Here is a perfect flight attendant job! No back talking (well at least not a lot), no complaining, no demands, these passengers won't have their headsets on when you talk to them, they will comply with all the rules, and they won't ask for coffee or tea and not tell you what they want in it!
Here is the info:
We have several positions available:
* In-Flight Pet Attendants
* Ground Based Pet Attendants
Positions are:
Full Time and Part Time
Management and Non-Management
We have positions available in, New York/New Jersey,
Washington DC/Baltimore, Chicago, Denver and in Los Angeles.
Job Responsibities:
Pet Airways Pet Attendants are responsible for the comfort and safety of all our pawsengers, from the time the reservation is made to the time that our pawsengers’ are picked up. Our pawsengers are our number one concern, and our Pet Attendants are expected to go beyond the call of duty to make sure that every pet gets the best care, with lots of love.
Pet Attendants will be stationed at our Pet Lounges, checking in and taking care of our pawsengers on the ground, and on a rotating basis with other Pet Attendants, fly with our pawsengers taking care of them in the air.
Pet Attendants will be in charge of our pawsenger’s welfare, and be prepared to make informed decisions regarding pet comfort and safety while in transit.
Pet Attendants will also work with customers by email and phone to help in our customer service effort making sure all questions are answered and so that pet parents have a real person to talk to about their pets needs.
Qualifications:
* Previous substantial pet handling experience in a professional environment. e.g. Veterinary office staff, Vet technicians, pet boarding, pet grooming, pet day care.
* Prefer certificated but not essential
* Not afraid of flying
* Have a can do, take charge attitude
* Shown increasing responsibility in previous jobs
* Computer skills essential
* Ability to work well with others and especially with all types of pets
* Outgoing personality with a strong sense of responsibility
* No allergies to pets (of course)
* Willing to work nights and off hours
* Maturity in thought and actions
* Must absolutely love pets
Pet Airways is an equal opportunity employer.
Please email all resumes to jobs@petairways.com. No Phone Calls Please.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Turkish Airlines Hiring
Neelam Mathews/New Delhi mathews.neelam@gmail.com
Turkish Airlines intends to add 10 new routes to Istanbul in 2009, including Nairobi, Sao Paulo, Toronto and Dacca, India.
Starting in April, Chicago-Istanbul, presently three times a week, will be increased to a daily as Turkish is planning to use Chicago as its transfer hub in place of New York. "We are hopeful of holding talks in March, following which we hope to start four flights a week to Washington, D.C., CEO Temel Kotil told AviationWeek.
It has also increased frequencies to daily on flights to New Delhi and Mumbai, beginning today, up from three and four per week, respectively, and is beefing up service to Brussels, Venice, Helsinki, Basel, Dublin, Kuwait and Addis Ababa.
The launch of dailies to Mumbai and Delhi on new A330s, replacing the old A310s, will increase seats to India by 20%, Kotil said. "We are using all our bilateral rights to India, if there are more, we could use more."
Certain that "Istanbul will be a hub in 10 years," Kotil said, "More than half the passengers transit through Istanbul for Europe and Russia. It is almost like the ancient Silk Route which used to pass from Asia to Europe via Turkey."
THY had 109 aircraft flying to 144 destinations in 2008, and in 2009 it will fly 127 aircraft to 155 destinations. "Every year we grow by 15%," said Kotil. This year, we're hiring 1,400 cabin attendants and 300 captains." There are savings for the carrier as newcomers come cheaper in tough financial times.
Looking at increasing his transit passenger base from 42% of total passengers to 50%, Kotil says Turkish has not reduced its quality, but with competitive fares and a tight expenditure policy, his carrier is now looking at making a decision by March for 105 aircraft (85 plus 20 options). Of these, 35 will be widebodies.
Photo credit for Turkish Airlines A330: Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines intends to add 10 new routes to Istanbul in 2009, including Nairobi, Sao Paulo, Toronto and Dacca, India.
Starting in April, Chicago-Istanbul, presently three times a week, will be increased to a daily as Turkish is planning to use Chicago as its transfer hub in place of New York. "We are hopeful of holding talks in March, following which we hope to start four flights a week to Washington, D.C., CEO Temel Kotil told AviationWeek.
