"Not the Karl Orff" <canwine@nome.com> wrote in message 
news:canwine-F8D704.08242501112004@shawnews.vw.shawcable.net...
> In article <2u1vlcF24gk6qU1@uni-berlin.de>,
> "thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>
>> JAL do not allow any non-Japanese staff to be based in Tokyo.
>
> UA used to have a SIN FA base, and these FAs apparentyl could not fly to
> the U.S.
>
> Similarly, AA has FAs based in at least EZE and LIM and probably GRU
> too, who can fly to the U.S.

These are the ex-Eastern/Braniff crews.  They used to have a PTY base as 
well.
>
> NW has asia-based FAs who apparently do not fly to the U.S.