Originally Posted by
rathin100
Your unsolicited opinion on my posting intentions is noted with amusement. I am indeed expressing my own opinion. I have no experience of expressing anyone elses
Here is where I got my "opinion" of your posting intentions:
Originally Posted by rathin100
I started this thread to test my perception that...
You're right, you did not refer to BA in particular. On the contrary, you seem ready to simply accuse all European airlines of the same bad behavior--which you are not actually describing anyway, beyond making vague pronouncements about "smugness" and taking Indian passengers for granted. I am being specific about BA because that is an airline that I can be specific about, as far as presenting facts that entirely contradict the vague accusations that you are making.
Originally Posted by rathin100
Adding ethnic touches to a route specific hard product, throwing in Indian cabin crew and making annouincements in Hindi etc are all good things to do. They are necessary but not sufficient.
OK then--what is "sufficient," in your mind? You seem to be implying that the only thing that would satisfy you would be to have a 100% Indian crew who behave the way Indians like their service staff to behave, 100% Indian food so that no one would ever have to suffer with a non-Indian vegetarian meal, etc. Really, do you think that is remotely realistic--or desirable, considering that there are a lot of non-Indian passengers on these flights also?
Originally Posted by rathin100
(motivating this thread) there are posts from cabin crew expressing their distaste for operating routes to the market
I provided a possible reason for that distaste.
oliver2002 provided another one. Both have to do with the behavior of passengers.