Originally Posted by IAN-UK

I recently flew Egyptair from BKK and was surprised to find the airline had Thai cabin crew on board. Full marks to MS for its cultural sensitivity and the effort to make its Thai passengers more comfortable and put them at ease.

Clearly our OP was in need of such cultural pampering, so perhaps Thai could consider placing European cabin crew on its services to our great continent. This would put an end to the linguistic challenges faced by the OP, and the new crew member could be trained as Maitre Fromager/Sommelier to further enhance the OP's on-board experience.