10 Reasons Why You Should Be A Cabin Crew

1. Enjoy a great deal of time off (13 to 17 days off per month; roughly 6 months off per year!).
2. Get free or reduced-cost travel benefits for yourself and immediate family, covering air travel, lodging, car-rentals, and cruises.
3. Get a lucrative benefits package, often including health and life insurance, credit union membership,sports club membership at low fees, employee stock options and many more.
4. Enjoy unmatched variety – Forget the predictability of 9 to 5 cube life!
5. Enjoy maximum scheduling flexibility – You’re not limited to weekends off like the rest of the world!
6. Meet new people, including many celebrities.
7. See the world.
8. Feel more independent.
9. Feel more responsible.
10. Feel a sense of pride and accomplishment (especially when you help an unaccompanied minor or handicapped passenger safely reach their destination)

How to become a cabin crew.

1. How to become a member of Cabin Crew
Becoming a member of Cabin Crew is as much about attitude as experience. In fact, many airlines will advertise cabin crew jobs that do not need previous experience. If you have good customer service experience, then make sure this is clear in your CV. But otherwise, a positive attitude, energy and friendliness will get you a long way; experience is not crucial.

Fundamental, though, is your attitude. You must have excellent people skills, confidence and a friendly nature. You will need to be happy, patient and considerate. You will also help yourself to find a job as a flight attendant if you make sure you are well presented and groomed.

Before embarking on your cabin crew job search, you will do well to prepare a strong CV. The CV will need to be clear and short. Include your work experience with your most recent job at the top. Be sure to also include a photograph of yourself inserted within your CV document.

Many airlines advertising flight attendant jobs (for instance Emirates cabin crew jobs) will expect you to complete an application form. Having all your information within your CV will help you when completing application forms.

Essential requirements for almost every airline are: an ability to swim 25m, a valid passport, and fluency in English.



2. Cabin Crew as a Career
Airline cabin crew, also known as flight attendants, are primarily responsible for ensuring passenger safety during flight. They are also required to ensure the comfort of passengers which is why good customer service skills are so important.

Hours can vary so a flight attendant's career is not for those who like to work 9-5 Monday to Friday. But the lifestyle is social, friendly and sometimes exotic - especially for long-haul cabin crew jobs where you will fly and stop-over at world airports. It is hard work, but it is also rewarding.



3. Cabin Crew Jobs / Flight Attendant Jobs
Finding flight attendant jobs is simple. But making a successful application will depend on your CV / Application profile.

Different airlines offer different jobs for flight attendants. Long-haul cabin crew are broadly the same as short-haul, but the specific differences are many and varied. From stop-overs to customer relationships to the number of colleagues on board - all of these issues and more depend on the airline and the types of flights you work on. As an ab initio (inexperienced) candidate you will not have all the options, but it is worth considering what kind of flight attendant job you would prefer. Research your favoured airlines and find out about them.

Once experienced as a flight attendant you will have more career options. You may wish to move to Business Class, First Class or VVIP Cabin Crew jobs - in fact have a look at this job. You will have the experience necessary to apply to some of the world's biggest airlines jobs as senior crew, or even an executive jet airline or private jet operator as VVIP cabin crew.

You may even wish to seek an ex-cabin crew job. Many employers seek ex-cabin crew to work in offices as their excellent customer-facing skills are highly sought after.



4. CV Tips
It's worth addressing your CV now if you've not already done so. Your CV should always be kept up to date to prevent you from forgetting something. You can then use it to apply for jobs. If you need to complete an application form, an up to date CV will mean all the information is to hand.

Sooner or later you'll be asked to also send a photograph of yourself with your application. So sort this out now. You will need 1 full length photograph, and 1 passport head shot. The recruiting employer needs to see you (not you in front of the Eiffel Tower) so make sure you're well in the foreground! This isn't a family snap. You need to be extremely well groomed for the photo, looking smart and smiling.

Once you have a photo you will need to make it small enough to be able to send by email, or to insert into your CV itself.

Your CV needs to be clear, uncluttered and honest. It should work in reverse chronological order, bullet pointing the key skills and areas of responsibility. No wordy paragraphs are required (or wanted). And fancy colours, graphics, fonts and backgrounds are not necessary (or wanted)!



