Originally Posted by oranjemakker

Its a really good point. Most of my flights are New Zealand to Asia (esp. China) and there are many Chinese airlines that fly which are sometimes half the price of Air New Zealand or Cathay in business class

I can deal with the lower service (if its a flat bed ) but its the safety issue that concerns me.

https://www.qt.com.au/news/stranded-...landi/3188429/

This happened only a couple of months ago. The pilot communication was poor as was any english language feedback to the passengers. Quite similar in some ways, maybe not a life threatening situation but made (much?) worse by incompetence and poor communication.