Caucasian crew
Feb 28, 2008 | 10:44 am
#1
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Caucasian crew
Has anyone seen Caucasian crew with CX recently? Seems that there are only Asian crew with CX now. As an international airlines, shouldn't there be at least one Caucasian crew on N.America/Europe route?
Feb 28, 2008 | 4:22 pm
#2
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Do you mean cabin crew or flight crew? Flight crew are generally caucasian but there are some more local pilots coming through the ranks now. Cabin crew are almost always asian, but there are a few caucasian cabin crew around.
Feb 28, 2008 | 5:49 pm
#3
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A few months back on my HKG-TPE flight, I did see one Caucasian cabin crew in J. She is quite tall with dark hair.
Feb 28, 2008 | 10:06 pm
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Language qualifications and performance are all that need to be considered. They're a Hong Kong based airline and the cabin crew are very 'international' when compared to other carriers.
Feb 29, 2008 | 2:35 am
#6
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There are caucasian cabin crew. Requirement is to speak english plus a fluent asian language (normally one out of japanese/ mandarin/ cantonese/ korean) and as studying mandarin/ japanese is now fairly common, there are some. Mostly based in Vancouver or London
Feb 29, 2008 | 8:00 pm
#7
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AFAIK there are caucasian cabin crew in CX LHR base, and he is now a purser (if he's still in CX)...if u see them on other intra-asia routes, means they r on training...
Mar 1, 2008 | 7:08 am
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I wish that there were more Caucasian crew members, so I wouldn't have to suddenly "forget" my Mandarin when being spoken to.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...t=preferential
(This problem is even more prevalent intra Asia, the cantonese speaking ladies appear surly, especially in Y, as soon as Mandarin is spoken)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...t=preferential
(This problem is even more prevalent intra Asia, the cantonese speaking ladies appear surly, especially in Y, as soon as Mandarin is spoken)
Mar 3, 2008 | 11:50 pm
#12
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I was on CX 520 to NRT and saw a male Caucasian cabin member on this flight. Quite tall with dark hair. I was impressed at how good his Canto was. WOW!
Mar 4, 2008 | 5:26 pm
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Jan 12, 2014 | 4:11 pm
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Sorry for the old bump but came across this video and thought there's finally visual evidence of Caucasian FA with CX haha.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9APF_E9etQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9APF_E9etQ
Jan 13, 2014 | 4:07 am
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All of our cabin crew are Asian. As long as they speak English regardless of route.
On one of my London sectors, I had a regular FA and ISM who were half Caucasian, half Asian. The FA was half English, half Filipino while the ISM was half English, half Chinese.
So we do have Caucasian crew but they have some part Asian in them.
As far as flight crew, its multiracial. I know crew not just from the usual countries like Australia, UK, Canada, etc but we have some from Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe!
On one of my London sectors, I had a regular FA and ISM who were half Caucasian, half Asian. The FA was half English, half Filipino while the ISM was half English, half Chinese.
So we do have Caucasian crew but they have some part Asian in them.
As far as flight crew, its multiracial. I know crew not just from the usual countries like Australia, UK, Canada, etc but we have some from Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe!