the hostess with the mostest?
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Wonderful - my thoughts perfectly transferred and with a delicate touch too. I agree with Pips though - a smilie or two would have helped
Pips
I'm sorry if I upset you. As I am now well into my 5th decade I am becoming more like Victor Meldrew every day. I realise that, in this day and age, nobody has time for "perfect" English but I see no harm in trying to point everyone towards readable communication. For instance:-
Is how your old English teacher would hope you would have rebuked me.
This, of course, is dreadful thread creep as we started by agreeing with yor comments about our colleagues and the new uniform.
PS "flaps" I still love the way you post in colour......
ETOPS, I put 5 smilies in my post when I wrote it; what more can a body do?
Wonderful - my thoughts perfectly transferred and with a delicate touch too. I agree with Pips though - a smilie or two would have helped
Pips
I'm sorry if I upset you. As I am now well into my 5th decade I am becoming more like Victor Meldrew every day. I realise that, in this day and age, nobody has time for "perfect" English but I see no harm in trying to point everyone towards readable communication. For instance:-
I was in a rush when I was posting my comments and didn't realize it had to be perfectly written Your post made absolutely no sense to me at all. Would you like to try again in plain old English .
This, of course, is dreadful thread creep as we started by agreeing with yor comments about our colleagues and the new uniform.
PS "flaps" I still love the way you post in colour......
ETOPS, I put 5 smilies in my post when I wrote it; what more can a body do?
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My Travel Crew appear to be the smartest out of my work place at the moment,also they are amongst the few remaining airlines that meet the pax on embarkation & disembarkation at the foot of the steps, of the aircraft, good old fashion service 
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IMHO the new TUI Group uniform (Hapag, Britannia et al) is looking rather good at the moment. You can tell they thought about it since even the men look sharp, instead of the historically normal "Oh just give them a blue suit!" approach.
pips & Honeytruck - Punctuation is important because it allows clarity of expression. In failing to punctuate, you require the reader to attempt to make sense of your writing: This will inevitably dilute the force of your own message, since the reader is having to concentrate on how you are making your point rather than on the point you are making. In human (written) social intercourse, punctuation clarifies, and courtesy lubricates. Both are elegantly expressed by flapsforty in his/her post.
I suspect that a majority of the concepts expressed in the paragraph above may be unintelligible to the pair of you: Therefore please find below for your consideration a translation into your preferred language, which I take to be Nokia?
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pips & Honeytruck pnctuatn is important bcoz it allows clarity of expressn in failing 2 pnctu8 u require the rdr 2 attmpt 2 make sense of yr writing this will inevitbly dilute the force of yr own msg since the rdr is hvg to concentr8 on how u r mkg yr point rather than on the point u r mkg in uman written social intrcrse pnctuatn clarifies & curtesy lubes bth concpts r elegntly expresd by f40 in his her post
All clear? Good! Next week "Wy spelink mattahs wen treyeing to gett a gudd jobb"
pips & Honeytruck - Punctuation is important because it allows clarity of expression. In failing to punctuate, you require the reader to attempt to make sense of your writing: This will inevitably dilute the force of your own message, since the reader is having to concentrate on how you are making your point rather than on the point you are making. In human (written) social intercourse, punctuation clarifies, and courtesy lubricates. Both are elegantly expressed by flapsforty in his/her post.
I suspect that a majority of the concepts expressed in the paragraph above may be unintelligible to the pair of you: Therefore please find below for your consideration a translation into your preferred language, which I take to be Nokia?
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pips & Honeytruck pnctuatn is important bcoz it allows clarity of expressn in failing 2 pnctu8 u require the rdr 2 attmpt 2 make sense of yr writing this will inevitbly dilute the force of yr own msg since the rdr is hvg to concentr8 on how u r mkg yr point rather than on the point u r mkg in uman written social intrcrse pnctuatn clarifies & curtesy lubes bth concpts r elegntly expresd by f40 in his her post
All clear? Good! Next week "Wy spelink mattahs wen treyeing to gett a gudd jobb"
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sorry etops but i am in small letters too! as i am from the other side of the flight deck door you could blame it on that.
i think most uk and irish airlines look smart but personally i dont mind if you wear jeans as long as you are nice, friendly and patient.
i have only working experience of one uk airline and within the company there are a mixed bunch of people, i would say that very few are capable of real service excellence, many are good within the normal operation and a few would be more suited to dealing with livestock.
those who are good within the normal operation are great as long as everything is going there own way but throw in a difficult passenger and the result can be mixed.
i often hear the conversation of the difficult passenger and i often think, yes i bet on your interview you said you liked travelling and meeting people but what you really meant was you liked travelling and only meeting people who were nice to you!
dealing with difficult people is an art but so many crew seemed to immeadiately want to put the passenger down or ensure they win the situation.
in regard to uniforms have you noticed the growing trend of both pilots and cabin crew of carrying hats, rather than wearing them which i think looks sloppy and shows a company with poor discipline.
on the whole our industry has much to commend it in regard to service standards and i for one say, cabin crew keep up the excellent work.
ps pity that most flight deck have very little understanding of SERVICE!
i think most uk and irish airlines look smart but personally i dont mind if you wear jeans as long as you are nice, friendly and patient.
i have only working experience of one uk airline and within the company there are a mixed bunch of people, i would say that very few are capable of real service excellence, many are good within the normal operation and a few would be more suited to dealing with livestock.
those who are good within the normal operation are great as long as everything is going there own way but throw in a difficult passenger and the result can be mixed.
i often hear the conversation of the difficult passenger and i often think, yes i bet on your interview you said you liked travelling and meeting people but what you really meant was you liked travelling and only meeting people who were nice to you!
dealing with difficult people is an art but so many crew seemed to immeadiately want to put the passenger down or ensure they win the situation.
in regard to uniforms have you noticed the growing trend of both pilots and cabin crew of carrying hats, rather than wearing them which i think looks sloppy and shows a company with poor discipline.
on the whole our industry has much to commend it in regard to service standards and i for one say, cabin crew keep up the excellent work.
ps pity that most flight deck have very little understanding of SERVICE!
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Well I would just like to share with you that I look fabulous in my uniform 
I work for bmi and we have crew who range in ages which by the way is a good thing as our pax range in age also no? bmi has exacting uniform standards and as a result the crew look professional which by the way is what crew should be and perceived to be such i.e. safety and service professionals.
I work for bmi and we have crew who range in ages which by the way is a good thing as our pax range in age also no? bmi has exacting uniform standards and as a result the crew look professional which by the way is what crew should be and perceived to be such i.e. safety and service professionals.
