Originally Posted by
oliver2002
The deal is to reduce crew costs, so if they have reduced frequencies, the staff will move to SIN or HKG to do the other AY flights. The days of long layovers at the beach because of limited frequency are long gone. Even the charter companies don't pay good hotels anymore and expect FAs to share rooms.
True. Flew HEL-SGN last week, and tomorrow back. A purser on the flight told me the whole (Finnish) crew fly to BKK from SGN and then work again on BKK-HEL flight. The crew who fly on SGN-HEL comes from BKK.