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Old Jul 23, 2000 | 1:37 am
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BlondeBomber - the Sultan doesn't fly on Royal Brunei airlines. He has his own Royal Fleet. He has one B747-400 and one A340-300.

I know of a friend of a friend who works as a flight attendant for the Royal Fleet. Nice life.

First - all FAs are female. They also have to be Muslim. Most of them are recruited from Singapore Airlines! However, they are treated very well. When they are based in Bandar Seri Begawan, they are each housed in their own bungalows with chaffeurs. They are on call 24 hours a day though. But when they fly, they overnight at ports of call in style. In Paris for example, they are housed at the Ritz. Everything and anything they charge to their rooms during their layovers are paid for in full. (I've known them to hold parties and order champagne and stuff and have overnight bills exceeding 10s of thousands of dollars and everything gets paid off without questions). Most of the FAs have solid gold rolex watches. Their basic pay (without flying) is around US$10K per month tax free. After each flight, each FA is reported to get another US$10K (tax free).
The above individual I know was with the Royal Fleet for only about 2 years (they all have only 2 year contracts) and she managed to save over a US$1 million just for that.
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