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Hom3r
10-05-2006, 23:03
Hi

After 10 month on the rock N roll I've landed the perfect job, 30min drive from home.

It for a major courier company (with an explosive name), I help maintain the aircraft, yesterday I had a look at a 757 up close and personal (able to touch as well as sit in the pilots seat)

This job will involve some travel into euro (mainly Belguim & France overnight). Now my problem, I'm a very fussy eater, I never eat in resturants or other such establishment.

I was told that I could take my own "packed lunch" (thay said that thay've take food in to europe that they cannot buy there.

does anybody know about this? I've visited the CAA website but no luck/

thanks

homealone
10-05-2006, 23:51
this is quite an old link, but is an example of a 'personal allowance' for import of food into the UK

1.0 kg of meat cooked in a hermetically sealed container

1.0 kg of fish

1.0 kg of milk powder (from specified countries only)

2.0 kg of fruit/raw vegetables*

1 bouquet of cut flowers

5 retail packets of seeds*

2.0 kg of bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes* **

5 other plants* **

Notes:

* not potatoes

** Euro-Mediterranean region only

from

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmenvfru/968/96804.htm

;)

Tasty ;)

Gareth
10-05-2006, 23:59
Congrats on the new job :tu:

ps - planes are cool :cool:

Hom3r
06-07-2006, 21:03
Does anybody here work at either the London City Airport, or another UK airport check in desk?

I tried to phone the Info desk at LCA but they didn't know and tried to pass me on to a check in desk but they were engaged.

To clarify what I want to do is take Plain buttered rolls/sandwiches, crisps & cereal bars in to Belguim, for my personal consumption. I've been on here website but couldn't find anything.

danielf
06-07-2006, 21:07
Does anybody here work at either the London City Airport, or another UK airport check in desk?

I tried to phone the Info desk at LCA but they didn't know and tried to pass me on to a check in desk but they were engaged.

To clarify what I want to do is take Plain buttered rolls/sandwiches, crisps & cereal bars in to Belguim, for my personal consumption. I've been on here website but couldn't find anything.

There should not be any problem, provided there is no foot & mouth disease or something of that sort. If there is, they tend to become a bit fussy over meat/dairy products. Normally, you can pretty much take what you want (within reason).

Wicked_and_Crazy
06-07-2006, 21:11
You dont eat ni restaurants!!! thats sad


As Belgium and France are in the EU you can take what ever food you like.

They do have supermarkets in europe!

Hom3r
06-07-2006, 21:14
I've taken food into europe before but that was on a coach, wouldn't an areoplane be different?

danielf
06-07-2006, 21:14
You dont eat ni restaurants!!! thats sad


As Belgium and France are in the EU you can take what ever food you like.

They do have supermarkets in europe!

And the Belgian cuisine is not to be snuffed at either :)

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I've taken food into europe before but that was on a coach, wouldn't an areoplane be different?

No. Why would it? It's like a coach, except that it travels through the air.

Wicked_and_Crazy
06-07-2006, 21:18
No. Why would it? It's like a coach, except that it travels through the air.

Yes but high altitude changes the molecular structure of food ;)

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you help maintain the aircraft in what way?

danielf
06-07-2006, 21:20
Yes but high altitude changes the molecular structure of food ;)


Yikes! Surely that will render it unfit for human consumption? ;)

Wicked_and_Crazy
06-07-2006, 21:23
And the Belgian cuisine is not to be snuffed at either :)



Does not compute does not compute!

Why would you eat anything other than chocolate in Belgium?

Halcyon
06-07-2006, 21:24
You should be fine with Sandwhich's.
I've taken my packed lunch on the plane to Europe many times.

danielf
06-07-2006, 21:27
Does not compute does not compute!

Why would you eat anything other than chocolate in Belgium?

Because you can have Moules et Frites (washed down with a few bollekes of De Koninck), amongst many other lovely things. The Belgians take their food very seriously :)

Nugget
06-07-2006, 21:30
No. Why would it? It's like a coach, except that it travels through the air.

Although it's an absolute bugger if it breaks down and needs a tow ;)

Wicked_and_Crazy
06-07-2006, 21:33
Although it's an absolute bugger if it breaks down and needs a tow ;)

Thats a glider

:rolleyes: pillock!

Nugget
06-07-2006, 21:43
No, this is a glider.

God, you're weird :PP:

Wicked_and_Crazy
06-07-2006, 21:49
No, this is a glider.

God, you're weird :PP:

and towed.

Hom3r
06-07-2006, 22:00
Yes but high altitude changes the molecular structure of food ;)

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you help maintain the aircraft in what way?

I Maintain the Technical Library, sending out Technical Orders, updates to the manuals (last week on manuals update was 1 foot high, the 20 Vol. set cost over £85,000 )

These are sent to our Maintenace site all over Europe.

Nugget
06-07-2006, 22:08
and towed.

Yep, but not well known for their capability to fly packages to Belgium ;)

danielf
06-07-2006, 22:21
Yep, but not well known for their capability to fly packages to Belgium ;)

I thought they were used for precisely that purpose during WW2?

Marge
06-07-2006, 23:05
I took a Warburtons Thick Toastie loaf on a 9 and half hour flight to Florida and it was perfectly fine, I didn't have to declare it as it wasn't on the US list of not-allowed foods so I would imagine it would be the same for your hop over the Channel....

handyman
06-07-2006, 23:08
I would say that having a job that gives you the chance to experience foreign countries and not having any of their luvly local grub would be a waste of time.

Handyman says don't be a big girls blouse and try the poncy french food. :)

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I took a Warburtons Thick Toastie loaf on a 9 and half hour flight to Florida and it was perfectly fine, I didn't have to declare it as it wasn't on the US list of not-allowed foods so I would imagine it would be the same for your hop over the Channel....

They have bread in the US D. Of course you'll know that now :)

Wicked_and_Crazy
08-07-2006, 01:28
No, this is a glider.

God, you're weird :PP:

im weird!!! Mrs Nugg's BLOG i assume ;)

http://www.barenada.com/nuggetshirt.shtml

daxx
08-07-2006, 18:48
I took a Warburtons Thick Toastie loaf on a 9 and half hour flight to Florida and it was perfectly fine, I didn't have to declare it as it wasn't on the US list of not-allowed foods so I would imagine it would be the same for your hop over the Channel....

Awwwww ain't Marge kind, taking her groceries on holiday :erm:

Hugh
08-07-2006, 23:08
I Maintain the Technical Library, sending out Technical Orders, updates to the manuals (last week on manuals update was 1 foot high, the 20 Vol. set cost over £85,000 )

These are sent to our Maintenace site all over Europe.

Handy hint to save on fuel and postage - the worldwideInterWeb, ftp, or burning to DVD :)

Nugget
09-07-2006, 00:11
im weird!!! Mrs Nugg's BLOG i assume ;)

http://www.barenada.com/nuggetshirt.shtml

Well, I have been known to run away in terror when she gets home :D