Originally Posted by
Average Fool
Is someone a bit resentful they push paper?
Hi AvFool, I don't think he is resentful at all. He is only expressing what many of us, but also my non Cx friends also feel. Many of them have to fly around the region for work, and a lot of the flights are into China. These friends will almost exclusively fly only KA/CX, not for convenience, but for safety reasons.
The historic image of CX being a safe airline where pax are flown by experienced expats is still there in many folks minds.
Unfortunately, we know that the reality is sadly changing, and we all know it's for the worse.
God forbid, but a dingle feels like it's not far away as various holes in the Swiss cheese start to line up.
However, overtly displaying that the aircraft is now crewed by the spikey-haired, gel-wearing playstation generation, who have no previous experience, be it GA or Military, to fall back on, coupled with the "Frust Leeva" aspects, will not give passengers that reassuring and comforting feeling they were hoping for with CX.
From a passenger point of view, these videos are an own goal and a fail of epic proportions, if they are trying to portray CX as an experienced safe airline.
If they were designed as a canto recruitment ad to try and fill the seats that expats are no longer willing to do, courtesy of the continually reducing T & C's, then it may appeal to the 7-11 worker who wants to move up one notch to Airline Captain.