Thai aircrew in a lather - Thailand makes the BBC again!

**klongmaster** · 22-01-2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by English Noodles

What time is it on? Every week night?

channel 5 Mon-Thurs 8:25

**obsidian** · 22-01-2008, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by klongmaster

I have worked for 13 years in Thailand doing pre-training for flight attendants and have constantly battled against the unrealistic ideas potential employees have about this job.

lighten up, superman

**klongmaster** · 23-01-2008, 09:09 AM

Well the THAI union has forced some changes for the show...

StuffNZ reports: The producer of a sexy Thai soap opera about young air hostesses promised longer skirts and fewer catfights after real flight attendants complained the show was sexist and should be yanked from the airwaves.
The makers of "The War of Angels", which portrays stewardesses fighting for the attention of male pilots at a fictional airline, apologised to staff at national carrier Thai Airways who said the show was demeaning.
"There won't be any more catfight scenes between flight attendants while they are on duty or in uniform in public," Takonkiet Viravan, managing director of production house Exact, told a packed news conference.
"The skirts our actresses wear are not shorter than those worn by hostesses at other international airlines. But we will make our skirts longer," he said.
Airline staffers had complained that the fictional flight attendants wore a too-revealing skirt cut above the knee with a front slit.
The airline's union complained to the Culture Ministry on Tuesday that the prime time show, which has a PG-13 rating, insulted its members and demanded the show be dropped from an army-run television channel.
"Such distortions could mislead society, especially youths, to misunderstand or hate people in this profession in every airline, including Thai Airways," acting union president Somsak Srinual said in a statement.
Ministry officials said they had no authority to force the producer or the television channel to scrap the show, but would bring all sides to a Friday meeting to resolve the dispute.
Exact said it was willing to talk to the union, but pulling the show would violate "the rights of television producers".
"This soap opera does not encourage people to have an affair. Our message is – faithfulness to your partner will help the family survive," director Nipon Pewnane told reporters.

**klongmaster** · 23-01-2008, 09:10 AM

Originally Posted by obsidian

lighten up, superman

yes massa...sorry massa...

**DrAndy** · 23-01-2008, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

You or one of your cousins might be in it Noodles

Nah not in that, some family members were in the movie Tom-yum-goong though.

Noodles.

I find it weird that you sign off your post with "Noodles" every time, as you also have your nik on the post automatically

this one I forgave though, as it was funny

DrAndy

**Frankenstein** · 23-01-2008, 01:40 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by klongmaster

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I agree with HB - If these girls think they can shag a few pilots, they'll be signing up in droves.

that's a sad commentary on the cross-section of Thai women you must know Marmers...

The students I teach Airline Business to at uni and the flight attendants I'm training are out-going, confident career women, most of whom wouldn't give the slightest moment's contemplation to shagging some over-the-hill married pilot. They have so many other options available to them if they want some casual sex without shitting in their own nest...

Actually, you're right about the Thai women I've met, KW. I would love to say that the 'professional' women I know were as you describe, but it seems for many that it is just an image they project and far from the reality of being unfaithful and mercenary. That being said I am loathe to place an 'air waitress' as highly as those in professional jobs, so maybe they are a breed apart?

The two young Thai women I know who are air hostesses (small sample, take it for what it is) are both quite bright, hard-working individuals with Masters degrees from Chula who would be likely to score a job pretty much anywhere in Thailand but chose the air hostess path to begin with because it offers a much higher salary straight away. They do not appear mercenary although it is possible they are just projecting their image. I don't know them that well, I just notice a difference in terms of ambition, knowledge and intelligence compared to many other Thai women I meet.

**Marmite the Dog** · 23-01-2008, 02:37 PM

I know one Thai air-hostess, but that's all I'm saying about her.

**smeden** · 23-01-2008, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by William

The union says the show might put off young people from becoming attendants.

I agree with HB - If these girls think they can shag a few pilots, they'll be signing up in droves.

great add for new staff

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