It has also increased frequencies to daily on flights to New Delhi and Mumbai, beginning today, up from three and four per week, respectively, and is beefing up service to Brussels, Venice, Helsinki, Basel, Dublin, Kuwait and Addis Ababa.
The launch of dailies to Mumbai and Delhi on new A330s, replacing the old A310s, will increase seats to India by 20%, Kotil said. "We are using all our bilateral rights to India, if there are more, we could use more."
Certain that "Istanbul will be a hub in 10 years," Kotil said, "More than half the passengers transit through Istanbul for Europe and Russia. It is almost like the ancient Silk Route which used to pass from Asia to Europe via Turkey."
THY had 109 aircraft flying to 144 destinations in 2008, and in 2009 it will fly 127 aircraft to 155 destinations. "Every year we grow by 15%," said Kotil. This year, we're hiring 1,400 cabin attendants and 300 captains." There are savings for the carrier as newcomers come cheaper in tough financial times.
Looking at increasing his transit passenger base from 42% of total passengers to 50%, Kotil says Turkish has not reduced its quality, but with competitive fares and a tight expenditure policy, his carrier is now looking at making a decision by March for 105 aircraft (85 plus 20 options). Of these, 35 will be widebodies.
Photo credit for Turkish Airlines A330: Turkish Airlines
Sunday, February 1, 2009
US Airways ditching
The crew was amazing!
By landing successfully on water, the captain "achieved one of the rarest and most technically challenging feats in commercial aviation,“ A board member of the NTSB stated that it "has to go down as the most successful ditching in aviation history."
With all the training we get throughout the years it is so nice to know none of it is in vain. It does work and this crew did a wonderful job. Praise and kudos to them!
By landing successfully on water, the captain "achieved one of the rarest and most technically challenging feats in commercial aviation,“ A board member of the NTSB stated that it "has to go down as the most successful ditching in aviation history."
With all the training we get throughout the years it is so nice to know none of it is in vain. It does work and this crew did a wonderful job. Praise and kudos to them!
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Galley Gossip: Just a few things a flight attendant doesn't want to hear
Galley Gossip: Just a few things a flight attendant doesn't want to hear
by Heather Poole Jan 26th 2009 @ 9:30AM
1. BRACE! - I'll bet you there wasn't a flight attendant in the world who did not open their flight manual and review the ditching procedures right after seeing what an amazing job the US Airways crew did evacuating a flight after landing in the Hudson River. On my last flight from New York to Chicago, out of La Guardia, you better believe I felt for my life vest under my jumpseat and did a quick 30 second review of our emergency evacuation procedures before take-off. While I know what I have to do, do you know you should do when the flight crew yells BRACE!
2. QUICK, I NEED A BARF BAG! - The last time I heard these dreaded words I happened to be standing in the first class galley. A passenger from coach came running all the way up the aisle and proceeded to throw up all over the lead flight attendant who was holding an open plastic bag, two commuting flight attendants sitting on the jumpseat, the cockpit door, the first class galley counter, and all over the linoleum floor. The sick woman pretty much made a semi-circle from the entry door to the coffee pots, hitting everything in sight - except for me, thank God. I felt really bad for her. I felt even worse for the other flight attendants. But it was Chris, a fellow coworker, who got the worst of it. When he bent over to clean up the vomit with a little shovel and crystals that turn barf into a foamy gel, his cell phone fell out of his starched shirt pocket and smack dab into the mess.
3. I PROBABLY FLY MORE THAN YOU DO - That's the phrase that bothers my friend Anthony, a flight attendant for a foreign carrier, the most. It's what usually follows next that bothers me - I'M A (insert frequent flier status here)! Even so, that doesn't give you the right to do whatever it was you were doing that you were asked to stop doing, something you already know you shouldn't be doing, given the miles you've flown. Now turn it off and put it away.
