Teacher lobbies Air NZ for discount holiday fares

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Ian Henderson, an IT teacher at Tauranga Intermediate, got frustrated by always having to pay peak fares to holiday.
Ian Henderson, an IT teacher at Tauranga Intermediate, got frustrated by always having to pay peak fares to holiday.

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09 Jul 2010 09:56a.m.

David wrote:

Good item John, shame you had to bring up amount of 'holidays' teachers get.

06 Jul 2010 07:52p.m.

George wrote:

Hi John, I was not happy with Ian's "answer" about how much holiday teachers have. The holidays come at a dear price! We have to ask other professions how many FREE weekends they have along the year? Because a teacher has two free weekends for 10 working weekends, preparing their next week lessons/marking/reporting/preparing trips' paper work...not taking into account the Saturday game( soccer, rugby, tennis, etc) and every night "overview" of tomorrow lessons...Hey, is there anybody interested to switch into this "holiday job"?...I forgot to tell you I am a teacher who was an engineer...

06 Jul 2010 07:21p.m.

Helen wrote:

Re comment about the amount of holidays teachers get, What about the poor support staff who are not paid for the holidays?!?!?

06 Jul 2010 09:49a.m.

christine wrote:

great idea Ian how do we hook up to these future fares ?

06 Jul 2010 07:42a.m.

Catherine wrote:

To Air NZ Can you please have domestic specials for teachers as well during the school holidays. My daughter would love to have come up with her two toddlers from the South Island to visit family but the cost of airfares was prohibitive (over $1,200.00) for domestic flights.

06 Jul 2010 12:50a.m.

barry wrote:

My heart bleeds for you Penny. If you dont like it, leave. You need to check your spelling. Great teacher :)

06 Jul 2010 12:45a.m.

bigkev wrote:

good shit air nz 10/10

05 Jul 2010 10:29p.m.

Stacey wrote:

A lot of parents take advantage of the deals and just take their kids out of school.
They have a bit more freedom.

05 Jul 2010 08:37p.m.

penny wrote:

hi john.
Im a HARD working teacher...been up writing school reports since 7:30am this morning...thats 12 hours.
Worked it out once that If I worked 8 hours a day, I would work 54 weeks a year.
So how about cutting us guys some slack with the "all those holidays" crack...sick of bloody hearing it!
Also Im a parent...want to have a go at someone...have a go at our dealy beloved minister (Ann Tolly)...NOT!!!
Bloody national standards...try putting a square peg into a round hole and that about sums it up.
If she wants Hational Standards, then give us a National school report form...maybe then I could actually HAVE a holiday!
Good on ya Air NZ!...need something to make this job worth staying in.
Govt offering teachers 1 1/2 % pay rise but will give themselves 10 %.
Now surely THATS something your programme should look at...Police 2 % and Nurses the same...criminal!

05 Jul 2010 08:19p.m.

Justin Eden wrote:

It's not only teachers, but also families with school children that can only travel in school holidays as well.