5. Persistence
Eventually you will find the job you're after. But no one said it will be easy. To increase your chances:

a. don't apply for jobs if you don't meet the minimum criteria - it's a waste of your time

b. prepare well - find out about the company

c. be determined - no half measures on the application form or CV... want that job

d. Open Days - be smart, happy and as relaxed as possible. Take a couple of copies of your CV, with photos, clearly labelled

e. stay fully up to date on new jobs

So, that's it. We wish all of you the very best of luck in looking for a job in this unusual, brilliant industry!

CORRECTED-Engine fails on Singapore A380, flight turns back

Reuters - 2 hours 36 minutes ago

PARIS, Sept 27 - A Singapore Airlines A380 was forced to turn round mid-flight and head back to Paris on Sunday after one of its four engines failed, the head of the airline's French operations said.

The doubledecker A380 took off from Paris at 12.30 p.m. with 444 passengers aboard and headed for Singapore, but had to turn round after 2 hours 45 minutes because of the engine problem, airline director Jerry Seah said.

The plane landed safely back in France at 5.45 p.m. (1545 GMT) and the passengers were sent to hotels as the airline tried to lay on an alternative flight for them.

Seah told Reuters he believed it was the first time the plane had suffered such a problem since it had started operating the Singapore-Paris route earlier this year.

The giant jet, built by Airbus , is designed to continue flying with only three engines, but came back to Paris as a safety precaution.

The engines on the Singapore A380s are built by Britain's Rolls Royce Group . (Reporting by Jean Baptiste Vey, writing by Crispian Balmer; editing by Elizabeth Fullerton)

Pssst!!!

Alamak 444 paxs...number 4 means death in Chinese. In this case luckily the crew number added on will be more than 444 people on the flight.....can I safely say that the crew saved the flight?

I kapo a bit la about S'pore Idol Taufik Batisah

SINGAPORE: Local celebrity, Taufik Batisah who was given the opportunity to sing the national anthem during the Formula One Grand Prix tonight, made a mistake while doing so.

His televised performance was viewed by millions all over the world.

But instead of singing "marilah kita bersatu", which means "let us unite", he sang “marilah kita berseru" which means "let us proclaim".

Speaking to MediaCorp, Taufik said, he's very sorry for making the error.

He said he was very nervous while singing.

But the winner of the first season of Singapore Idol added that he's aware that there's no excuse for him to make such an error.

Taufik says he hopes that the public will forgive him for what he refers to as an "honest mistake." - 938LIVE/vm


Aiya the media is playing up to this sort of things again. You know I was driving this morning and a 90.5 FM DJ was talking about the above issue and kind of insinuating that one should not make mistake singing the national anthem,more so from a celebrity.Come la everyone makes mistake ok? No one is perfect so lets not run down poor Taufik who is already so remorseful.Don't worry Tuafik,unkle here is on your side. Time will erase all these criticisms.Just go on and give your best.

Cheers to Taufik !!!

Molest case again??

Anonymous said...

just hear that another cs on molest charge.the trouble with cc management they always promote the wrong people.

Sunday, September 27, 2009 8:09:00 PM

A reader of my blog has left the above comment yesterday.....is it for real there was another case of senior male crew molesting stewardess??

Can someone who knows about the case email me or left the message in the comment space below?

Chief steward arrested.

After the flight has landed at Changi Airport,chief steward R secretly packed a carton of milk and juice into his cabin bag and left the aircraft. R jolly well knew he was not supposed to take those stuff home as it would amount to theft but he didn't care a damn as he had done it many times before.

Meanwhile,R's junior crew hurriedly left the aircraft after him and alerted the security personnel about R.

After being alerted by R's jr crew, the police waited at the arrival area and arrested him. Understand he would be charged for theft.

Beware of this acupuncturist

Someone asked me to warn my readers who are seeking needle acupuncture treatment. Click here for the complaint.

So beware and dun anyhow go and consult fake acupuncturists. Of course there are good genuine ones too hor?

I am beli happy....

I am glad tat so far in the poll on your right hand side,no1 has said tat they regret coming to this blog ( cross fingers X). This sort of things will keep me going on blogging and slogging for these nice ppl.