4. CAN I HAVE A GLASS OF WATER - SO I CAN TAKE A PILL Passengers don't realize how quickly airplanes are turned around. Before I even have a chance to stow my crew bags and check the emergency equipment to make that it's there and working, passengers are already making their way down the aisle to their seats. Boarding is by far the busiest time for a flight attendant. Half the time we haven't even had a chance to set up the galley when passengers, five seconds after walking aboard the airplane, come running to the back of the aircraft to ask for "pill water." Which is why we sometimes look a little flustered by the request.
5. SO DOES THAT MEAN THE ALCOHOL IS FREE? Whenever an announcement is made that there's going to be a delay, nine times out of ten a passenger (or four) will ask if the alcohol is free, and freak out when it's not free, because when it rains or snows or the airplane has a mechanical, free alcohol is always the solution. I mean who doesn't want to get trapped in a flying tube for hours on end with a bunch of drunk passengers?
6. YOU'RE HOLDING US HOSTAGE! Luckily the only passenger I've ever heard use this phrase was celebrity passenger who is known for her magazine and television show. She made this announcement years ago in the first class galley after sitting on the tarmac in New York for over an hour due to icy weather conditions at the airport. We were flying to Bermuda. After the crew explained that we could not go back to the gate and lose our spot for take-off just for her she eventually sat back down and surprisingly did not say another word. My coworker Florence, who found herself with a three hour air traffic control hold in Chicago on a full Super80 flight with hysterical passengers - two who were claustrophobic and one who kept threatening to sue because the airline was holding him hostage, announced, 'And how do you think I feel?" My sentiments exactly. No one likes a delay, including flight attendants.
7. ARE THERE ANY FIRST CLASS SEATS AVAILABLE? Recently a woman asked me this question on a flight from New York to San Francisco because her headsets didn't work at her seat and she refused to move to another aisle seat in coach unless her husband could sit right beside her. The flight was full. Trust me when I tell you that if you feel the need to ask this question, the answer is no. Flight attendants do not upgrade passengers. Gate agents are the only ones with upgrading power, so those are the people you need to schmooze. But keep in mind that not only is there a standby list for those oh-so-precious premium seats, and each and every passenger on that list knows exactly where their name is on the list, there are very strict rules about moving passengers from coach to first class when there are seats available.
8. CAN YOU HELP ME GET MY BAG IN THE OVERHEAD BIN? For those of you who follow my blog, this question was addressed in my post, flight attendant pet peeve #3: you want me to do what? Simply put, unless you are an unaccompanied minor, elderly or handicapped and your bag is not too heavy, I will not put the bag in the bin. What I will do is help you find a place for the bag. I may assist you in getting the bag inside the bin, but the key word here is assist, people, as in team effort, because I will not do it for you.
9. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO FOOD / WE HAVE TO PAY FOR FOOD / YOU RAN OUT OF MY PREFERRED FOOD CHOICE? Exactly that - there's no food, you have to pay for food, or we ran out of your preferred food choice - nothing more. It's not personal. It's business. So whatever you do, please don't get mad at me, I'm just the messenger. Trust me when I tell you that flight attendants dread passing this message along to you. We already know how you're going to respond. So just where did the service go? Unfortunately it disappeared along with those high ticket prices, which is why we're now all stuck inside the flying metal tube together. Can't we all just get along, regardless of the food situation?
10. ON MY LAST FLIGHT... These four little words are just the beginning of what I like to call "the bad response," which is the response I often get whenever I tell someone what I do for a living. Ya see these four oh-so-innocent words will now be followed by a pause, which will then be accompanied by a weird look, which of course leads to a very bad story about their last flight. Needless to say, the conversation usually doesn't go so well after this. How can it? I've now been linked to the worst flight this person has ever had.
11. (From creepy pilot) ANYONE WANT A BACK RUB? Uh - no! I don't think so. Now here's your coffee. Get back in the cockpit and stay there! This question came from my favorite pilot, Bob, the singing pilot, who is so not creepy at all, even though he did write a song about me - Lay across your jump seat, Heather.
