Delays and excess baggage
October 24th, 2005I’ve spent a lot of time over the last couple of days putting stuff into bags and weighing it. 54 kilos of baggage sounded like quite a lot back in August, but now I’m regretting not having sent more stuff on the ship. In fact, the whole experience so far is very like Michael Flanders monologue By Air – weigh all the individual items including the cases, 50 kilos. Put the things in the cases, 60 kilos.
Anyway, I think I can squeeze the baggage allowance a little…
My plane has also been postponed by 24 hours, so I’m now leaving on Wednesday night.
October 24th, 2005 at 8:43 pm
Good luck with your journey and job!
I’ve pondered the BAS vacancies since finishing my electronics degree, but don’t feel up to it. I hope you are able to report back, I’m interested to here how it goes.
October 24th, 2005 at 9:30 pm
Thanks!
Go ahead and apply – the general opinion seems to be that having the right attitude and being a keen and quick learner is more important than having the specific skills needed to do the job: skills can be learned, but changing attitudes is much more difficult. BAS are very keen to train people if they need additional skills.