Btw u noe ah there are wannabes asking questions about SIA cc jobs and interview and hoping I answer them but guess wat? ...they dun even address unkle here correctly. They merely address me as Hi! aiya my name is not Hi! my parents named me as boh tong ok!!! Den they dun even pen their names but just anonymous. Like tat how to be SIA cabin crew? Maybe other airlines dun mind but SIA is very particular about good mannerism. Dun 4get tat I taught cc how to be polite and behaved in a proper manner la.

Any comments "anonymous"?...hehehe kena scolding, these cc wannabes :)

Clone websites/blogs using my name

Please be warned especially cabin crew wannabes that there are cloned websites/blogs who took my name boh tong

They are not airline crew and unfit to advise wannabes on matters pertaining to interviews,talks and cabin crew matters.

Please do not be coned by them. Besides myself the other genuine ones are by my ex-colleagues Luke Tan and Edmond Tay. Edmond is into counselling but can also advise on SIA cabin crew matters. He was an ex cabin crew executive

The following are my cabin crew job blogs:

http://www.bohtong1.com

http://airlineposition1.blogspot.com

Wanna fly for peanuts? Poor Singaporean.

Below is a question supposedly from a S'porean asking Capt Lim about wanting to fly for peanuts.

Hi Captain Lim,

Great website, really helpful info

I am a 35 year Singaporean and I've got an Airbus A320 rating and FAA ATPL but no jet experience. I am so desperate right now that I am willing to fly for food!!

Do you know anybody that will hire me? Seriously, I will fly for peanuts.

Thank you

Douglas


Hi Douglas,

You know that to be employed in Singapore or Malaysia, you need to convert your FAA ATP to a UKCAA ATPL. A FAA ATP is only recognized in the USA. Please see this posting here

Once you are equipped with the right license, you can then try applying to Tiger Airways or Jetstar Asia in Singapore. From then onwards you can start building up your jet hours. With a minimum of 1500 totals hours, you can unfreeze your ATPL and thereafter, you can say you are marketable to most Middle Eastern or Asian airlines outside Singapore!

SIA's inflight service isn't.......

Many have told me about the decline in SIA's inflight service.They said CC are not like they used to be. I hate to believe that they are correct.I sincerely hope they are wrong. Examples they gave were: not helpful during boarding in the stowing of paxs' hand carried baggage,lacking in smiles,do not do PR with paxs who were not watching movies and who were bored,does not take the initiative to collect and re-distribute the limited newspaper/magazines for other paxs,does not serve drinks as often as before during the lull period, disappears after the meal services,IFS does not visit the economy class,crew talked loudly among themselves etc etc.....
What have gone wrong if the feedback is true? Is it the attitude of the new generation of crew or is it due to poor training and monitoring?
A friend of mine told me that on one of his flights with SQ,a senior steward who was a head taller and about 30 years younger than him stood a meter away from him while he was struggling to stow his baggage. No assistance nor efforts was shown towards my friend who incidentally had an injured arm.
He also told me this steward served him coffee in a stained cup.Throughout the flight,this guy don't even talked to any pax except a pretty looking lady.
There were other feedback but I choose not to blog about them lest I step on people's toes

Cabin crew rap,South West Airline.

Well done flight attendant and South West cos u are a funny and great way to cruise!

Wanna be a pilot?

Thought it was really funny and so I posted this YouTube video here,enjoy la!

Don't smoke,drink or else.....

Look at the recent cases of death amongst cc. Those who died prematurely (before the national average life span of 74 for men)were crew or ex crew (cc)who smoked and drank heavily. Starting with Vincent, Kenneth,Cyril,TC,Philip,Derrick,Mahendren and many others,you will notice that these ex cc smoke and drank like crazy. All of them died before age 67. In fact only Vincent and Cyril died at an older age of 66.The rest died much younger.

Somehow,studies have shown that drinking and smoking are health hazards but when combined with a cc life style of life long flying it can be potent.

Vincent and Cyril were working on ground for at least 25 years and flying less than 10 years and yet died prematurely. Both died of cancer.

There are others who are on the verge of dying due to this life style. So quit smoking which is worst than drinking (if possible quit drinking too) if you are a cc and wanna live longer and healthier.

