Goodbye skirts?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: BKK/SEL/YQG
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#2
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: NE & SE Asia, N America
Programs: TG ROP Gold, Lifetime OZ Diamond Plus, BA Gold
Posts: 3,105
My personal opinion - the KE pants that some of the KE FAs now wear look absolutely awful. I certainly hope OZ realizes that their cabin staff are repeatedly honored with being the best in the world for reasons. Going about changing things that have worked towards putting OZ on top will likely result in disaster. If OZ's policy is that their FAs wear skirts, then the FAs need to accept that or find a job with a different airline or different job all together. Now the color of the uniform isn't the greatest, although I still prefer it over the KE uniforms.
I will admit that I've often wondered how OZ FAs manage to squat down when they want to talk to a passenger eye-to-eye. It looks horribly uncomfortable. But at the same time I greatly admire them for doing so, to handle difficult tasks with such grace. Make me to appreciate them so much more compared to their lazy counterparts on other airlines elsewhere in the world.
I will admit that I've often wondered how OZ FAs manage to squat down when they want to talk to a passenger eye-to-eye. It looks horribly uncomfortable. But at the same time I greatly admire them for doing so, to handle difficult tasks with such grace. Make me to appreciate them so much more compared to their lazy counterparts on other airlines elsewhere in the world.
#4
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: LHR, PVG
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Posts: 183
The quality of service doesn't need to be compromised just because they wear pants. On the contrary if they feel more comfortable, and less concerned about 'exposing' themselves, whilst wearing pants then the quality of service should improve.
I say let them wear pants.
#5
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Near Lichfield, UK
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Posts: 949
I just can't see how changing from skirts to trousers (or 'pants' as our US friends like to call them) is going to have any detrimental effect on the service. If they feel more comfortable in trousers/pants then let them change.
#6
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 676
Say it isn't so?!
http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/life/asia...-skirts-100660
http://www.cnngo.com/seoul/life/asia...-skirts-100660
Nonsense. Hanboks are full length dresses. They are not above-the-knee like the skirts worn by the FAs. And, I'm quite certain they'll be chastised for not wearing contoured skirts.