Jetstar Crew

[B A Lert]

I was at Sydney International terminal the other day collecting some visitors and couldn't help notice the size of the suitcases used by Thai based Jetstar cabin crew. The crew had arrived from Phuket. The bags were enormous and if used by the Jetstar punters, there would be a lot of excess baggage charges made. Are these guys away from home for weeks at a time, or are they supplementing their meagre income by exporting goods from Thailand to sell elsewhere?

[ditzyboy]

They do 13 day patterns where they do many sectors in that time, I believe.

[airbusthreetwenty]

BKK-MEL-HNL-MEL-SYD-HNL-SYD-HKT. (Pax to BKK)

For example.

[mrpaxing]

by letting them sleep in their large suitcases. since those guys are all very petit they fit easily:p

[International Trader]

Getting Foreign cabin crew to operate out of Australia and back in is a rort.
Must save them heaps of $$$.
Does the government have anything to say about this because foreign workers are quite restricted as to what they can do when they are on a permit. I Don't know about Australia but, I know I couldn't do that sort of thing where I work. I can undestand Thai crew to Thailand for the language and customs but, Thais( as much as I think that it would probably be a better service) with all Aust pax to HNL?
Jetstar must be spreading a new global work harmony /equality plan.

[International Trader]

I believe that the J* Cabin Crew share rooms, so it would be 2 to a suitcase!
:E

[lowerlobe]

QF WAS ONCE.... the Spirit of Australia...and now to top it off....

Now J* is the 'Spirit of Darth'....

Wait for the next installment when check out girls at the supermarket will be brought in on a temporary visa and work for 6 months on about half of the pay.

[amos2]

Aw! C'mon...any one with international airline experience knows exactly what cabin crew are up to with their massive suitcases!

Haven't you ever noticed the green wheely bins too?