{"id":1020,"date":"2019-06-21T09:37:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T07:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.mmm.ehb.be\/trm\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2019-06-21T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T07:37:17","slug":"i-followed-my-heart-and-it-led-me-to-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2019\/06\/21\/i-followed-my-heart-and-it-led-me-to-the-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"I followed my heart and it led me to the airport."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ik ben Bianca Neskens\nen ik zit in het tweede jaar Toerisme- en Recreatiemanagement. Ik ben al jaren\ngepassioneerd door alles wat met luchtvaart te maken heeft en ik heb de\nluchthaven altijd al een speciale plaats gevonden. Dit jaar kreeg ik de kans om\nstage te lopen in Brussels Airport, meerbepaald bij Swissport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The feeling\nyou get when you see a plane <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mmm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/65001191_1354020881404108_2624173963579752448_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1023\" width=\"448\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/65001191_1354020881404108_2624173963579752448_n-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/65001191_1354020881404108_2624173963579752448_n-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 85vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption>This is where all the magic happens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>De eerste dag begon al\ngoed, ik kwam veel bekende gezichten tegen wat al onmiddellijk een vertrouwd\ngevoel gaf. Alles begon met een theoretische opleiding van twee weken waarbij\nverschillende examens en testen afgelegd moesten worden, en je telkens minstens\n80% moest scoren. Tijdens deze opleiding leerden we alles over veiligheid op de\nluchthaven, verschillende reisdocumenten, verschillende procedures op de\nluchthaven en hoe we met passagiers om moeten gaan. Daarna kregen we les over \u2018Altea\u2019\nhet computersysteem om passagiers in te checken. Na de theorie was het tijd\nvoor de praktijk, we kregen ongeveer een week parrainage waar we met\nbegeleiding check-ins en boardings van verschillende luchtvaartmaatschappijen\ndeden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Je komt er al snel\nachter dat er bij een check-in veel meer bij komt kijken dan een boardingpass\nafprinten en bagage labelen. Je moet met veel zaken rekening houden en de hele\ntijd volledig geconcentreerd zijn, want fouten zijn snel gemaakt en kunnen\ngrote gevolgen hebben. Na de parrainage was het dan tijd om zelfstandig te\nwerken en samen met andere collega\u2019s check-ins en boardings te verzorgen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018But it fit\non my last flight\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.mmm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/64849257_2542754652677451_6865469363974045696_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1025\" width=\"341\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/64849257_2542754652677451_6865469363974045696_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/111\/2019\/06\/64849257_2542754652677451_6865469363974045696_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><figcaption>Op de tarmac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve always loved the atmosphere at airports, planes everywhere, different cultures and lots of beautiful destinations to fly to. Every time I see a plane taking off, I get this magical feeling of fascination and happiness. I learned a lot about aviation and cultures from all over the world. What I really love about this job is the variety, not one day is the same and you get to meet people from all over the world. There are different people and problems you have to deal with every day, which made this internship interesting and educational. Some passengers are very understanding and kind, others are rude or will try mislead\/ convince you to let their overweight luggage go through. I really enjoyed this internship and now I know for sure that aviation is my passion. This is not a 9 to 5 job, there are early shifts and late shifts which makes it hard to have a social life. I\u2019m really happy that I had the chance to do my internship in this beautiful place and I would definitely recommend it to everyone who loves aviation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ik ben Bianca Neskens en ik zit in het tweede jaar Toerisme- en Recreatiemanagement. Ik ben al jaren gepassioneerd door alles wat met luchtvaart te maken heeft en ik heb de luchthaven altijd al een speciale plaats gevonden. Dit jaar kreeg ik de kans om stage te lopen in Brussels Airport, meerbepaald bij Swissport. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/2019\/06\/21\/i-followed-my-heart-and-it-led-me-to-the-airport\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lees verder <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;I followed my heart and it led me to the airport.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":694,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geen-categorie"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pavQFa-gs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/694"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.mm.ehb.be\/trm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}