Originally Posted by Roger O (Post 7075054)

I left the UK in 1970 to work for American Express Travel in Zürich. At that time I was married to a Swiss national which gained me entry. In 1971 I was offered a job at Swissair - first in the call centre to learn the system, then moved to HO specialising in what used to be called TTY (Teletype messaging = IATA AIRIMP reservation messages between airline systems) I stayed with Swissair in various capacities till 1994 (in the meantime, having divorced and remarried a French national (happily ever after!). In 1994 (at 56 years old!) - already seeing the deterioration of Swissair - mostly due to the Swiss "no" to the EU in 1992 - I got a job with Amadeus - due to the fact that people with my particular expertise were (and are) still quite rare - and the fact that an ex SR colleague already there recommended me too...

I have already mentioned this, but to work for Amadeus you would not need one word of French - everything is in English - even to the extent that French nationals holding meetings amongst themselves mostly talk in English to preserve the practice! All documentation is in English. it has to be seeing the worldwide companies dealt with - the majority of which are airlines.

Provided you would have some qualification which Amadeus is looking for in IT, management, etc., there is absolutely no need to be competent in French in any way - except in private life outside the company, of course, though on the Côte d'Azur, there are many more English speaking French people than almost anywhere else in France.

To see the influence of British presence on the Côte, one of the best ways is to follow this
http://www.rivieraradio.mc/

Originally Posted by criodain (Post 7171376)

anyone know any good job sites in French or English that could have vacancies for places like Bordeaux or La Rochelle or the West of France?

Originally Posted by Roger O (Post 7184295)

Hey, Ka Ora, what happened to the guns?
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/a...80_382718a.jpg

Originally Posted by Roger O (Post 7184390)

Wow, you changed into an X-Man??