Do BA still have Korean speaking cabin crew?
Aug 17, 2017, 5:07 am
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Do BA still have Korean speaking cabin crew?
My parents in law are flying, much to their chagrin, BA to visit the UK.
It will be their first time flying BA and I was wondering if BA has any Korean speaking crew / Korean food on the ICN flights?
It will be their first time flying BA and I was wondering if BA has any Korean speaking crew / Korean food on the ICN flights?
Aug 17, 2017, 5:14 am
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Aug 17, 2017, 5:22 am
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Oddly enough I don't remember reading one complaint.
Aug 17, 2017, 6:02 am
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Just to be clear, on MF, BA has employed language speakers based in London rather than international bases. So it depends on whether a Korean language speaker is available for your flight. CIHY may be able to tell me this, but I understand on WW, cabin crew can't be rostered due to language skills (so for instance BA couldn't keep sending London-based Arabic speakers to Doha if BA closed BAH base) but on MF, crew are specifically recruited as language speakers, so are rostered in this way?
Aug 17, 2017, 6:09 am
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Correct, MF language speakers can be rostered for language skills but WW and EF cannot.
I believe that MF have only recruited Korean and Japanese speakers but many have left due to the poor compensation BA offer for these skills.
I believe that MF have only recruited Korean and Japanese speakers but many have left due to the poor compensation BA offer for these skills.
Aug 17, 2017, 6:17 am
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Aug 17, 2017, 6:45 am
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Having travelled this route many many times, the service on BA is particular sub-par compared to the service on KE or OZ. Particularly for Koreans, it is a very noticeable difference.
Aug 17, 2017, 7:09 am
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Aug 17, 2017, 9:23 am
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) cabin crew - and at the risk of being labelled sexist some of them are damn hot. 
Aug 17, 2017, 10:03 am
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