12. HERE, TAKE THIS DIAPER? I'll take the diaper, but only if you'll work the beverage cart. Seriously, the last thing I want to touch is a dirty diaper (or crumpled snot rag) when I serve people food and drinks for a living. It's just not sanitary to do such a thing. Look, I have a two year-old who travels often, so I know how it is, I know it's not easy, but you're going to have to keep the diaper at your seat until the aisle is clear and you can dispose of it properly in the lavatory trash receptacle.
13. WHEN DO WE GET THERE (During boarding) As I stand in the aisle and stare blankly at my watch, I'm trying to remember where we are right now, because I've been to several cities already, and where are we going again? Oh yeah, now I'll just add the flying time, subtract the time change, and while I'm doing this passengers are flagging me down for "pill water" and asking me to help stow their bags. "Don't they know what time they land when they buy their ticket?" asked Lynne, a fellow coworker. "Honestly, flight attendants only know what time they have to report to the airplane." Sad, but true.
14. CAN YOU BREAK A $100? Uh-no! Which is exactly why you're asking. Whenever somebody asks me to break a large bill, I make it a point to find the change, even if I have to go through the cabin begging each and every passenger to help me out. Usually passengers who carry big bills are trying to score a free headset, drink, or snack. Oh I know exactly what they're doing. And don't ask me for change every five seconds in flight, either. I don't have it. I'll get it to you as soon as possible. I'm not going anywhere. I promise!
15. WHERE ARE WE? On the airplane. Honestly, I don't know where we are when I'm working a flight. I don't have a chance to sit and stare out the window. What I do know is that we're not there yet and the man in 24B would like a diet coke and his wife would like a glass of water - no ice, and that there are at least 50 more passengers behind you left to serve, before we pull the cart back up to the front of the aircraft and throw it all away. Please don't make me walk all the way to the back of the aircraft, not when I'm in the middle of the service, just to call the cockpit and find out where we are - approximately, because we won't be there for long and you know you're going to ask me again, because we're still not there yet.
Other tales from the skies
Amazing and insane stories from a real-life flight attendant and co-pilot
by Heather Poole Jan 26th 2009 @ 9:30AM
1. BRACE! - I'll bet you there wasn't a flight attendant in the world who did not open their flight manual and review the ditching procedures right after seeing what an amazing job the US Airways crew did evacuating a flight after landing in the Hudson River. On my last flight from New York to Chicago, out of La Guardia, you better believe I felt for my life vest under my jumpseat and did a quick 30 second review of our emergency evacuation procedures before take-off. While I know what I have to do, do you know you should do when the flight crew yells BRACE!
2. QUICK, I NEED A BARF BAG! - The last time I heard these dreaded words I happened to be standing in the first class galley. A passenger from coach came running all the way up the aisle and proceeded to throw up all over the lead flight attendant who was holding an open plastic bag, two commuting flight attendants sitting on the jumpseat, the cockpit door, the first class galley counter, and all over the linoleum floor. The sick woman pretty much made a semi-circle from the entry door to the coffee pots, hitting everything in sight - except for me, thank God. I felt really bad for her. I felt even worse for the other flight attendants. But it was Chris, a fellow coworker, who got the worst of it. When he bent over to clean up the vomit with a little shovel and crystals that turn barf into a foamy gel, his cell phone fell out of his starched shirt pocket and smack dab into the mess.
3. I PROBABLY FLY MORE THAN YOU DO - That's the phrase that bothers my friend Anthony, a flight attendant for a foreign carrier, the most. It's what usually follows next that bothers me - I'M A (insert frequent flier status here)! Even so, that doesn't give you the right to do whatever it was you were doing that you were asked to stop doing, something you already know you shouldn't be doing, given the miles you've flown. Now turn it off and put it away.
4. CAN I HAVE A GLASS OF WATER - SO I CAN TAKE A PILL Passengers don't realize how quickly airplanes are turned around. Before I even have a chance to stow my crew bags and check the emergency equipment to make that it's there and working, passengers are already making their way down the aisle to their seats. Boarding is by far the busiest time for a flight attendant. Half the time we haven't even had a chance to set up the galley when passengers, five seconds after walking aboard the airplane, come running to the back of the aircraft to ask for "pill water." Which is why we sometimes look a little flustered by the request.
5. SO DOES THAT MEAN THE ALCOHOL IS FREE? Whenever an announcement is made that there's going to be a delay, nine times out of ten a passenger (or four) will ask if the alcohol is free, and freak out when it's not free, because when it rains or snows or the airplane has a mechanical, free alcohol is always the solution. I mean who doesn't want to get trapped in a flying tube for hours on end with a bunch of drunk passengers?
6. YOU'RE HOLDING US HOSTAGE! Luckily the only passenger I've ever heard use this phrase was celebrity passenger who is known for her magazine and television show. She made this announcement years ago in the first class galley after sitting on the tarmac in New York for over an hour due to icy weather conditions at the airport. We were flying to Bermuda. After the crew explained that we could not go back to the gate and lose our spot for take-off just for her she eventually sat back down and surprisingly did not say another word. My coworker Florence, who found herself with a three hour air traffic control hold in Chicago on a full Super80 flight with hysterical passengers - two who were claustrophobic and one who kept threatening to sue because the airline was holding him hostage, announced, 'And how do you think I feel?" My sentiments exactly. No one likes a delay, including flight attendants.
7. ARE THERE ANY FIRST CLASS SEATS AVAILABLE? Recently a woman asked me this question on a flight from New York to San Francisco because her headsets didn't work at her seat and she refused to move to another aisle seat in coach unless her husband could sit right beside her. The flight was full. Trust me when I tell you that if you feel the need to ask this question, the answer is no. Flight attendants do not upgrade passengers. Gate agents are the only ones with upgrading power, so those are the people you need to schmooze. But keep in mind that not only is there a standby list for those oh-so-precious premium seats, and each and every passenger on that list knows exactly where their name is on the list, there are very strict rules about moving passengers from coach to first class when there are seats available.
8. CAN YOU HELP ME GET MY BAG IN THE OVERHEAD BIN? For those of you who follow my blog, this question was addressed in my post, flight attendant pet peeve #3: you want me to do what? Simply put, unless you are an unaccompanied minor, elderly or handicapped and your bag is not too heavy, I will not put the bag in the bin. What I will do is help you find a place for the bag. I may assist you in getting the bag inside the bin, but the key word here is assist, people, as in team effort, because I will not do it for you.
9. WHAT DO YOU MEAN THERE'S NO FOOD / WE HAVE TO PAY FOR FOOD / YOU RAN OUT OF MY PREFERRED FOOD CHOICE? Exactly that - there's no food, you have to pay for food, or we ran out of your preferred food choice - nothing more. It's not personal. It's business. So whatever you do, please don't get mad at me, I'm just the messenger. Trust me when I tell you that flight attendants dread passing this message along to you. We already know how you're going to respond. So just where did the service go? Unfortunately it disappeared along with those high ticket prices, which is why we're now all stuck inside the flying metal tube together. Can't we all just get along, regardless of the food situation?
10. ON MY LAST FLIGHT... These four little words are just the beginning of what I like to call "the bad response," which is the response I often get whenever I tell someone what I do for a living. Ya see these four oh-so-innocent words will now be followed by a pause, which will then be accompanied by a weird look, which of course leads to a very bad story about their last flight. Needless to say, the conversation usually doesn't go so well after this. How can it? I've now been linked to the worst flight this person has ever had.
11. (From creepy pilot) ANYONE WANT A BACK RUB? Uh - no! I don't think so. Now here's your coffee. Get back in the cockpit and stay there! This question came from my favorite pilot, Bob, the singing pilot, who is so not creepy at all, even though he did write a song about me - Lay across your jump seat, Heather.
12. HERE, TAKE THIS DIAPER? I'll take the diaper, but only if you'll work the beverage cart. Seriously, the last thing I want to touch is a dirty diaper (or crumpled snot rag) when I serve people food and drinks for a living. It's just not sanitary to do such a thing. Look, I have a two year-old who travels often, so I know how it is, I know it's not easy, but you're going to have to keep the diaper at your seat until the aisle is clear and you can dispose of it properly in the lavatory trash receptacle.
