Cabin Crew Flag Pins
Feb 1, 2015, 2:24 am
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Cabin Crew Flag Pins
Should be across the fleet in February, but now you can see the nationality of cabin crew by their flag lapel pins which are being introduced (so many Australians!). The rumor is that they would have been introduced in the New Year, but someone at HQ ordered North Korean flags instead of South Korean...really...(maybe the same person in charge of IT?!)
Feb 1, 2015, 2:50 am
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Saw those on my flight day before yesterday. Its a nice touch, but not everyone was wearing them. I was told 14/15 Feb everyone should have theirs and wearing them, and the cabin crew seem to like them however one member commented how some crew were now getting into "gangs by nationality" when they are all from one country.
Feb 1, 2015, 3:03 am
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Saw those on my flight day before yesterday. Its a nice touch, but not everyone was wearing them. I was told 14/15 Feb everyone should have theirs and wearing them, and the cabin crew seem to like them however one member commented how some crew were now getting into "gangs by nationality" when they are all from one country.
Feb 1, 2015, 4:57 am
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I think gang is probably a bit too strong a word - sure, like any major expat community like cabin crew in the Middle East, people do tend to make better friends with people who they have a shared background with, and that's especially true with cabin crew who probably haven't ever met 90% of the colleagues they are flying with that day before, but the bonds formed of training batch mates and flat mates in the shared accommodation are probably going to be just as strong (or stronger) than any national kinship...
Feb 1, 2015, 8:57 am
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This is a good touch! A really good idea IME, much like cruise ship staff where the country of the worker is displayed under their name.
Feb 1, 2015, 11:11 am
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Still, I expect you fly enough to know enough tricks to get crew to open up to you, haha!
Feb 1, 2015, 11:12 am
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Feb 1, 2015, 11:16 am
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Still, Havoc10G is not the first and certainly not the last pax to flirt with crew, especially not the first and last iO pax - I think there is a member of this board who used to date a crew member! They are used to it, so as long he isn't a creep, it's part of the job of being cabin crew...!