Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7410 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 5694 times:
JAL did( may still have) UK based FA's for LHR to NRT route. That probably ended.
Qantas I believe does have London based crews since they do run 4 daily 744 or A380's to Australia.
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6105 posts, RR: 10 Reply 3, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 5628 times:
Quoting TFFIP (Thread starter): Which Asian airlines have western cabin staff among them?
So, are you looking for any non-Asians, or just Westerners?
I flew Malaysia Airlines a few months back and had a chat with an Egyptian flight attendant who had worked for the airline for about 2 years.
My friend told me he flew Air India once and there was a South African (white) flight attendant.
None of these are "western", but they are both non-Asian.
Jfk777 From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 7410 posts, RR: 7 Reply 6, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 5270 times:
Quoting Viscount724 (Reply 2): The original poster's question involves Asian airlines. Australia is not in Asia.
Could be Asia-Pacific which would include Australia.
B727fan From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 292 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 5044 times:
Airlinespotter From United States of America, joined Sep 2005, 160 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 4846 times:
Here in the US, we have all kinds of cabin staff. They came from all over the world but I really like it.
Westjet!Eh! From Canada, joined Jul 2001, 153 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 4654 times:
Singapore Airlines has/had some foreign cabin crews who are Euroasians and Indians but it was a little weird for them to wear SQ girl uniform. They never hired western female crew but i would love to see them wearing it. Hehe!
CyberUAL From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 172 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 7 hours ago) and read 4602 times:
OZ has LAX staff that are westerners. I've seen latinas and blonde girls. These are hired to make annoucments in english. They are not direct hire, but through a third party. KE used to have LAX crew and GRU crew but not anymore.
BAStew From Australia, joined Sep 2006, 1009 posts, RR: 2 Reply 13, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 4039 times:
Quoting TFFIP (Thread starter): Which Asian airlines have western cabin staff among them?
JL, NH, CX I know but only if they have an Asian language skill..
JL and NH actually recruit their western crews for their english or european language skills, knowledge of an asian language is not a requirement at all although successful applicants are given a japanese 'crash course'.
Quoting Jfk777 (Reply 1): JAL did( may still have) UK based FA's for LHR to NRT route. That probably ended.
Both JL and NH both still have their LHR based crews. The JL LHR crews used to operate all the way down to OZ via Japan but they only fly as far as LHR now.
787KQ From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 547 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 3 hours ago) and read 3833 times:
Quoting Westjet!Eh! (Reply 9): Singapore Airlines has/had some foreign cabin crews who are Euroasians and Indians but it was a little weird for them to wear SQ girl uniform. They never hired western female crew but i would love to see them wearing it. Hehe!
You mean as strange as it is for Singaporean Chinese to wear the Malay sarong kebaya or should only Singaporean Malay wear that outfit?
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6105 posts, RR: 10 Reply 15, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 3583 times:
Quoting Airlinespotter (Reply 8): Here in the US, we have all kinds of cabin staff. They came from all over the world but I really like it.
My favorite was a Filipino F/A on my American Eagle flight ORD-BDL about a year and a half ago who kept referring to Hartford/Springfield as "Hartford Springs". She never got why 50 people laughed every time she mentioned our destination.
I do like it too. Gives a nice international flavor to the flights, even domestically.
Flylot From United States of America, joined Dec 2007, 186 posts, RR: 0 Reply 16, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 2 days 1 hour ago) and read 2980 times:
Quoting SW733 (Reply 15):
My favorite was a Filipino F/A on my American Eagle flight ORD-BDL about a year and a half ago who kept referring to Hartford/Springfield as "Hartford Springs". She never got why 50 people laughed every time she mentioned our destination.
Lol! that has to be the funniest thing I've heard today. Why? because I went to school in Hartford for a year. Hartford is the farthest you can get from any "Springs".
Anyway, Whether it be a Asian airline or not, it's common practice for airlines to hire employees from different origins.
Comorin From United States of America, joined May 2005, 4724 posts, RR: 17 Reply 22, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 2351 times:
Quoting Airlinespotter (Reply 8): Here in the US, we have all kinds of cabin staff. They came from all over the world but I really like it.
They would need to be Citizens or Green Card holders (Permanent Residents) to be employed by an Airline for a US-based job.
JRDC930 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 2294 times:
I sincerly hope this isnt a trend that catches on. Asian cabin staff are almost allways much friendlier, and politer than western staff. And while i have only flown JL , NH,OZ,SQ ,VN, i have thankfuly not had any western crews on either my flights to or from the U.S.; but i would assume there are some.
611atl From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 83 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (3 years 5 months 2 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 2233 times:
Does CX still have their LAX and SFO bases? I remember their recruitment site a while back taking applicants for the LAX base. Knowledge of (actually fluency in) an Asian language was a prerequisite for employment.
25 AirNewZealand: Its all in the way people are trained and how much customer service is drilled into cabin crew. Not the gender/race etc... Qatar Airways crew are som
26 Flykal: KE has a few remaining Russian cabin crew.
28 BAStew: It isn't a new thing. The japanese airlines have been doing it for decades because of their lack of foreign language skills as well as their un-confr
29 Vfw614: Sure? I doubt they would do it merely for announcements. I am sure among a full load of native cabin crew an Asian carrier would be able to muster at
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