I say bring back the 'Asian - Other' cabin crew.
(i.e Korean, Japanese, Filipina, Sri Lankan, Thai, Indian, Malaysian and, dare I say, Singaporean girls).
In my experience:
The 'selfish gene' is very strong in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong girls reach an adult level of maturity at about 40.
These are two aspects that put the more diverse crew of say 15 years ago at a strong advantage - they acted grown up and had a sense of fun and a wider life experience that the canto-mall-girls than we seem to draw today.
I often wonder what would happen if we had a *real* in-flight emergency. I somehow imagine that we would find half the CC huddled together crying in the aft galley.
I understand that CX are starting the spread the net wider again, which is a good thing.
BTW the London based crews are a legend. It is apparent when you step on the aircraft that you are dealing with a different mindset.
Last edited by Busbert; 25th May 2008 at 02:49.
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