13. WHEN DO WE GET THERE (During boarding) As I stand in the aisle and stare blankly at my watch, I'm trying to remember where we are right now, because I've been to several cities already, and where are we going again? Oh yeah, now I'll just add the flying time, subtract the time change, and while I'm doing this passengers are flagging me down for "pill water" and asking me to help stow their bags. "Don't they know what time they land when they buy their ticket?" asked Lynne, a fellow coworker. "Honestly, flight attendants only know what time they have to report to the airplane." Sad, but true.
14. CAN YOU BREAK A $100? Uh-no! Which is exactly why you're asking. Whenever somebody asks me to break a large bill, I make it a point to find the change, even if I have to go through the cabin begging each and every passenger to help me out. Usually passengers who carry big bills are trying to score a free headset, drink, or snack. Oh I know exactly what they're doing. And don't ask me for change every five seconds in flight, either. I don't have it. I'll get it to you as soon as possible. I'm not going anywhere. I promise!
15. WHERE ARE WE? On the airplane. Honestly, I don't know where we are when I'm working a flight. I don't have a chance to sit and stare out the window. What I do know is that we're not there yet and the man in 24B would like a diet coke and his wife would like a glass of water - no ice, and that there are at least 50 more passengers behind you left to serve, before we pull the cart back up to the front of the aircraft and throw it all away. Please don't make me walk all the way to the back of the aircraft, not when I'm in the middle of the service, just to call the cockpit and find out where we are - approximately, because we won't be there for long and you know you're going to ask me again, because we're still not there yet.
Other tales from the skies
Amazing and insane stories from a real-life flight attendant and co-pilot
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Air Trans Hiring Flight Attendants
The Atlanta Business Journal wrote:
"AirTran, which has its largest hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and has all its pilots based in Atlanta, said it also asked the 300 flight attendants on leave to return to work.
Late spring and summer traditionally are an airline's busiest seasons, but the carrier will not be growing its network compared to the same period last year.
“It is a bright spot in the middle of an economic downturn,” he said.
Attrition and other factors necessitated the airline also hire 120 new flight attendants. Additional attendants might be hired if all the attendants currently on leave do not return."
This is great news since most carriers are cutting back.
"AirTran, which has its largest hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and has all its pilots based in Atlanta, said it also asked the 300 flight attendants on leave to return to work.
Late spring and summer traditionally are an airline's busiest seasons, but the carrier will not be growing its network compared to the same period last year.
“It is a bright spot in the middle of an economic downturn,” he said.
Attrition and other factors necessitated the airline also hire 120 new flight attendants. Additional attendants might be hired if all the attendants currently on leave do not return."
This is great news since most carriers are cutting back.
Monday, December 29, 2008
Korean Airlines gets a warning about hiring practices
From Google news:
©2008 Google - Map data ©2008 SK Energy, AND, NFGIS, ZENRIN, Europa Technologies - Terms of Use
Watchdog urges Korean Air to stop sexist hiring
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's official human rights watchdog urged Korean Air Lines Co. on Wednesday to stop banning male job seekers from applying for flight attendant positions, saying the policy violates a law banning sex discrimination.
However, Korean Air said it has no intention of abiding by the watchdog's advice because it "seriously" violates an individual company's rights to formulate its own hiring system.
The state-run National Human Rights Commission said the country's largest airline has not recruited new male cabin crew since 1997. It said Korean Air has been filling male crew positions from those working at other in-house divisions.
The commission's advice is not legally binding, but investigator Na Sang-won said that if Korean Air does not comply, the watchdog may ask the Labor Ministry to take punitive action.
Korea's law on equal opportunity in employment carries a maximum penalty of a 5 million won ($3,810) fine.
The watchdog said Asiana Airlines Inc., the country's second-largest airline, had not also hired male cabin crew for its domestic flights but stopped the practice this year.
Korean Air said in a statement later Wednesday that it would not change its hiring practices, but aimed to deploy some male employees with experience to flight attendant positions.
The company said it was difficult to apply the same system on female employees because they have fewer years of service compared with their male counterparts.
