Reply to: Is anyone else having a carp day so far?

[TheFaQQer]

I wouldn't mind doing a bit of work abroad but I'm not sure how it would affect my SC clearance.

Shouldn't impact your clearance at all.

However, if you work for more than 11 months in a non-SC cleared role, then your clearance lapses anyway and you have to start at square one.

[Spacecadet]

If its within the EU i can't imagine it having any serious impact on SC

[~Craig~]

Yeah that seems to be the best way of doing it. I guess it would be quite difficult to have a fixed daily rate unless you could acurately predict the cost of flights and hotels; otherwise it would just be eating into your profit.

I wouldn't mind doing a bit of work abroad but I'm not sure how it would affect my SC clearance.

[Spacecadet]

Sounds good! That must cost a packet to do all that and presumably stay in a hotel whilst you're out there.

Contract is for consultancy services plus expenses incurred.. I had a bit of wedge saved up in the company account so paying for flights and hotels before the first invoice was paid wasn't a problem.

[~Craig~]

I work in Eindhoven, no direct flights from Manchester so usually fly to Schiphol then get a train direct.
This morning I flew with VLM to Rotterdam, taxi to Rotterdam central (€20) then a direct train to Eindhoven.

Incidently I was also booked to fly with KLM today but I forgot i had booked that ticket so also booked myself on to VLM

I was really pleased with VLM, good service, fast checkin and boarding, decent food (compared to KLM) and Rotterdam airport, being smaller, is a lot quicker with the immigration and bags.
Only bad thing about VLM is that the evening flight is too late for me, so for the time being the afternoon flight with KLM to schiphol will have to remain my first choice.

Sounds good! That must cost a packet to do all that and presumably stay in a hotel whilst you're out there.

[Spacecadet]

Ok I meant "Where do you fly to....."

I work in Eindhoven, no direct flights from Manchester so usually fly to Schiphol then get a train direct.
This morning I flew with VLM to Rotterdam, taxi to Rotterdam central (€20) then a direct train to Eindhoven.

Incidently I was also booked to fly with KLM today but I forgot i had booked that ticket so also booked myself on to VLM

I was really pleased with VLM, good service, fast checkin and boarding, decent food (compared to KLM) and Rotterdam airport, being smaller, is a lot quicker with the immigration and bags.
Only bad thing about VLM is that the evening flight is too late for me, so for the time being the afternoon flight with KLM to schiphol will have to remain my first choice.

[~Craig~]

Manchester

Ok I meant "Where do you fly to....."

[Spacecadet]

where do you fly from?

Manchester

[~Craig~]

Thats not too bad (and i tend to be a last minute sort, especially as i tend to work from home mondays and fly late afternoon)

where do you fly from?

[Spacecadet]

£45 or thereabouts for Monday to Friday.

Thats not too bad (and i tend to be a last minute sort, especially as i tend to work from home mondays and fly late afternoon)

[TheFaQQer]

not that sort of wet, more rain ingress type of wet...

Though I am tempted to piss all over the fliping thing...

Would that help it burn if you then "dropped" a match nearby?

I have no knowledge of the chemical composition of giant alien lizard urine.

[TheFaQQer]

How much is the parking there? at the moment i'm a £15 taxi ride away but looking to move further afield soonish so might need to drive instead

£45 or thereabouts for Monday to Friday.

You can get cheaper if you go for off-airport parking, but I'm usually in a rush so park there and then walk to the terminal (since it's quicker most days than waiting for the bus).

[DaveB]

Woke up this morning to find one of the pipes in the boiler cupboard in the kitchen had sprung a leak. Water all over the worktop and soaked into the cupboard door making the door swell and warp and the veener peel off.

[chef]

was too err "celebratory" this weekend and so wasnt in a good enough state to get the flight down as usual last night..

decided to get the early train this morning.. 5:08 train, change at Birmingham.. didnt get full english just a bacon butty ("full english is served after Birmingham, sir" ), swapped onto virgin "all your get is a microwaved butty and some apple slices" voyager, arrived 30 mins late..

now i feel sleepy, hungover and my liver aches but it's monday so 5 days before a rest...

<Chef in very grumpy mood>

[Spacecadet]

The long stay car park at Manchester airport

How much is the parking there? at the moment i'm a £15 taxi ride away but looking to move further afield soonish so might need to drive instead