I'll give you an example ....

When I was with CP, I only went through 7 weeks of training. 6 weeks and 4 days were on safety and emergency procedures. One day was given only for 'service'. And Canadian Airlines' had better service than any American carrier.

I have friends in SQ.. Their training are 15 weeks long. 8 weeks are safety and emergency which includes ability to swim. I don't think the North American carriers required you to do this. Then its 4 weeks of training in grooming, ability to walk, talk and kneel down to talk to pax (for the girls), and service. CX's training is I think about 13 weeks.

Here's a good comparison -
http://travel.asiaone.com/article/in...ning-programme

SQ Girls also cannot be mothers eg once they're pregnant and intend on being mothers, they will be demoted from being a cabin crew and will be offered a ground position. Most quit outright. The men can carry on till 55. Women's retirement age is 45. Doubt any of the Western airlines have this compulsory retirement age set out in stone.

CX might have something similar..
http://travelskills.com/2014/04/14/b...ings-revealed/

But I'm not going to bother commenting since this thread doesn't really belong in the CX forum.