what I do.

[sentra_dude]

It may not be a big deal to most of you, but here where I live there are 3 major airports. One in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one here in San Jose. Although San Jose is the largest city in the SF bay area, it has the smallest airport so large airliners are not a very common sight. In fact only one 747 has visited the south bay since it was introduced in 1969. San Francisco gets all that due to all the tourism and more space for its airport.

Anyway the point im getting at is that the very first 747-400 landed here on the 27th and thanks to my job I was out there with all the media taking photos
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2932/turninginuk8.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=turninginuk8.jpg) http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3264/ja89172jt2.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ja89172jt2.jpg) http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6545/myfavrb9.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myfavrb9.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3727/taxiingawayiu3.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taxiingawayiu3.jpg) http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6693/dwarfedxl9.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dwarfedxl9.jpg)

And here is a little vid somebody took. The event got a lot of attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIhdoU4oV4
I love my job =)

http://www.nbc11.com/news/13211144/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=lifestyle
^You can actually see me in the video on this site he he^

Damn, awesome pictures, and you definitely have a cool job! You may be way ahead of me here, but have you heard of www.airliners.net? You should submit some of those 747 pics to them! :D

Any other airplane pics you've taken in the course of your job?

Wow lots of business people..........how dull......ya'll couldnt get into anything better? :lol: everyone these days is a bizman.......must suck to put that on your resume :P

Excuse me, anything better...? Business is the most competitive and hardest major to be accepted to at most respectable universities in the U.S. Here at Texas A&M it is by far the most difficult college to be accepted into, not to mention I'm in Business HONORS. It's not just here at A&M either, UT and many other big name universities have to continually turn down hundreds if not thousands of applicants each year b/c for the most part they try to select the best candidates.

By no means am I trying to discount other majors as being difficult, b/c I have many friends who are engineering majors. However, I have yet to meet anyone outside of the business school(including engineering) who thought accounting and finance were easy courses.

Accounting is a piece of cake. Simply arithmetic + new vocabulary.

We engineering majors thought a good way to boost GPA was to take a junior/senior level accounting/statistics etc. class :P


Damn, you are so awesome and smart.

[MidEngine4Life]

It may not be a big deal to most of you, but here where I live there are 3 major airports. One in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one here in San Jose. Although San Jose is the largest city in the SF bay area, it has the smallest airport so large airliners are not a very common sight. In fact only one 747 has visited the south bay since it was introduced in 1969. San Francisco gets all that due to all the tourism and more space for its airport.

Anyway the point im getting at is that the very first 747-400 landed here on the 27th and thanks to my job I was out there with all the media taking photos
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2932/turninginuk8.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=turninginuk8.jpg) http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3264/ja89172jt2.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ja89172jt2.jpg) http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6545/myfavrb9.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myfavrb9.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3727/taxiingawayiu3.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taxiingawayiu3.jpg) http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6693/dwarfedxl9.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dwarfedxl9.jpg)

And here is a little vid somebody took. The event got a lot of attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIhdoU4oV4
I love my job =)

http://www.nbc11.com/news/13211144/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=lifestyle
^You can actually see me in the video on this site he he^

Damn, awesome pictures, and you definitely have a cool job! You may be way ahead of me here, but have you heard of www.airliners.net? You should submit some of those 747 pics to them! :D

Any other airplane pics you've taken in the course of your job?



Yes ive taken many, some you can find on my portfolio others you can find on myaviation.net and airliners.net<-----they reject most of my pics
just search for keyword "Gornitzka"

[acmarttin]

I am a graphic designer that works in advertising

and I also catch farts in mason's jars and convert them into energy.

[Erez]

Good to hear Erez, any word definite word on what city you will be working in?

:lol: I spoke with him yesterday, and forgot to ask.. :lol: anywho.. they'll have a car picking me up.. so I'm not worried.. :wink: but I'll be talking to him in a few days again, so I'll be sure to ask ;)

..as for Miami, they're expanding the business, and he said that when they'll open up there, I might move there.. (a higher position 8) )
so I'll be sure to update ;)

Congratulations, Erez! Good luck in America! Try not to be like Eddie Murphy in that movie. :P

:lol: you mean the one he played a prince? :lol:

[sentra_dude]

It may not be a big deal to most of you, but here where I live there are 3 major airports. One in San Francisco, one in Oakland, and one here in San Jose. Although San Jose is the largest city in the SF bay area, it has the smallest airport so large airliners are not a very common sight. In fact only one 747 has visited the south bay since it was introduced in 1969. San Francisco gets all that due to all the tourism and more space for its airport.

