MAS Cabin Crew Working Conditions

[cabinscrews]

Working conditions in MAS? Cabin Crew are treated like disposables!? Any comments...

[Jango]

Sadly most Asian airlines only see cabin crew as flying waiters/waitresses and little else. Perhaps SQ and CX slightly better, but I know some MH crews who have a pretty good deal? guess it depends on your point of view.

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Old age and treachery will always triumph over youth and enthusiasm.

[antibiase]

Ever since cabin crew came under the wings of Flight OPerations, the crew have been subjected to much abuses. Not only are the crew subjected to abuse but also have become victimised by some in Flight Operations.
1. How is it possible that crew can be
punished by following the Collective
Agreement?
2. Why is there a difference in the Meal
allowances paid to cabin crew and pilots?
3. When pilots have 2 sets of crew to
operate a long haul flight, why cabinc
crew only one set of crew?
4. During a diversion, a Captain is paid an
additional of 2 hours = RM600.00 as
compared to a cabin crew who is only paid
RM100.00.
5. when IFS was given suites or better
rooms, today being under flight
operations, the IFS is not given the same
privileage anymore. It is not fair that a
Co-pilot who is much junior in the
company should be given the better room.

Most of the benefits given to the pilots are at the expense of the cabin crew.
When are we going to get out from under them and become a department of our own.
The flight operations is also saying that it was due to them that cabin crew managed to receive the awards it received.
To this I say....Bull....!
Flight Operations had nothing to do with it. The cabin crew truly deserved all the accolades it has received and this was due to their hard work and dedication.
Unfortunatly, today the crew are being bullied and are totally demoralised.
To be on our own as a union would be difficult to achieve but maybe an association.
All I ask is that we be given the right to choose and decide what we want.
This as...h... of a Capt (edited out) should be made to leave the crew alone.
Not only he bullies the crew but worst still, he blames them for flights departing minus the crew complement.
For more than 1 year there has been a shortage of crew and when he is asked about why there is minus crew complement, he justifies it by saying it is due to the crew M.C or M.I.A.
Hellooooo! If you do not recruit more crew to make up the shortage, obviously you will have a minus crew config.
Don't give the bull...t of syaing the crew is not disciplined. Poodah!!!!
Just to justify his position he places the blame on the crew.
Hellooooo! We were fine without him and we will be better if he is gone.

[This message has been edited by Sick Squid (edited 27 January 2001).]

[info4u]

Antibiase:

My one lined response to your questions posted.


"EQUALITY DOES NOT MEAN UNIFORMITY"


2. Why is there a difference in the Meal
allowances paid to cabin crew and pilots?
3. When pilots have 2 sets of crew to
operate a long haul flight, why cabinc
crew only one set of crew?
4. During a diversion, a Captain is paid an
additional of 2 hours = RM600.00 as
compared to a cabin crew who is only paid
RM100.00.
5. when IFS was given suites or better
rooms, today being under flight
operations, the IFS is not given the same
privileage anymore. It is not fair that a
Co-pilot who is much junior in the
company should be given the better room.