No stitching to show but … “Da plane, da plane!!”

Today we had a meeting at work with our ‘team’ … and it got sidelined a bit by ‘my boss’s boss’ – she gave us an update of where we’re heading and the fact that they are trying to get some positions confirmed for our team (but obviously no guarantees!).  It was good that she said she appreciated some of us had moved interstate and they were aware of the huge commitment that takes, so they are doing what they can (although there are hiring freezes on, so who knows what will happen).  All-in-all, though, it was really good to have our situations acknowledged and a faint glimmer of hope that things will become more concrete in time (fingers crossed) 🙂

Added to that we are now taking on the work of three overseas call centres that are closing down (1 down, 2 to go), so our workload is certainly not diminishing in any sense of the word!!  It will be ‘all hands on deck’ for a few months yet … and I am brushing up on my fares skills (as I’m the only member of our team that’s Fares & Ticketing II trained) to assist with writing procedures – it’s all a good challenge and keeps the grey matter active!

Aside from being head down, bum up as normal, today we were given a little treat – our bosses nominated everyone in the team to take a bus trip for an hour or two to drive over to the Jet Base … it was great!  We had a full tour of the Airbus A380 aircraft sitting in all its glory in the hangar … it was a wonderful opportunity that we just don’t normally get!  The biggest highlight prior to that was meeting John Travolta when he visited our call centre in Auckland 6 years ago! 😀

I normally like to keep my work totally separate from my blog, but thought I’d share a couple of the photos of the aircraft in the hangar.

I haven’t shown any photos of the interior (even though I took a sum total of 72 photos this afternoon!), as I wasn’t sure if that would be appropriate to publish. I couldn’t resist taking this shot, though – this view greeted us as we walked back to board the bus … I just love seeing all the planes lined up in a row! Every day I drive to work either under the international runway or under the domestic flight path, and drive past the Jet Base … and I just love to see the aircraft lined up from all the different airlines – puts a smile on my face every morning (but unfortunately due to security and safety reasons we obviously can’t normally get up this close and personal) 🙂 

So, all-in-all a pretty good day … definitely can’t complain … and to top it off I’m going to stitch a word or two of that dratted sampler – hey, can’t have TOO good a day, hahaha 😉

I’ll finish off with another work photo … and definitely one of THE highlights of my career to date … yep, the infamous John Travolta in the flesh, in his dashing pilot’s uniform! {{sigh}} 😀

Updated to add: In both the top and bottom photos, that’s me in the blue top (had to be blue, didn’t it?! LOL) – unfortunately I no longer have my VERY expensive blue wool jacket in the bottom photo – Fraze kindly thought he’d do the laundry washing one day (which he’s never done before), and kindly put my pure wool into a hot washing machine along with everything else … I ended up with a toddler-size felted top … not happy Jan!! 😉