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Old 24th Dec 2011, 11:17
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DownIn3Green
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I did VIP 727 for just under 6 yrs, and loved every minute of it...

Based in Riyadh, the most time I ever spent there in any given year was 32 days...

Loads of time off, however, as has been stated, not really "off"...I carried 2 phones, 1 for me that I could turn off, and 1 for "him"...Except for the 6 week "C" check every year (6 weeks) I was on the road constantly...One year I spent 283 nights in a hotel somewhere in the world...However, we would always have at least 24 hour notice of a flight...my principle's people understood they couldn't order up a trip from say, LAX to Beruit, with a drop-off in Paris on short notice...

I had an extensive airline background, and when the kids were born I went back to the airlines, but I truly loved VIP...

Good Luck...
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