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Air New Zealand Looking for Nerds

December 14, 2007 at 1:00 PM | 0 Comments

Finally, a job for your know-it-all friend who always beats you at Trivial Pursuit. Air New Zealand is looking for "walking Wikipedias" for its long-haul flights, helping customers with travel questions and trip planning. They'll even hang in airports with passengers who get stuck when the weather turns nasty.

The airborne concierges will be at the service of all passengers, first class to coach. They'll be trained in safety stuff but won't take over flight attendants' duties; the concierges will be free to fill in first-time New Zealand visitors on must-see attractions rather than hand out pretzels.

The airline hopes to have the first of its 90 new crew members on flights by April, traveling between Auckland and LA, San Francisco, Vancouver and Hong Kong. Just think, if you get your brainy friend to sign up, she'll be thousands of miles away next time you break out the board games.

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