Most of the cc who does not drink nor smoke or had given up the 2 vices many years ago are still well and healthier. Take for examples cc like Mike Lam, George Sunder, Beng,Willie and company. They are all into their late 60s,with John Chan being 70 this year and are enjoying life. Mike swims 30 fast laps of the Olympic size pool at least 4 times a week. Beng,in Perth runs an hour a day,John practising tai chi,George playing tennis and jogging almost everyday. KY plays golf regularly.

So it is safe to concluded that cc should not smoke and drink if they want to live a longer and healthier life because flying itself is unhealthy and when you combined the 2 vices you are digging your grave faster.

Steward's sugar mommy story.

Ted was a boastful and conceited senior steward. He thought he was handsome and tall when he was not. His ambition in life was to be a gigolo meaning making a living off rich women by satisfying them sexually.

On his flights,Ted would look out for old rich looking female passengers and befriend them. Why old women? It was because Ted was not handsome enough to lure the younger rich ones.

One one HK flights,Ted managed to hook Jes a fairly well to do lady pax of around 50 years old. Jes was a divorcee and she liked Ted because Ted cared for her like no cabin crew would care for her. Of course,Jes didn't know the reason Ted was so nice to her. He showered her with all the attention he could give on the flight between SIN/HKG. Jes was bought over by Ted's TLC (tender loving care..la). She invited Ted to her apartment during his 2 day stay in HKG.

The first thing Ted did when he checked into his hotel room in HKG that afternoon was to call Jes. She was flattered to hear Ted's voice over the phone. After all, Ted was in his mid 20s and she was 50. Jes was thinking dirty by this time and Ted led her on and on over the phone. She was determined to get Ted and make him her young lover. This off course what Ted was set out to achieve.

That evening,Jes cancelled her appointment with her BF and went over to Ted's hotel room. Jes did not make any false pretenses that she was hard to get but rather showed Ted she liked him and was willing to go to bed with him. But Ted was cool and wanted to play his cards right.

They went out for dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant and from that one hour of dinning, Ted managed to dig out lots of info about Jes's wealth and her background.

Jes wasn't as rich as Ted had anticipated but was wealthy enough to give him a comfortable life if he was to be her lover. He was wanted to own his favorite Mercedes car and hope Jes could buy one for him.

They proceeded to Ted's hotel room after the dinner. Ted ordered drinks from the hotel and by 11 pm that night,they had downed at least $200 worth of drinks. Jes assured Ted that she would foot the bill and that pleased Ted.

After the drinking session,Jes persuaded Ted to have a bath with her. Yes Jes was unashamed to give a clear signal to the young Ted that she wanted sex with him. Jes was a "Mrs Robinson",hungering for a young man's love. That night, Ted did not disappoint his would be sugar mommy.

Whenever we flew with Ted, he would boast about his sugar mommy Jes. He would often tell us the gifts Jes showered him. He also claimed she would also give him $$ for staisfying her in bed.

We often teased Ted and asked him to introduce his sugar mom to us to prove he was telling the truth.

One day when Joe and I was working on the flight to HKG with Ted, he introduced us to Jes during our night stop. In fact,Ted brought us to Jes's apartment and Jes invited us with open arms. Ted introduced us to Jes and her sweet 18 year old daughter Nan. Straightaway me and Joe was enchanted by Nan. We were both very attracted to Nan than Jes.

The next day, Jes brought us with her daughter Nan to Macau which was a 3 hour ride by ferry from HKG.

During the time we were gambling in the Macau casino, Joe was busy trying to hook Nan. Anyway,Nan liked Joe as he was the youngest amongst us and the best looking one. In the hotel room, Joe was flirting with Nan.

That evening ended with all the three of us, Jes,Ted and I making several thousand dollars from the casino. We left Macau early the next morning and flew off.

A few months later, I was told that Nan was made pregnant by Joe. Jes was angry with Ted and Joe. Nan was forced by her mom to abort the baby. Ted was blamed for the whole incidence. From that moment onwards, Jes did not welcomed us to her place anymore. Ted lost his sugar mommy because of Joe and they never spoke to each other (Ted and Joe) for many years to come.

From what we gathered, Ted only managed to scrounged a few thousand bucks from Jes. According to Ted it was worth it because he claimed Jes was a hot and sexy woman in bed and had taught him the real art of love making.

