"thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:2tksmbF1udp8dU1@uni-berlin.de...
> I flew from Osaka (Kansai) to Sydney last week, on a Japan Airlines
ticket.
> Was most disappointed to learn that whilst it was still listed as a JAL
> flight, it was in fact operated by JALways, a JAL Group company
(subsidiary,
> but operated independently as a separate company with separate
> board/chairman etc) with Bangkok-based flight attendants (mix of Japanese
> but mostly Thai) and Honolulu-based pilots (Americans). To add insult to
> injury, the JALways aircraft (complete with the old livery that was
starting
> to be phased out 2 years ago) was a 747-300 series, extremely worn and

Better than DC-3. Is it true that some DC-3 is still in service in N.
America?

> battered. The interior was like from some cheap motel in the 1970's
> (complete with peeling retro wallpaper and worn-out carpets).
>
> Funny how they try and fake it too, the Thai stewardesses had obviously
been
> handpicked, they chose those that most resembled Japanese, put their
> hairstyles in the same JAL standard and try to flog-off an inferior cheap
> "product" at JAL premium prices.
>
> I am not complaining about the service, that was quite good, but I do feel
> that it is wrong for JAL to exploit cheaper crews, and have the hide to
> charge passengers the full premium JAL airfare. Nowhere on my ticket or
> itinerary was it published that the flight would be operated by another
> airline. Keep it up JAL, I'll try another airline next time.
>
>