Korean Air said it has about 3,150 flight attendants — 2,730 women and 420 men.
©2008 Google - Map data ©2008 SK Energy, AND, NFGIS, ZENRIN, Europa Technologies - Terms of Use
Watchdog urges Korean Air to stop sexist hiring
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's official human rights watchdog urged Korean Air Lines Co. on Wednesday to stop banning male job seekers from applying for flight attendant positions, saying the policy violates a law banning sex discrimination.
However, Korean Air said it has no intention of abiding by the watchdog's advice because it "seriously" violates an individual company's rights to formulate its own hiring system.
The state-run National Human Rights Commission said the country's largest airline has not recruited new male cabin crew since 1997. It said Korean Air has been filling male crew positions from those working at other in-house divisions.
The commission's advice is not legally binding, but investigator Na Sang-won said that if Korean Air does not comply, the watchdog may ask the Labor Ministry to take punitive action.
Korea's law on equal opportunity in employment carries a maximum penalty of a 5 million won ($3,810) fine.
The watchdog said Asiana Airlines Inc., the country's second-largest airline, had not also hired male cabin crew for its domestic flights but stopped the practice this year.
Korean Air said in a statement later Wednesday that it would not change its hiring practices, but aimed to deploy some male employees with experience to flight attendant positions.
The company said it was difficult to apply the same system on female employees because they have fewer years of service compared with their male counterparts.
Korean Air said it has about 3,150 flight attendants — 2,730 women and 420 men.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Law of Attraction, Madonna, and a psychic Flight Attendant
I was dying to go to the Madonna "Sweet and Sticky" tour, but all the good tickets started at $350.00 for a seat. When I went to see about buying a ticket in Denver the seats were far away.I had friends going to the concert in Denver so I thought I would see about getting a ticket and going with them but I didn't want to spend that kind of money for a seat so far away. I read that Madonna admitted to selling her front row seats to ticket brokers, so I figured the only way to get a good seat would be to win a contest. A friend of mine sent me an invitation to enter two contests. One to win tickets to Madonna and another for a week long vacation at an Eco spa. Guess which contest I wanted to win more? I also entered a contest that was on Facebook to win tickets to Madonna.
Several weeks later, I landed from a flight from London and turned on my cell phone. I had a message from a friend who works in management for another airline. She announced she had two FREE FRONT ROW SEATS to Madonna in Boston for the next day! It couldn't have been a better time. I had to have 2 days off after the London trip for legal rest. I called her back and told her I would definitely be there. My airline had a flight in the morning nonstop to Boston. Unfortunately when we called to look for a hotel (she was flying in from D.C.) most of the hotels were sold out or the cheapest price was $400-$600 a night. It was the baseball play-offs and the Red Sox were in the play off. My friend told me she would investigate and call me in the morning to tell me the hotel she got.
The next morning I set my alarm for pm instead of am and woke up at 7am. The flight to Boston left at 8:10am! I rushed out the door in 10 minutes. Fortunately I live about 20 minutes away, but I was stressed! I got on the employee bus to the airport and ran into a flight attendant I had flown with before. She asked me what I was doing so I explained how I overslept and how I only had 20 minutes to get to the flight and that the cheapest hotel was $400.00 a night. She calmly replied that I should not worry. I was going to make the flight and a crew member would offer for me to stay in their hotel room. I thanked her and thought, yeah, sure a complete stranger is going to offer to share their hotel room with my friend and me. I ran to the head of security and rushed through barely making the flight. I had to sit on the flight attendant jumpseat since the flight was completely full. One of the crew members was going to the hotel and the rest of the crew was continuing on to D.C. My friend in the meantime called me to tell me she made a reservation at a Courtyard by Marriott for $400.00.
