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Turned this one down in the end though there was a part of me that wanted to take this on - misplaced sense of adventure I guess. I like an adventure
Anyhow, I had a phone call with one of the guys over there and soon had a reality check.
1) 550 Euros pd - you work 6 weeks flat out 7 days a week 12 hours pd. Don't get paid for your time out
2) You share a room with somebody.
3) You're expected to visit other bases by helicopter (me: Any chance of the Taliban taking potshots? him: Yeah, it can happen but the pilots are trained to avoid that)
4) Me: Don't the Taliban lob mortars and things into the compound? Him - yep, of course. 3 months ago we had 48 mortar attacks in the space of a week. But not to worry - the accommodation is rocket proof.
5) And this was the clincher. When you arrive in Kabul there's nobody to meet you at the airport and you have to make your own way from the airport terminal to the entrance of the NATO compound which means you get approx 30 minutes mixing in the Afghan general public. And it is, apparently, a very scary experience. So, F**k that...
Turned this one down in the end though there was a part of me that wanted to take this on - misplaced sense of adventure I guess. I like an adventure
Anyhow, I had a phone call with one of the guys over there and soon had a reality check.
1) 550 Euros pd - you work 6 weeks flat out 7 days a week 12 hours pd. Don't get paid for your time out
2) You share a room with somebody.
3) You're expected to visit other bases by helicopter (me: Any chance of the Taliban taking potshots? him: Yeah, it can happen but the pilots are trained to avoid that)
4) Me: Don't the Taliban lob mortars and things into the compound? Him - yep, of course. 3 months ago we had 48 mortar attacks in the space of a week. But not to worry - the accommodation is rocket proof.
5) And this was the clincher. When you arrive in Kabul there's nobody to meet you at the airport and you have to make your own way from the airport terminal to the entrance of the NATO compound which means you get approx 30 minutes mixing in the Afghan general public. And it is, apparently, a very scary experience. So, F**k that...
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