Even till the day he was retiring from the airline,Ted still dreamt and talked about having sugar mommies not realising he was already an old man.

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum, Japan

A friend who was in Japan emailed me about his unpleasant experiences at the above place. He alledged that one of the ramen stalls at the ramen museum near shin Yokohama station stinks like shit. He had to pay an entrance fee to get into this horrible place which is supposed to feature things pertaining to ramen,a Chinese noodle dish made famous in japan.
He claimed that there were only a few stalls and when he entered one,he almost fainted at the rotten shitty smell. It was too late to back off as he had paid 800 yen into a ticket machine. The ramen was not edible and so he and wife left and proceeded to the next stall,hoping the place and ramen would be better. When he bought a ticket for the ramen for himself as his wife was not eating,he was told that his wife was not allowed into the stall. What kind of crap was that coming from a service oriented japan?
He asked me to warn people not to patronise that so called ramen museum situated 100 meters from Shin-Yokohama station near Tokyo.

Michael Learns To Rock

My Cabin Crew Stories!

I just thought I should share with you some stories from working as cabin crew.

1 -
I was working a long haul flight and the call button is pressed, so my friend Erin tells me
too go, so I go along. I had a request for something,

Passenger - Excuse me miss
Me - How can I help you?
Passenger - I have a request for a candle
Me - I'm sorry but we can't have candles on board for saftey reasons
Passenger - Why would this be?
Me - Just for saftey reasons, and for the smoke detectors
Passenger - Okay then, sorry to bother you.

I mean what kind of a crazy person wants a candle on board?!


2 - I get another bell call,
A passenger with their laptop out asks,

Passenger - Excuse me miss
Me - How can I help you sir?
Passenger - Can I ask why I am not getting an internet connection?
Me - The reason would be is because we are currently travelling at 500 mph
Passenger - So no internet connection onboard no?
Me - Unfortunately not.

3 -
Time for breakfast
We were serving fresh fruit, pancakes, cereal or bacon, eggs etc..
A passenger far back asks for cereal,

Me - Sorry, but we don't actually have any cereal left
Passenger - No cornflakes?
Me - None
Passenger - Special k?
Me - We have no cereal at all
Passenger - Not even coco-pops?
Me - Sorry we have no cereal at all on board
Passenger - okay I will take cornflakes and banana
Me - We dont have any cereal mam!!
Passenger - Ooh sorry I didnt hear you!

4 -
It was around New-Year last year, a passenger asks for an on-board party,

Passenger - Excuse me mam
Me - Yes, how can I help you?
Passenger - Well as its around new years time, can we pop some party poppers?
Me - We can't actually do that I am afraid, as its a explosive and explosives are strictly banned on-board.
Passenger - Not even on new year?
Me - Unfortunately not
Passenger - Oh Okay then


Passengers can be very dumb at times, I have lots more too come.
I like to write all these in a diary and it just makes me laugh so much!

From Trolley-Dolly

SIA boh liao meh?

I read here and it said "Good old days may be over for SIA". It also quoted industry analysts saying SIA would probably suffer its first full year loss for this financial year. The report may be right because it has the views of a well read reporter as well as professional analysts who were seldom wrong in their predictions.

What I am going to state here may be just a hunch but I am seldom wrong. SIA is going to come out of this credit crunch or recession as you may call it even stronger and healthier. All the analysts' predictions are wrong as far as I am concerned. Just look at the trading of the SIA share today. It was traded at a high of S$13.78 and now hovering around $13.50. It plunged and lost almost 40% of its value at the height of the crisis.

Budget airlines may be good in terms of value for the tourists but for business people it is different. If a company is a prestigious one and is prospering why should it make its productive and hardworking executives travel cattle class or budget airlines? If I am working as an executive for a big and renowned company and it makes me fly budget or economy, I will switch allegiance. My reason for switching to another establishment is why work for a stingy company?

So you see people will still fly business and first class especially now when the recession is almost over and companies are reporting brisk businesses and turning in profits.

In this light,airlines like SIA will still do very well.

SIA is bestest!

It wont be long before this great airline starts to recruit staff esp cabin crew again. My bet is by early 2010 it will be expanding its network and short of staff esp cc again.

