Originally Posted by
Bear96
TPE was an AFA base. There also used to be CDG ad SCL AFA bases at one point but they closed.... It was and is a complex arrangement I don't think exists to the same extent at any other carrier, US-flagged or not (although I do know some other airlines have foreign language F/As here and there).
True, all those bases were AFA when they closed, but they (add in LHR as well) had all started as non-AFA bases in between the times of Wolf and Greenwald. When HKG first opened, AFA called it a "declaration of war." It was one of the reasons why PMUA FAs never joined ESOP.
The genesis of PMUA's foreign FA bases was primarily for economic reasons. Language fluency for the benefit of customers was secondary at best. Regardless, UA won't be adding any more anytime soon.