Heck, as long that they provide the J.A.L. type if services, they have
the right to charge it at the J.A.L price. Of course, if you think
that the J.A.L. price was a little bit too high for your taste, feel
free to discuss the price with J.A.L. so that the two of you can find
the right price for the both of you.

It should be noted any complain about J.A.L. and their services should
be directed directly to J.A.L. and not in this newsgroup or the
public. Feel free though to comment about Thai stewardess in J.A.L.
standard uniforms and looks, IF it's not regarded as a bad thing.



As for Thai crews and other cheaper to hired crews.

Hey, that's how companies run things, they hired people who want to
work for cheap or at least at reasonable price, and then sell their
services at a higher price.



As for ticket price.

Well... Most of the ticket price actually consist of the cost of the
fuel that the airplane required.

Then there are airplane maintances, airport landing fee, airport fee
(hiring a gate and so on), administration fee (check-in counter,
online administration, and so on), and so on.

The cost of the crew probably is a small or even the smallest part of
the ticket price.

So... I guess that it doesn't matter even if they got a crew that is
cheaper to hire, since the other cost are still quite expensive.

The same probably goes to airplane's luxurious ammenities, they
probably are relatively quite cheap in comparison of the other stuff,
they probably just put those there to disguise the high price of air
travel.

On a related note, the actual cost of carrying a passenger is the
same, whether he's in V.I.P. class, First Class, Business Class, or
Economy Class. The difference is that, most of the fares are probably
be burdened upon the passengers that are in the upper class.



As for 747-300 and cheap 1970's motel interior.

Interesting, considering that the 747-300 were introduced into
commercial services in the early and mid 1980's.



As for DC-3, 747, and so on.

Hmmm... Why is that I got the feeling that we will be talking about
Amtrak and long trip across the U.S.A. next?

Anyway. The DC-3 is a fine airplane that probably will serve the world
as long there are still DC-3s, it's pseudo jet successor probably is
the 737. Don't know why, but when I looked the 737, I was reminded of
the DC-3, maybe it's the nose.



As for extreme low budget airline.

Well... I remember one person told me about an experience he once had
we this kind of thing.

It's a one man company. He handle the ticket, he greet the passenger
and direct them to the plane, and he fly the plane.

But hey, it's cheap, and he was quite desperate at the time (the
prospect of being deserted in the middle of a foreign country isn't
quite enticing).

The person who handle the plane is quite experienced though, and
probably will deliver a much more personal service than any of the big
airline company.