The way SIA has handled the situation hit by the worst recession ever has won my admiration. Not a single staff has been retrenched,only pay cut of a meagre of 10%.

The SIA share has been climbing by about 50% since its low early this year. Today,SIA is above S$13 and is going up and up.

Take heart cc for your job is safe and sound. SIA needs you! Be good employees and help this great airline to prosper and climb to greater heights (of course with me around it would be better...hahaha). CC you should be grateful for being the employees of SIA, so stop bitching around esp the senior crew about this and that. You shd also be thankful you have a admirable unionist like Alan to guide and help you.....goodbye forever to the previous group that you have kicked out!

SIA vs a bank handling of customers' complaints

A friend of mine recently closed his bank account with a local bank after the staff was unhelpful and rude to him.
A few hours later the vp of that bank telephoned him and asked for feedback on her staff treatment of him and reasons for his a/c closure. My friend told her he was not interested to waste his time relating to her the reasons etc and asked her to refer to the branch manager. The vp was persistent and they spent almost 40 minutes on the phone. The vp was more interested in finding out what went wrong rather spending time to pacify my friend. My friend felt frustrated as he was made a guinea and wasted his time explaining the whole episode again.

Now here is the difference with SIA cabin crew. Whenever a passenger complains that the cc is rude or unhelpful or both cabin crew dept staff will called up the crew for an explanation. The complainiant will be contacted to give his side of the story. In the end,the passenger will be made to feel important by receiving an apology in writing or some sort of assurance that it would not happened again. There were times,depending on the severity of the complaint, my svp would invite the passenger out for a meal and a personal apology.
SIA also put aside a huge budget by setting up a pax complaint dept with staff to handle complaints.
Now you know why SIA service is far more superior than most airlines or in this case,the bank.

5 Cs IFS retirement not extended...why ah?

Mr.Chua Sow Ngang had been more than a conscientious supervisor with SIA for many years. Not only a loyal emaployee but also one who went out of his way to help in charity work that enhanced SIA's name internationally as champion of the poor and deprived.He was actively involved in the 5 Cs (cabin crew club for community care) even during the time when I was with SIA. He was a nice chap and fun to work with according to crew that I know.

Unfortunately, I was told his retirement was not extended. Usually an IFS retirement would not be extended because of poor conduct or bad work performance and Mr Chua was neither. I understand that IFS who were less deserving had their retirement extended even to age 60. Well I hope I was given the wrong info because if it was true then it would not be fair for Mr Chua.

2 ex crew passed away

Ex IFS and CS Haleem and TC respectively passed just last week. One died from heart attack and TC died from cancer. This sort of things scare the daylight out of me. I am in fact older than these 2 and myself was a crew. Has being a crew,flying thru various time zones and the job stress kill them? Ooo I am really scared....that's why I get panic attack? ..or PA was hereditary?
PA to my belief was not hereditary because my parents did not have them but maybe my great great great grandpa had it. I believe PA was the result of my job as a crew. Do u know that PA is actually anxiety disorder?
To be a cabin crew with SQ,one needs to be punctual,prompt and proper in grooming and dressing, courteous,knowledgeable and a million other things. All these requirments put lots of stresses on us. If you are a bad crew then you don't have to observe the above and you prolly live to be a hundred. If you want to be a real excellent SQ cabin crew then you have to have the above. In this way, many died from either cancer or heart attacks. These 2 fatal illnesses according to my doctor friends could be due to stress besides other factors.
I don't wanna scare the cc wannabes but there are many articles that point to what I said above.
Look at all those cc who died.Look at the office staff,they do not died so easily and at a relatively young age. So to me I think flying has many health hazards.
Pilots generally live longer than cc. Compare tc to cc and see for yourself how many tc died at an age younger than cc.
If you wanna to see the world and have better salary as well as healthier and longer life then you should be a tc. Why not hor when you would have cc serving you like lords? Not happy with the cc then just shout and scream at them.
This reminds me of a capt. DL. He would not only shout at the cc if he was unhappy with them but kicked them out of the flight ( off load is the word). Remember AT the IFS who was off loaded when capt dl wasn't happy with him? That capt mellowed only when his beloved daughter joined us as a stewardess,knowing jolly well his beloved would be screwed.
Aiya I don't wanna rant any much more otherwise ppl would say that it is an ole man ranting and grumbling.

