Originally Posted by
christep
I'd be curious to know the background of the crew you had.
I'm not astute enough to know the ethnic origins of the staff. I can say with certainty that the purser was Japanese. She greeted us all in F mentioning specifically that she was from Japan. Everything she did seemed very tentative somehow including the cabin announcements - didn't inpspire much confidence. The rest of the F crew were all of Asian descent but I have no idea where they are based. Idly chatting to one as we disembarked (we waited half an hour for BAA to get its airbridge working and then only one leg functioned) I asked when he was flying again. He said they would only fly in 3 days time. Seems a long layover, so maybe they are LHR based.
Originally Posted by
christep
Regrattably I now seriously consider BA and QF on the London run when possible (schedule- & price-wise) - if you'd told me 3 or 4 years ago that I'd be doing that I'd have said you were mad.
Ironically I would have booked BA (I need some qualifying flights and the tier miles help too) but I was afraid of becoming stranded with the strike. Even when it was clear that the strike would be several days later I stuck with CX because my previous flights had been so great.