Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.tutrp.tut.ac.jp!news.cc.tut.ac.jp!nfeed.gw.nagoya-u.ac.jp!news-sv.sinet!newsfeed.mesh.ad.jp!jpix!news0.dion.ne.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Eric Takabayashi Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan,rec.travel.air Subject: Re: Japan Airlines - JALways and worn-out B747 Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:17:54 +0900 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <41765771.BD07254@yahoo.co.jp> References: <2tksmbF1udp8dU1@uni-berlin.de> <1098272169.KN/+pfN05XDyCvgDfCGXFw@teranews> Reply-To: etakajp@yahoo.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de Ybe0Z7csTNVKBqbksiVwjg0jGDY+rNzoHXuB0eDDHviiRI64n2 X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 (Macintosh; U; PPC) X-Accept-Language: ja,en Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:19787 thegoons wrote: > I object to JAL's greed, All I have noticed is that I am paying the lowest JAL fares I have paid in 15 years of flying, and believe the cost cuts, hiring freezes, use of temporary and part time flight attendants, and foreign flight attendants, are related. JAL, like many other airlines, are experiencing decreased revenues and actual losses. > then to pretend the staff are Nihon-jin by putting them in stereotype JP > hairstyle, uniform etc. JAL is not pretending Thai flight attendants are Japanese. One can see or hear it quite readily. The names, such as "Porntep" are also a hint they are not Japanese. What JAL is pretending on flights to Honolulu, is that the use of non-Japanese flight attendants is for the express purpose of beginning the travelers' "resort" experience. Aircraft used for "Resocha" flights are painted in yellow and pink with a long billed bird and hibiscus motif to set them apart from normal flights and aircraft. -- "I'm on top of the world right now, because everyone's going to know that I can shove more than three burgers in my mouth!"