Anyway the point im getting at is that the very first 747-400 landed here on the 27th and thanks to my job I was out there with all the media taking photos
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/2932/turninginuk8.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=turninginuk8.jpg) http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3264/ja89172jt2.th.jpg (http://img182.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ja89172jt2.jpg) http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6545/myfavrb9.th.jpg (http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myfavrb9.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/3727/taxiingawayiu3.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taxiingawayiu3.jpg) http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/6693/dwarfedxl9.th.jpg (http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dwarfedxl9.jpg)

And here is a little vid somebody took. The event got a lot of attention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGIhdoU4oV4
I love my job =)

http://www.nbc11.com/news/13211144/detail.html?rss=bay&psp=lifestyle
^You can actually see me in the video on this site he he^

Damn, awesome pictures, and you definitely have a cool job! You may be way ahead of me here, but have you heard of www.airliners.net? You should submit some of those 747 pics to them! :D

Any other airplane pics you've taken in the course of your job?



Yes ive taken many, some you can find on my portfolio others you can find on myaviation.net and airliners.net<-----they reject most of my pics
just search for keyword "Gornitzka"

Awesome man! Nice selection of shots on airliners.net, I like the head-on A-10 shot with the fog in the background, very neat. And I know just what you mean, airliners.net is freeeakin picky. :roll: :P

[gangajas]

I'm a pornstar :D

[Shinigami]

I've had a flight in several 747's, even got to sit up in the second floor... mmm, comfy seats.

Too bad it's hardly ever for pleasure tho', meaning I need the time off to sleep and relax so that I can go directly to work in whichever country I've got an assignment in :?

[dutchmasterflex]

Well it's much easier to relax and get some rest when you are in first class on a 747 ;)

[dutchmasterflex]

I've never flown anything other than the economy :( I had a chance to upgrade to business on my flight down to Florida earlier this year but the girl I was with said it would be worth it.

Other than the slightly larger seats and meal, it probably wouldnt have been worth it.

But first class in a 747 :shock: :drool:

[5vz-fe]

I've flown in many 747... being the best one the Singapur Airlines. This Air France 777 wasn't bad either :wink:

:arrow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbGygBYqBss

It's Economy class BTW :P

I once had the chance to be in the pilots cabin... and it was awesome, with all the buttons and screens so cramped, and the cabin being so narrow and claustrophobic. To get to the pilots cabin I had to go through First class in the upper floor... and God what a difference with the Economy seat I had :roll: :?

Yeah, I kinda like the washroom setup in the 777. Give me a chance to stretch my legs watching the stairs. (tho I could imagine may be inconvient for some).

The first class ppl did pay a few times the econ fare.

[TopGearNL]

Yes ive taken many, some you can find on my portfolio others you can find on myaviation.net and airliners.net<-----they reject most of my pics
just search for keyword "Gornitzka"

Nice pics! 8)

[Mattk]

you mean the one he played a prince?

Yeah, the film was calledComing to America, I think.

I've applied for a well-paying gig adjudicating school debates. The chief adjudicator was the year above me at school and we know each other fairly well, so maybe he'll give me preferential treatment (unlikely as it may be).

[Mattk]

^The seats are bigger. I think that is a significant benefit. Some airlines have good economy class, some have crap economy class. Sometimes it varies greatly between airlines.

[Mattk]

^Ah, OK. I flew Air New Zealand last year and on the flight back here, the plane had nice tan leather seats in economy. I thought that was cool until I tried to recline my seat and realised I couldn't because the emergency door was immediately behind it and that function of the seat had been disabled. Bugger.

[saadie]

^^ always ask for the seat you want ...

i either take window seat on the first 2 rows .. or the window seat at the last row

[Erez]

:P I got the window seat at the last row :mrgreen: 747 I think.. :mrgreen:
for first class they wanted around 5 grand.. so it eco for me.. :lol:

[Mattk]

^^ always ask for the seat you want ...

I probably should have. Ah well, at least the seats were leather.

[Mattk]

I prefer to get the emergency exit seats - so I can stretch my legs

Yes, because the bloke in front can't recline his seat!

I don't like sitting at the back of planes. It just seems lonely.

[Shinigami]

It depends a lot on the plane and flight when it comes to the seats. Small flights, say back and forth Geneva - London, the difference between business and economy is negligeable. It's almost the same seats, maybe a bit wider if they eliminate the middle row.

But for the longer haul flights, some companies have some decent business class (and even better, first class) seats. Fully reclining (lufthansa comes to mind), semi reclining (British Airways business class, although they're changing things this summer) and semi reclining for just the feet (Argentinean airlines).

There's a website (forgot the name right now, but a quick google search should find it) where you can find out what seating is in just about any major flight anywhere. This way you can find out the seat and row number, and ask to be given that seat when making your reservation. Very useful if you want to have the "exit" seats as was mentioned.

I've racked up so many miles on my BA card that it's pretty much stuck permanently on gold status and I could fly geneva - japan several times (in business) :D

I just might do that in a few years time when I've got enough miles to get firstclass for me and my girl ;) (needs like a million miles, but I'm not too far off now).

