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June 4

Careers in emergency services and mental health support

What are the similarities and differences between a career in emergency services and a support group/crisis helpline? 194.66.246.29 (talk) 00:11, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Wikipedia has articles titled emergency services and mental health provider. While those specific articles are short, each contains blue links which will lead you to further articles. You're allowed to read any articles at Wikipedia you wish, and arrive at answers to your question. --Jayron32 00:19, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii

Who has been chosen to succeeded Bill Maiʻoho as curator of the Royal Mausoleum of Hawaii? The most recent thing I can find is that the state park department is finding a replacement [1]?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 12:47, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

While I can't bring any specific knowledge to bear, my ObPersonal is that they might well not have done so yet.

The previous incumbent died in February 2015. In the UK it can take an ordinary company requiring even a low level employee (like myself) several months to go through the process of assessing their requirements, advertising a post, assessing the applications, interviewing candidates, and finally appointing someone (even assuming their first choice doesn't decline, having been appointed somewhere else in the meantime).

In this case the post is a high-level academic specialist one that would likely require unusual qualifications, and there will necessarily be a much more restricted pool of locally qualified potential candidates, so the additional hurdle of appointing someone from overseas might be involved. I wouldn't be surprised if it took a year or more.

This is of course assuming there wasn't someone in a deputy role ready to move up into the post. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 212.95.237.92 (talk) 13:47, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

On a second note, can a United States state park department choose a person for a curator solely base on lineage or would that technically be discriminatory/illegal?--KAVEBEAR (talk) 16:16, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Transport people's passports

How do passports and visas work for people like international sailors and airline pilots/stewardesses on international flights, whose jobs may take them lots of different countries for very short durations? Do they typically have to present their passports and get visas every time they're going somewhere, or are there different arrangements for their situations? In particular, is there some sort of international treaty that handles this kind of thing, or does pretty much every country do it differently? It's discussed at this forum, but without sourcing; I'd like sourcing that could be used to improve the passport article. Nyttend (talk) 23:59, 4 June 2015 (UTC)

Various countries issue Crewmember Visa's, see also this blog. These can be applied for personally or via the carrier in question. Once issued, the crewmember usually works on one particular route (or region) during the validity of the visa. Nanonic (talk) 06:55, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

I asked an air-stewardess friend of mine, and she said she needs visas for countries outside the EU, but for countries within the EU (she's from Germany), they don't need them. So essentially it's the same as for passengers. KägeTorä - (^影_虎) (もしもし！) 10:38, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

A cabin-crew friend of mine must carry his passport while working at all times. You do not need a passport between Schengen countries (most of Western Europe), but I am in the UK. It is needed on all flights. The airline only flies in Western Europe, so no visas are necessary. 92.28.229.197 (talk) 14:31, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not true that you need a passport on all flights, at least if you are a passenger. A simple photo-ID would suffice, such as a driver's license or student card. One flight I was about to get on (from UK to Germany) refused to take my passport, saying it looked like it had been tampered with (it was water damaged), but agreed to accept any other form of photo-ID that I had. 82.35.216.24 (talk) 12:44, 8 June 2015 (UTC)