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Max
Sep 25, 2018, 7:46:39 AM9/25/18
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I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
Greetings,
My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the team there
and attend a conference. But the problem is I have anxiety issues with
flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia", and I do
fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but they are
generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips and I always fly
Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
But the trip to the USA is many hours, over stretches of the ocean
without any chance for an emergency landing, I won't be guaranteed
Qantas when I fly interstate US, and the airport might get bombed and I
might get randomly shot. And this is travel outside of my contract. I
get heart palpitations thinking about it.
I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but do you think my work
can work force me to fly?
Greetings,
My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the team there
and attend a conference. But the problem is I have anxiety issues with
flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia", and I do
fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but they are
generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips and I always fly
Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
But the trip to the USA is many hours, over stretches of the ocean
without any chance for an emergency landing, I won't be guaranteed
Qantas when I fly interstate US, and the airport might get bombed and I
might get randomly shot. And this is travel outside of my contract. I
get heart palpitations thinking about it.
I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but do you think my work
can work force me to fly?
Rod Speed
Sep 25, 2018, 3:02:59 PM9/25/18
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Max <m...@val.morgan> wrote
> I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
Top themselves.
> Greetings,
> My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the
> team there and attend a conference. But the problem is I have
> anxiety issues with flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
> My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia",
> and I do fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but
> they are generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips
> and I always fly Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
Like hell it is. Pity about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
> But the trip to the USA is many hours, over stretches of the ocean
> without any chance for an emergency landing, I won't be guaranteed
> Qantas when I fly interstate US, and the airport might get bombed
> and I might get randomly shot. And this is travel outside of my
> contract. I get heart palpitations thinking about it.
> I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but
> do you think my work can work force me to fly?
Yep, they will handcuff you to the seat.
> I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
> Greetings,
> My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the
> team there and attend a conference. But the problem is I have
> anxiety issues with flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
> My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia",
> and I do fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but
> they are generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips
> and I always fly Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
> But the trip to the USA is many hours, over stretches of the ocean
> without any chance for an emergency landing, I won't be guaranteed
> Qantas when I fly interstate US, and the airport might get bombed
> and I might get randomly shot. And this is travel outside of my
> contract. I get heart palpitations thinking about it.
> I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but
> do you think my work can work force me to fly?
de chucka
Sep 25, 2018, 6:23:39 PM9/25/18
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On 26/09/2018 5:02 AM, Rod Speed wrote:
> Max <m...@val.morgan> wrote
>> I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
>
> Top themselves.
>> Greetings,
>
>> My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the team
>> there and attend a conference. But the problem is I have anxiety
>> issues with flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
>
>> My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia", and I
>> do fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but they are
>> generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips and I always fly
>> Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
>
> Like hell it is. Pity about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
I'm sure they ended up repairing the plane and then mothballed it so
> Max <m...@val.morgan> wrote
>> I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
>
> Top themselves.
>> Greetings,
>
>> My work wants to fly me to the USA for two weeks, to meet the team
>> there and attend a conference. But the problem is I have anxiety
>> issues with flying since a mid-year incident a few years ago.
>
>> My contract currently says "up to 10% travel within Australia", and I
>> do fly from time to time interstate, I get very nervous but they are
>> generally OK since they're no more than 3 hour trips and I always fly
>> Qantas since their aviation history is spotless.
>
> Like hell it is. Pity about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_1
they could claim they'd never had a plane written off in a crash. It was
raised at the shareholders meeting as it cost millions.
Could have been another incident
Rod Speed
Sep 25, 2018, 9:27:38 PM9/25/18
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"de chucka" <Dech...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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<qantas crash se asia> too,, I wasn’t certain about it being
Bangkok and needed to check and get the wiki article.
Sylvia Else
Sep 26, 2018, 5:04:29 AM9/26/18
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Australia, but does not mention travel abroad, then he's not going to be
in breach of contract for refusing.
That doesn't mean that refusing won't damage his long-term prospects.
Depends how keen his employer is that he go.
Sylvia.
FMurtz
Sep 26, 2018, 8:43:03 AM9/26/18
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Sylvia Else
Sep 26, 2018, 9:05:27 PM9/26/18
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Sylvia.
Rod Speed
Sep 26, 2018, 11:03:56 PM9/26/18
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"Sylvia Else" <syl...@email.invalid> wrote in message
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>> It is max, probably fiction
>
> There is such a posting on Whirlpool.
Bet its his.
>
> There is such a posting on Whirlpool.
peterwn
Oct 13, 2018, 5:18:58 AM10/13/18
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peterwn
Oct 13, 2018, 5:21:33 AM10/13/18
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On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 11:46:39 PM UTC+12, Max wrote:
> I saw this post on Whirlpool. What should this person do?
>
......
>
>
> I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but do you think my work
> can work force me to fly?
Are you hoping they will upgrade you to business class? (More chance of being hurt in the pointy end than in cattle class down the rear).
> I think I am medically unfit to fly to the USA, but do you think my work
> can work force me to fly?
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