Dun be sensitive lah

I wrote an article "If I own an airline" a few days ago and had in the process touched on some nerves. Singapore Capt was quite offended because I stated I would NOT be needing pilots on my aircraft. Another one chided me for not blogging about air crew gossips but instead indulge myself in fantasy of owning an airline.
Dun be like dat lah. I am just amusing myself by imagining I own an airline and the things I would do and wont do.
To be realistic,how can I own an airline when I can't even pay up for my car? It is still on loan and the instalments are killing me. How can I own an airline when my HDB flat is not fully paid yet?
I am unemployed and blogging provides me a small income. I am happy when I have many visitors to my blog because when the click on the ads I make some money.If not I am still happy they visit this blog.
Take it with a pinch of salt when I start to fantasize alil.....anyhow you people make my day when you visit me...thank you once again for making this ole guy feel useful :)

Lee Wei Ling (Lee Kuan Yew's daughter) Wrote on Hardship in Canada

Lee Wei Ling is First Daughter of Singapore. She is the sister of PM Lee Hsien Loong. Wei Ling studied in Raffles Institution and was a long distance runner. She was in Pre-U when I was in Secondary One...for more click here

If I own an airline......

If I own an airline,first of all I will make sure I do not have pilots on my planes.
The planes I would have would be pilotless and computerised to land at its destination safely. It is now possible according to technology that airliners could operate without pilots. Without pilots,I would have solved 2 problems that plaque most airlines and they are,cost savings and no quarrels or fights between cabin crew and tech crew.
The second thing I would do is to do away with marketing and ticketing staff. I will sell tickets via internet. Those people who are not internet savy would be have to engage the help of friends or relatives.
Next, I would not have something like SATS or a kitchen to cook food for my passengers.They would have to buy my packed food like mee rebus,nasi lemak or botak john buggers on the planes.Drinks? Yes plenty but have to pay for them. 'No outside food' notices would be pasted all over the aircraft cabin interior (like in our food court la).
My stewardesses must be 36-24-36 types no older than 30 years. No batang crew will be employed. My candidates for stewardess positions don't have to pass the self introduction round of the interview. They do not have to speak well cos being dumb blond would sufficed.If they marry rich men they are bound by contract to pay my airline a fee. They do not have to got out on dates with me if they so wish..but the penalty for refusing would result in contracts not being renewed.
As for the passengers,if they abuse the crew,they would be thrown into a prison-like cabin at the rear of the aircraft for the rest of the journey. If they make too much noises they would be administered propofol,a drug that put Michael Jackson to sleep.
Passengers who are well behaved would be given vouchers for upgrading to business class for future flights.
In the cabin crew division,I would employ a svp who would conduct cc interviews,training,admin work,welfare etc etc...Chinese says pow ka liau.( no cce nor am in the office).
Of course there will be no such a thing as a flight operation division. There will be no ceo nor evp and the crap. Only myself will be the one in charge of all matters..you may call me airline mentor if you like.

Beware toilet smokers

While you are secretly smoking in the toilet and laughing gleefully at the thought of fooling the crew,all of a sudden there is a decompression the following will take place:

The oxygen mask in the toilet drops from the compartment and in a modern aircraft like the B777,B747 and A380,oxgen will be released through the mask without even you pulling it. The moment the oxgen comes into contact with your lighted cigarette,it will ignite and you will be blown out through the toilet door and land in the cabin like a smoked salmon or worst still you may even be a burnt bbq charsiew/pork. If you are lucky and survived and the aircraft is not on fire you will be apprehended and spend your whole life behind bar.
The only time you may avoid the above from happening if there is a decompression is to politely ask the cabin crew for a toilet that does not have any oxygen mask.

Smokers' deception

Smokers fool the crew by smoking in the aircraft toilets using these methods:

Cover the smoke detector in the toilet with a damp cloth.
Flushes the toilet (suction type)and blow the smoke into the toilet bowl.
Or blow the cigarette smoke into a wet cloth.
Some David Copperfield type of passengers would not exhale the smoke,keep it in their system and later on fart in the cabin...hahaha