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Old 29th Aug 2005, 17:42
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While at the interview, why not ask them if it's true that:

*Cabin Crew are punished for taking more than 5 or 6 sick days a year.

*Punished with ABSENT days and withholding of promotion out of economy class.

*CC are punished for taking a sick day before or after leave or on a public holiday

*CC have recently been enjoying cavity searches by customs after flights

*CC are called at home if they call in sick and marked absent if they don't answer the phone

*CC fly DUBAI - PERTH (11 hrs + ) and similar sectors with no rest allowed. Reported if they close their eyes or read a magazine while the pax are all asleep

*CC are off-loaded by pursers for having the wrong shade of lipstick on and marked absent

*CC are encouraged to report each other after flights for just about anything and rewarded for doing so

*There's an EK CC in jail in Dubai because she got pregnant and isn't married

*CC junior to you from certain countries get promoted straight to 1st class due to "cultural" reasons while you rot in economy for years

*CC are leaving by the 100s at the moment and many flights depart under-crewed. Crew strength has been revised down (on some flights) to "make up the shortfall"

*Those left are working like dogs. Back to back BOC flights with"shared" rest days suddenly common

*morale is at rock-bottom, thanks partially to a letter by the CC manager which shredded their dignity and encouraged seniors to off-load juniors for minor transgressions

*the entire multi-cultural issue causes many divisions within the 100+ nationalities

*Let's not mention the accomodation issues

Etc etc etc...
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