Presenting the Losers

[Syt]

The 70s were a different age ...

[Camerus]

 

Many of my Chinese friends have asked me the question....  "So, why are flight attendants on Air Canada so old?"

[jimmy olsen]

Yeah, being a flight attendant in Asia is still seen as relatively prestigious. I have some very intelligent students who want to be one.

[Josquius]

The way things should be (tm).

[CountDeMoney]

There was a male flight attendant I saw on a couple Southwest flights out of BWI, I think he was using the job to launch his Broadway show tunes career.  Definitely heavy on the glitter dust.

[Ed Anger]

There was a male flight attendant I saw on a couple Southwest flights out of BWI, I think he was using the job to launch his Broadway show tunes career.  Definitely heavy on the glitter dust.

I've noticed those tended to be the better ones.

[CountDeMoney]

Motherfucker refilled my Pepsi with a motherfucking smile.

[derspiess]

Many of my Chinese friends have asked me the question....  "So, why are flight attendants on Air Canada so old?"

I've never been on an Asian airline, but during a layover in Seattle I saw a group of Air China (?) stewardesses board their flight.  All I can say is: Ho Lee Fuk 

[Admiral Yi]

I've flown on Korean Air, JAL, Air France, and the Dutch airlines who's name escapes me, and I've never seen flight attendents as old and ugly as American ones.

[Jacob]

I've flown on Korean Air, JAL, Air France, and the Dutch airlines who's name escapes me, and I've never seen flight attendents as old and ugly as American ones.

The Dutch one = KLM (they've merged with Air France now, I believe, though they're still maintaining separate brands).

Air Canada stewardesses are like American ones - they're the older hosts who've managed to hang on through round after round of layoffs and downsizing (hi seedy!).

Air China (different from China Airlines, of course) and the various regional carriers with international aspiration (China Eastern, Sichuan Airlines, China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, etc) all tend towards young and pretty stewardesses. I think it's for a few reasons - first off, hiring young and pretty girls for service jobs is standard and accepted practice; secondly, as Timmy says, it's still fairly glamorous to be a stewardess in Asia.

[DGuller]

I actually get a little creeped out by ads for the Asian airlines where the stewardesses all look perfect and the same, and are eternally smiling.  I want an airline, not some cult.

[derspiess]

I actually get a little creeped out by ads for the Asian airlines where the stewardesses all look perfect and the same, and are eternally smiling.  I want an airline, not some cult.

Pretty goddamned cool to see in person, though

[Jacob]

I actually get a little creeped out by ads for the Asian airlines where the stewardesses all look perfect and the same, and are eternally smiling.  I want an airline, not some cult.

What are Russian and Ukrainian stewardesses like?

[DGuller]

I actually get a little creeped out by ads for the Asian airlines where the stewardesses all look perfect and the same, and are eternally smiling.  I want an airline, not some cult.

What are Russian and Ukrainian stewardesses like?

No idea.  I've never actually flown on a Russian or Ukrainian airline.

[alfred russel]

Alitalia seems to have not fully stepped into the modern western outlook on these things, although I'm sure they have on paper.