I have a good friend that’s an A380 purser for a major carrier, and last week he was kind enough to post his answers to some questions I had about his job. I invited you guys to ask more follow up questions which he was happy to answer.
Continue reading: Ask An A380 Purser: Part Two
Share your questions, experiences, and thoughts below.
This purser obviously works for Singapore Airlines. Tell tale signs. ( Hint : I fly SQ a lot)
Great post. Many thanks to the purser for his/her candid answers (the gender term used in "his awesome answers" may just be a cover to throw people off!) 😉
A "fact" told by a friend in UAE:"90% of Emirates' Male flight attendants are gay".
To the purser, I don't care about who your employer is, I really appreciated the insights, so thank you for this!
@ Pablo (Comment 9)
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to the sum of human knowledge, so so helpy.
Great post and many thanks to your friend for replying to all the questions! 🙂
@TravelinWilly, don't get me wrong, I'm not making a assumption here but just post what I was being told. BTW, Emirates is one of my favorite airlines and I get very excited every time I flew with them.
"I speak sign language". I've never heard someone say/write that before.
@Pablo - WTF does that have to do with anything, let alone this topic?
Thanks for the unique insight, "A380 purser"
"Hollywood actors, footballers and politicians" = British Airways
Also thanks for your insights.
Completely and totally off topic, apologies to Lucky!
It's interesting how communicating with the deaf works. There was (it could be "is" but I don't remember the guy's screen name, so I'm not sure he's still around) a member of Flyertalk who was deaf, and the way he wrote was quite unique. The guy was patient in explaining it to people (I think there are differences in sighing with ASL vs writing words in English using 26 characters, etc.), as some simply assumed that he was a troll or whatever. Ultimately and fortunately his posts always made sense, and he was a good contributor, but I learned a few things from that guy. And as a further interesting read, there's this: http://www.pitt.edu/~perfetti/PDF/Reading%20optimally%20builds%20on%20spoken%20lang-%20Sandak.pdf
Thoroughly enjoyed all the questions and answers! I learned so much. Thank you to the A380 Purser and to Lucky for coming up with this behind the scenes look at flying.
Loved it!
Please do more postings like this in addition to all your great stuff..It really balances your blog and that's why we support you so much.
You rule, my blog friend!!
I hope you are running my crew when I get to fly the 380 up front........appreciate you taking the time and your perspective serves the industry well!
Babies cry.
Right, so they really shouldn't be in first class, just as they shouldn't be at a Michelin starred fine dining restaurant.
@ Pablo -- Completely unrelated to this post (or purser in question, in this case), but asked a friend at Emirates about this, and his response was "I wish." More like 60/40 apparently.
Thank you! Especially enjoyed reading answers on security and carry-on luggage.
@ Lucky - any thoughts to making a more "Ask a ____" posts, like a semi-regular series? Maybe something like a domestic FA, int'l FA, ground grew, etc.
Nice post, I truly enjoyed the insightful responses from A380 purser, thanks for sharing. And Lucky, yes you should definitely do more of these write ups, it was great fun and informative.
I just caught up on this. Thank you for answering my question, mystery purser, and Lucky - this is a really good idea for an ongoing column! I'd love some Q&A from the people that deal with us professionally (or some not-so).
Regarding babies in F/J, if you don't like it, fly private or find an airline that doesn't allow it. Otherwise, although you're paying a lot for that fare, you're not paying enough to exclude babies so you just have to deal with it. If the airline will sell an infant fare for that cabin, it's 100% fair for the parent and child to fly it. I'm not just saying that as a parent, either. I fully admit kids on planes (in any cabin) annoyed me pre-parenthood, but I never expected people to stay home for that reason.