bartygwailo,
The rest of this thread is over 3 years old, so maybe the other people aren't around any more.... but I am, and still a "Bloody Diamond Member" as my Travel Agent friend calls us.
As I said, it doesn't bother me at all about not being able to pronounce Pouilly Fuisse - I was just illustrating my point that if that is all I can find fault with then the English is fine for all important purposes.
But personally I do feel that it will affect my perception of CX when I first come across gwailo crew. I haven't done so yet - not least I suspect because I generally do long-haul up front and I guess no gwailos have the seniority for that yet. I'm sure the service will be just as good, but somehow it just won't feel right I'm afraid because I subconciously associate gwailo cabin crew with AA, BA and QF levels of service (which can be just as good on their best days as CX, but are very variable, and when they're bad they are really awful). I hope, of course, that I'll be proven wrong.
(I speak as a HK-based gwailo - I guess you realised that.)