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> > > > > > thegoons <thegoons@bigpond.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > 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 don't get it - in what way are Thai people inferior to
Japanese
> > > > people?
> > > > >
> > > > > I agree, therefore JAL should pay them equal rates. I have nothing
> > > against
> > > > > the Thai people. Rather, I object to JAL's greed, then to pretend
> the
> > > > staff
> > > > > are Nihon-jin by putting them in stereotype JP hairstyle, uniform
> etc.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > So you would object if a group of Hungarian women were hired by Air
> > France
> > > > and
> > > > FORCED to wear Air France flight attendant uniforms and wear their
> hair
> > in
> > > a
> > > > style
> > > > approved by the company?
> > > > You would then complain that Air France were using "inferior"
> > Hungarians,
> > > > pretending they were French?
> > >
> > > Not if they were paid the same
> > >
> >
> > How did you know they were not being paid the same?
>
> Because JAL have publicly stated in annual reports and the like that the
> JALways crews are paid at lower rates to their JAL counterparts.
>
> > Did you ask each and every Thai JAL flight attendant how much she was
> > making?
>
> Irrelevant. Total crew costs for JALways is less than JAL, as published by
> JAL in annual reports and media releases.
>
> > And you have access to the payroll scale at JAL to know whether they
were
> > being
> > paid less than Japanese Flight Attendants?
> >
> Not necessary, JAL freely admit their JALways subsidiary offers lower
> salaries than JAL.
>

So when you booked your JAL flight did you get a guarantee that they would
not
use any non-japanese subsidiary with non-japanese stewardesses?
If so, I think you have a valid claim for a refund of some kind.
BTW none of this explaind why these Thai flight attendants were "inferior".