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airBaltic people - Haralds Treimanis, the Head of Cargo Division.

  
Once all the ticket-holding customers’ baggage has been stowed in an aircraft’s cargo hold there should, in accordance with the aircraft’s design, still be some space left over for unaccompanied cargo. Haralds is responsible for this additional cargo space. So, if you’re flying with airBaltic as a passenger you probably won’t come into contact with the head of the cargo division, unless you intend to bring along certain special family members – for instance your cat or your dog, or if you’re traveling with all or a large part of your furniture and possessions. If this is the case then Haralds and his colleagues will take care that your belongings successfully reach their destination.

Haralds is only in his early twenties, but he’s already been a member of the airBaltic family for four years. His career path into Latvia’s national airline has been rather fortuitous. Having graduated from a top-class high school many of his classmates decided to study law or economics, with the aim of entering into one of the more prestigious professions. Haralds decided not to follow suit and explains this decision by saying that he was put off by the routine working conditions faced by lawyers and bankers. Instead he decided to pursue English language studies. As a student, whilst looking for employment to complement his studies, he responded to an airBaltic advertisement for IT specialists. This was a subject about which he felt he had some knowledge. But things turned out a little differently from how he had imagined. Haralds was offered a job as an airBaltic flight attendant, which he decided to take up. From here onwards his career developed at a rapid pace. A year later he took his next step, becoming sales manager, then one thing lead to another and soon enough he had become head of the cargo division, leading a team of five people. Incidentally, because air cargo is still not a particularly popular means of shipping goods out of Latvia – there’s a lack of awareness that the possibility exists, and some people have a skeptical attitude towards this means of transport - being the head of an airline’s cargo division is a rare, if not to say unique, profession in this country.

Haralds admits that for a person of his age he has already achieved quite a lot. People working for other companies in similar posts tend to be quite a lot older. When Haralds meets his professional peers from outside Latvia he often has to deal with misunderstandings about his role. For instance, representatives from larger companies at first take him to be an assistant to an older airBaltic colleague. Nevertheless, Haralds is convinced that his relative youth isn’t a hindrance, but rather an advantage, and he believes that by maintaining a self-assured presence he can convince even the greatest skeptics of his abilities.

During the course of this conversation with Haralds it becomes clear that he is one of those people who are commonly known as workaholics – in a positive sense of the word. He knows his job like the back of his hand. However, Haralds is rather reserved when it comes to discussing his private life, saying only that he is married and has a three-year-old child. He spends most of his free time with his family. Haralds isn’t a fan of wakeboarding or snowboarding – two sports that are growing increasingly popular amongst people of his age in Latvia. He admits that he’s not really interested in painting the town red during his free time – his true passion is his job, into which he puts his heart and soul.
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