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A Qantas employee took over the airline's Snapchat & things got interesting

Meet Justin (didn't catch his surname), he's a Qantas ground services employee based at Sydney International Airport.

Meet Justin (didn’t catch his surname), he’s a Qantas ground services employee based at Sydney International Airport.

 

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Yesterday morning he did what some of us wish we could do at work – Snapchat throughout the day.

He took over the airline’s recently launched account to give followers a behind the scenes look at his job and it was surprisingly interesting.

After a quick video intro, Justin showed us that working on the ground has it’s advantages like getting the best views for takeoff, like this…

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And check out this double aircraft shot.

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He also gets to see aircraft in a way we rarely ever get to, like this…

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And this…

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He gets to ride around in this sweet ride all day long:

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While creatively trying to squeeze everyone’s luggage into these containers

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Plus we watched on as Justin and his colleagues enjoyed a BBQ on Qantas!

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But of course, the Snapchat takeover also proved he works incredible hard, with his first image posted before the break of dawn

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And his last published after sun down

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Every fortnight Qantas gives one of its employees access to the carrier’s Snapchat account as part of the ‘behind the scenes’ initiative.

Last fortnight we were taken on a tour by a Qantas pilot who showed us an aircraft cockpit and revealed a few facts like did you know the maximum take off weight is 397,000kg?

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Which employee should Qantas give its Snapchat account to next?