That’s because they are better at their job and don’t take kindly to having their careers belittled by pimple popping teenagers making minimal wages. It’s actually quite similar to the new “pilots” CX hires. In fact, there is very little difference between new hire pilots and cabin crew.
It surprises me either how ignorant, or hypocritical you are. You do realize that the exact same model used to create ASL (where you even around when it was formed?) was used to create the cabin crew bases. Have a group of employees under a different sub-standard contract undermine and put pressure on another group of employees who have a better contract. I am sure it sounds familiar to you, because you incessantly complain about the tactics management uses, and berate those who join on a lower contract. Somehow because one of them got your pecker hard, all of a sudden they are an ok bunch.
That’s because they are better at their job
You're joking right. You obviously haven't flown to North America much as a pax then. Yes they may very well be more chatty, but in no way is the level of service the same. I am sure you are aware that to be promoted to an ISM in HKG takes well over two decades. You had ISMs on these bases with less than 5 years of experience total, so please enlighten me how you can state that they are better at their jobs.