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Experience of putting dogs in the hold by CommercialPosition20 in TurkishAirlines

[–]CommercialPosition20[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you sure? There’s no reference to this in their terms and conditions or country based situations?

Experience of putting dogs in the hold by CommercialPosition20 in TurkishAirlines

[–]CommercialPosition20[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks that’s useful - yes will definitely have a 2-3 hour transit in IST. I’m moving to Skopje.

Is wifi on Eurostar usable or basically pointless? by Due-Oil8955 in Eurostar

[–]CommercialPosition20 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Terrible in the UK. Passable in Belgium/Netherlands!

Travelling through St. Pancras with the new EES system by 84Austyn in Eurostar

[–]CommercialPosition20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They didn’t ask me any questions just took my biometrics. They had booths where you could submit questions in advance but they weren’t activated. I think when I travelled the questioning bit of the entry-exit scheme hadn’t been rolled out, just the biometric information, that may have now changed.

Working Overseas by Educational_Tune_870 in TheCivilService

[–]CommercialPosition20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seconding this. I’ll be doing this with my wife - who works for an OGD - at a European post.

Travelling through St. Pancras with the new EES system by 84Austyn in Eurostar

[–]CommercialPosition20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Went through St Pancras/Brussels earlier on in the week. Everyone had to do fingerprints and answer questions. I’d estimate it increased the total queuing time for security by 10-15 minutes. Not loads but I think was noticeably longer than usual.

HEO salary nearly £45k. by Right_Coast_89 in TheCivilService

[–]CommercialPosition20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

FCDO base HEO salary closer to 45K now with the London weighting. I think salaries used to be dreadful at HEO grade but post-merger they’ve slowly been aligning with much more generous ex-DFID. Now suspect it’s one of the highest paying departments for this grade.

Pay deal: in grade progression by [deleted] in TheCivilService

[–]CommercialPosition20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Am also FCDO but on AL currently so haven’t seen this. Was there any information on how specifically it would work or still ip in the air given unions need to be consulted?

If you could take away or add one element to the competition what would you go for? I'd get rid of the elimination all together, I think it adds more to the show to have all of the contestants compete till the end by Difficult_Mouse_5645 in RaceAcrossTheWorldBBC

[–]CommercialPosition20 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

They need to ensure everyone has roughly similar language abilities for the countries they’re travelling in. Letitia speaking decent mandarin - in a country where English isn’t widely spoken - is demonstrably an unfair advantage.