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Posted on 08/24/2011 7:50:48 AM PDT by markomalley
British Airways bosses fear having to scrap lucrative flights because of mounting complaints about raucous cabin crew parties at luxury hotels.
Topless air hostesses and champagne-fuelled pool parties have prompted a flood of protests about wild behaviour.
Now BA has warned its captains to control their crews during overnight stops – or the airline may be forced to abandon at least one route.
The problem is particularly acute on routes crewed by young recruits – so-called ‘mixed fleet’ which was at the heart of the recent BA industrial dispute.
A BA source said: ‘Mixed fleet crews are basically kids of 18 and 20 years old, in their first jobs on pretty low pay, who think it’s a wonderful life staying in posh hotels.
‘They pilfer champagne from the aircraft to drink in the crew hotels because buying their own drinks in a five-star hotel is too expensive.
‘Then they run amok, holding wild room parties and going topless in the pool.’
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Wow. El Al sucks.
(Ducking the beating my wife is giving me.)
No one has posted any photo evidence that this is actually happening...
Obligatory TTIWWP. Want to bet it’s to Dubai, or some other Arab country.
Mixed fleet crews are basically kids of 18 and 20 years old, in their first jobs on pretty low pay, who think it’s a wonderful life staying in posh hotels.
‘They pilfer champagne from the aircraft to drink in the crew hotels because buying their own drinks in a five-star hotel is too expensive.
‘Then they run amok, holding wild room parties and going topless in the pool.’
Wow. For an empire that has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years somketimes the Brits are really, REALLY stupid.
I'm telling you, they shouldn't let DSK fly!
i’m flying to florida in two hours on air tran- wonder if my stewardess will be wearing her top...
>‘Then they run amok, holding wild room parties and going topless in the pool.’ <
And this is just the first hour of the flight?? I have to fly BA more often..
American Airlines could use some of these. Their flight attendants are so old I swear one had a walker in the aisle the other day.
She had serious trouble walking. I couldn’t figure out whether she had been drinking or just so old she had no balance.
“Sounds like you never saw a topless hostess” - Hudson and Landry
I guess BA could actually attempt doing something logical; oh, like holding the crew accountable for the liquor they are pilfering, like any other company would do. You left the airport with $1,000 of booze, we now have $100 cash and $200 in booze - you owe BA $700, pay up. Or, making them accountable for their behavior while representing the company in a hotel.
My job certainly holds me accountable, when I’m away from work. If I chose to take TDY, and am arrested for drunken behavior - I will be terminated when I get home. It’s pretty simple, really. If I pay for my trip, what I do is my business. If I travel for the company, then what I do while the company is paying for my expenses, is under company rules.
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I am certainly qualified to judge guilt/innocence, if only pictures could be posted.
From my experiences on Airtran, pray that she is. You don’t want her not to be.
}:-)4
The antithesis of this was the old cows Northwest used to fly. The snack cart was never the widest thing coming up that aisle.
Before I got married, my question would be how can I get on one of these flights or stay in one of these hotels...
>> American Airlines could use some of these. Their flight attendants are so old I swear one had a walker in the aisle the other day.
I’m praying that the topless thing doesn’t catch on with AA flight crews.
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