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Old May 31, 2011, 11:18 am
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Sarkir
 
Join Date: May 2011
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I cannot comment on CX flight attendants, since my CX flying experience is somewhat limited.

However, I have been on a few Air China flights(EU-China-Asia) and almost all of the flight attendants spoke nearly-perfect English. Compare this to 10 or 15 years ago when I couldn't understand even 20% of what they were saying(and vice versa).

Oh well, at least CX isn't as bad as SQ when it comes to English language skills, not yet anyway. I had a SQ FA ask me if I wanted an extra "pee-low" on a recent SYD-SIN flight in C. I didn't want to embarrass her so I replied "yes, I'd like an extra pee-low, please." (she meant pillow, I hoped)

IMHO, as long as the job gets done, I couldn't care less how good the FA's English is. It's not like she is negotiating a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
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