I waited for the hotel van to pick me up. My friend was landing an hour after I got in. The flight attendant on my flight caught her hotel van to the hotel. The hotel had their phone number on the van so I called them to see if they might have a room. They were sold out. As I was standing there a crew of three flight attendants walked up to wait for the hotel bus. Since the other flight attendant had just left I went over to tell them they just missed the bus. I explained I was a flight attendant too, and why I was in town. I told them how expensive the hotels were because of the play offs, and, the only female flight attendant standing there turned to me and told me not to spend the money. She would get a room with 2 queen beds and my friend and I could stay in her room. I was shocked! I didn't even know her and she generously offered to share her room with us. She was so nice she even lent me her camera to take pictures since I didn't have one. I took a video of her opening act and one whole song before the battery went dead.
The concert was AMAZING! We were front row on the stage right side. We had some great gay boys standing near us so when Madonna came to our part of the stage she flirted with them. There was even once near the end of the concert, where one of the guys put his hand out and Madonna held it. I was in HEAVEN!!! It took me at least a week to come down from the high. I couldn't believe that I was able to go see Madonna front row for free!!!!
I asked for free front row seats to Madonna ( I was hoping to win them) and got it! WOW, things were working for me that week. I was also able to trade two of my domestic trips for a Beijing trip. It had been almost a year since I was able to get a trip to Beijing. Next time I run into the flight attendant I talked to on the bus. I will have to ask her if she is psychic. Everything came true as she predicted.
Several weeks later, I landed from a flight from London and turned on my cell phone. I had a message from a friend who works in management for another airline. She announced she had two FREE FRONT ROW SEATS to Madonna in Boston for the next day! It couldn't have been a better time. I had to have 2 days off after the London trip for legal rest. I called her back and told her I would definitely be there. My airline had a flight in the morning nonstop to Boston. Unfortunately when we called to look for a hotel (she was flying in from D.C.) most of the hotels were sold out or the cheapest price was $400-$600 a night. It was the baseball play-offs and the Red Sox were in the play off. My friend told me she would investigate and call me in the morning to tell me the hotel she got.
The next morning I set my alarm for pm instead of am and woke up at 7am. The flight to Boston left at 8:10am! I rushed out the door in 10 minutes. Fortunately I live about 20 minutes away, but I was stressed! I got on the employee bus to the airport and ran into a flight attendant I had flown with before. She asked me what I was doing so I explained how I overslept and how I only had 20 minutes to get to the flight and that the cheapest hotel was $400.00 a night. She calmly replied that I should not worry. I was going to make the flight and a crew member would offer for me to stay in their hotel room. I thanked her and thought, yeah, sure a complete stranger is going to offer to share their hotel room with my friend and me. I ran to the head of security and rushed through barely making the flight. I had to sit on the flight attendant jumpseat since the flight was completely full. One of the crew members was going to the hotel and the rest of the crew was continuing on to D.C. My friend in the meantime called me to tell me she made a reservation at a Courtyard by Marriott for $400.00.
I waited for the hotel van to pick me up. My friend was landing an hour after I got in. The flight attendant on my flight caught her hotel van to the hotel. The hotel had their phone number on the van so I called them to see if they might have a room. They were sold out. As I was standing there a crew of three flight attendants walked up to wait for the hotel bus. Since the other flight attendant had just left I went over to tell them they just missed the bus. I explained I was a flight attendant too, and why I was in town. I told them how expensive the hotels were because of the play offs, and, the only female flight attendant standing there turned to me and told me not to spend the money. She would get a room with 2 queen beds and my friend and I could stay in her room. I was shocked! I didn't even know her and she generously offered to share her room with us. She was so nice she even lent me her camera to take pictures since I didn't have one. I took a video of her opening act and one whole song before the battery went dead.
The concert was AMAZING! We were front row on the stage right side. We had some great gay boys standing near us so when Madonna came to our part of the stage she flirted with them. There was even once near the end of the concert, where one of the guys put his hand out and Madonna held it. I was in HEAVEN!!! It took me at least a week to come down from the high. I couldn't believe that I was able to go see Madonna front row for free!!!!
I asked for free front row seats to Madonna ( I was hoping to win them) and got it! WOW, things were working for me that week. I was also able to trade two of my domestic trips for a Beijing trip. It had been almost a year since I was able to get a trip to Beijing. Next time I run into the flight attendant I talked to on the bus. I will have to ask her if she is psychic. Everything came true as she predicted.
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