Most of the hotels where crew stay during their layovers are 5 star hotels.SIA spend close to a $100m (correct me if I am wrong,SIA) a year on crew hotels.
Some of the crew do not appreciate the generosity of the company. When they lose that privilege,it would then be too late. They would be put up at lesser known and not so comfortable hotels.
SIA let each crew have their own room,even the most junior ones. Some airlines make their cabin crew share room. Only married couple crew in SIA share room.However, if the married couple opt not to fly together,they will also be allocated a room each during their nightstops.
Why do I bring up this subject of hotel accommodation? Well it is because like I said earlier,there are crew who do not appreciate this fine gesture on the part of SIA.
In the past, we had crew who 'souvenired' towels,pillow cases,bulbs, and even curtains etc. from hotels they stayed. I had complaints from hotels about crew dirtying and littering their rooms with all sorts of things,ranging from cigarette butts to unfinished instant noodles and curry stains on the walls.
There were crew who overfilled their bathtubs and flooded hotel floors.
There were cases of crew using the hotel ovens to dry their running shoes. Some even went to the extent of bringing their home laundry to wash them in the hotel washing machines.( Certain places like New Zealand,crew were put up in luxurious apartments)
There was a case in Auckland, where a room was burned due to an electrical fire caused by a short circuit. The crew had left his TV on for 2 days when he was on a sightseeing tour.
In Tokyo, we used to stay in the plush Prince Takanawa Hotel. The crew stole hundreds of goldplated tea spoons and tea sets from the hotel rooms over a period of time.
The staff at Prince Takanawa nicknamed the supervisors as Ali Baba and the other crew as SIA thieves.
When the hotel had enough of our nonsense, they politely doubled the room rates, once the old contract period was over. Thats the Japanese way of saying Sayonara to us.
I can just go on and on but until the crew stop this type of behaviour,there is no guarantee that prime hotels in places where crew nightstop would welcome them.
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Interesting! Passengers take cutlery from aircraft. Everyone like "free" souvenirs. You have a good point. 5 star hotel benefits may be lost. It may be just a few who do the "collecting". Ever read the book The Tipping Point? It is usually a few who will cause a big change...
No, I have not read that book yet.
Thanks for taking time to comment,Booklover.
I have seen in lounges in airport that SPPS PPS that took plates and cutleries....
Cheap rich people!
Thats why they can afford to travel in FC and JC lor :)
sound so selfish, ungracious of those crew members. i thought they attend classes before they become qualified crew members. shouldnt they know the virtues of saving energy, electricity and taking care of things like its your own.
stories of switching on tv when the person isnt around is really plain selfish and lazy.
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