<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jkc22:
CX J, especially the short-haul inter-Asia ones on regional aircrafts are nothing special. The service level to be expected is analogous to flying domestic F in the US. </font>
I guess you must be flying a different AA than the one I've flown. I find the regional J service from CX in every respect (here is a list: cleanliness, timeliness, friendliness, responsiveness, food, drink, seat, inflight entertainment, check-in procedures and check-in hassle factor, % widebody flights, lounges) to be ranging from noticeably better to "don't even begin to compare" to AA domestic F.
And I have plenty of data points, including my current weekly gweilo special HKG-ICN-HKG commute. From a hassle factor and PITA, I'd prefer that than to commute between BOS and NYC.
Speaking of which, yesterday flew ICN-HKG and our flight was delayed for about an hour because of (!!) a snowstorm! We had to go through deicing and the whole works. Reminded me why I dread flying in the US Eastern corridor so much.
As to your Asian descent view, I have no information, being a gweilo myself. Note, however, that most of the attributes where CX J is superior to AA F have nothing to do with the color of your skin.
[This message has been edited by Pickles (edited Mar 04, 2004).]