I wonder what company I'll be flying when I go around Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia in the next few months :shock:

[TopGearNL]

Once flew with a Boeing 747 Cargo from El Al out of Israel, they had seats behind the cockpit on the 2nd deck and best thing was they were 1st class but they charged economy class prices :D

[Erez]

^ sweet deal! 8)

[TopGearNL]

^ sweet deal! 8)

Yeah! Best thing was that we were almost the only ones there, so it was very quiet and we had like 2 Stewardesses for 8 men, now thats what I call service! :lol:

[Erez]

well I checked prices for my tickets, like I said, I got the eco at $630 business was around $3,000 and first was around $5,000, I can't justify that sort of difference unfortunately..

[TopGearNL]

^^ Insane! :shock:

[Erez]

sadly.. :?

[Erez]

of course... just like mazda\toyota makes more money then ferrari\lambo.. ;)
+ I wont be cramped.. ;) I'm ~1.75 and weight ~65Kg.. :lol:
and I worked at the airport, and have some family that work there, so if there'll be a vacancy in the 1st\business.. we'll see if I'll get "upgraded" ;)

..paying X5 times or more just for a little more space is crazy.. :bah:

[nthfinity]

Start a new "Dream job" in less then 2 weeks!

Yip Yip Yahooooooooooooo!

I can now join the ranks of Novass, and PaulGT in something along that line of work ;) (more on the office side of things) Job starts in 2 weeks :)

As an asside, its a rather significant pay rais!

[saadie]

you are starting a shop ? ...

[nthfinity]

you are starting a shop ? ...

You wont find finer examples of rare muscle cars.... the numbers matching kind, the finest clones too. We do Zero work.... but the first car wont be sold til June by all estimates.

There will be "new" cars as well... but deals are still being made between various parties involved.

I don't own this business, mine is still chugging along, with a few important people nicely secured :)

[dutchmasterflex]

Congrats dude! Nothing like finding a JOB that's more like a hobby than actual work.

[FPVPSI]

i design kitchens... :D

Might sound gay but it is actually quite rewarding. Seeing your design go from paper to being built, then installed and completed is quite a nice feeling... 8)

[Z3uS]

i design kitchens... :D

Might sound gay but it is actually quite rewarding. Seeing your design go from paper to being built, then installed and completed is quite a nice feeling... 8)
That's something different at least :D

[FPVPSI]

i design kitchens... :D

Might sound gay but it is actually quite rewarding. Seeing your design go from paper to being built, then installed and completed is quite a nice feeling... 8)
That's something different at least :D

Yeh thats what i tell myself... :wink:

lol @ your avatar... :!:

[pitfield]

Sell MINI

[novass]

I can now join the ranks of Novass, and PaulGT in something along that line of work ;) (more on the office side of things) Job starts in 2 weeks :)


Congrats man! I'm sure you will have a lot of fun and make some good contacts along the way. What exactly will you be doing?

I am now going into Real Estate in an attempt to make more money :D

i design kitchens... :D

Might sound gay but it is actually quite rewarding. Seeing your design go from paper to being built, then installed and completed is quite a nice feeling... 8)

Thats really cool. Do you have any pictures of stuff you've designed?

[nthfinity]

I can now join the ranks of Novass, and PaulGT in something along that line of work ;) (more on the office side of things) Job starts in 2 weeks :)


Congrats man! I'm sure you will have a lot of fun and make some good contacts along the way. What exactly will you be doing?

I am now going into Real Estate in an attempt to make more money :D

i design kitchens... :D

Might sound gay but it is actually quite rewarding. Seeing your design go from paper to being built, then installed and completed is quite a nice feeling... 8)

Thats really cool. Do you have any pictures of stuff you've designed?

Job starts tomarrow!

[PaulGT2164]

hah its not really work, i get paid for a commute ;)

its nice standing in barnes and nobles and looking at a book with pics of real cobras, HEMI cudas, and the like, and some guy saying he wonders how they drive.....

and being able to tell him from experience.

I wake up every morning happy that I do not work....
but get paid for a commute.

[novass]

its nice standing in barnes and nobles and looking at a book with pics of real cobras, HEMI cudas, and the like, and some guy saying he wonders how they drive.....

and being able to tell him from experience.

LOL I know the feeling :D

[nthfinity]

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1835/enzo0bw5.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=enzo0bw5.jpg)

Man, works sucks, eh?

[Mattk]

I need a job. I'll see if I can get a job with the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources on his campaign this upcoming election.

[vexor]

Just got a summer job at one of the local Hyundai dealerships near my house as a car lot attendant. unfortunately i have to work through the weekends (sigh) but I do get a 3 day "weekend" tues - thrus

[nthfinity]

http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/1835/enzo0bw5.th.jpg (http://img119.imageshack.us/my.php?image=enzo0bw5.jpg)

Man, works sucks, eh?

You do Enzos? :?

and so much more :)

Some are part of the collection, others are part of the brokerage

[T-Bird]

I'llbe moving up a notch very soon at a different location getting out of the dealer network hopefully.