Originally Posted by
Mats
Are they using Irish crews?
Not that many on the US routes. Sometimes they fill up the roster with the IE crews but most of the time the long-haul routes are staffed with the Scandinavian crews.
Originally Posted by
Chiller3333
Fair enough. Ex-USA and A350 is more than precise enough.
Sure tells you the route but not necessarily where the crew came from. The worst flight with SAS in business I ever had was EWR-CPH but the crew was OSL based.
Originally Posted by
Chiller3333
While I generally agree, from my experience with SAS you can basically tell where the crews are from based on hospitality (not exactly what I mean but don't know a better term).
I do agree, based on my last 10 years of SAS business class on US/Asia routes, I rate the crews based on age and nationality(*):
1) Younger Swedish Crews
2) Younger Danish Crews
-> steep drop in service mindedness and hospitality. but in general had pretty enjoyable flights with those
3) "Experienced" Swedish crews
4) Younger mixed Norwegian crews
-> another steep drop in service mindedness and hospitality, usually if you get those... your flight will be fine but the service will just be very down to the bare minimum
5) The Double D as in "Danish Dinosaurs"
-> final step down, you will not enjoy the service at all.... well... which service?
6) The Norwegian all-male-"I do not speak one more word than necessary and only grunt" cabin crew
(*) sure, this classification wouldn't be fair for every single crew member, but just my general observation across the cabin staff.