Cathay Pacific day in the life of a flight attendant video

Cool!

Nice vid, thanks for sharing Ben.

nice, flying with CX in a few hours, hope to see her on board, lol

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.
Hopefully I get to fly CX sometime in the near future.

Cool. She's cute. Didn't have an English accent either. When r u gonna meet her lucky?

always like CP almost wanted to work there.

that's a pretty large place that she lives in in HK

@ oneeyejack -- My thought as well...

If you live in NT/Kowloon the flats are bigger. Not everything is cramped in HK. 😉

Bigger true, but it seems pretty large. Rich parents/husband? 😉

I do love how all the crew stand briefly in respect to the flight manager when she welcomes them for the pre-flight briefing.

Love this video, thanks for sharing Ben!

If it takes her 20 mins to get to the airport from her home, she probably lives in Tsing Yi, as many CX crew do. My bf works as a CX crew and it pays peanuts: about USD $1500 a month. Really sad.

I agree that's a big apartment for HKG. She either lives with her parents or has a rich husband.

I have a question living long time in my mind: why most flight attendants in the US are older persons comparing to those of Asian or European airlines? Is there any specific reason? Is FA not an attractive job for young people in the States? Thx and sorry for any misunderstanding or miscommunications. Just curious.

@ Andy F. -- The short answer is that being a flight attendant at most foreign airlines isn't a career, but a job. They sign a work contract for 1-5 years, and it's entirely up to the airline whether or not they're kept beyond then.

In the US when they're hired they can't be fired unless they commit an "offense" or the company is laying off, so you can't fire just to get "fresh blood" like they do at other airlines.

Did you catch the graffiti on the Mona Lisa pic over her shoulder in her apartment opening remarks? 😉

Ben- I thought that some Asian carriers have age limits for their FA's.

Cathay posted some of her skiing pictures on facebook. She's from Canada.

Where's the shower scene?

@andy- my gf is chinese & lives in china. during my visit there i saw not just the flight attendant but tollway cashier, bus/rail ticket cashier, bank teller are invariantly younger & better looking. my gf works at a large bank (#242 on fortune global 500). they recently are hiring, and she was involved in the process, she heard a manager told a 31yr old girl seeking a teller position that she was 'too old'(of course this was not mentioned in job posting). to people in usa this maybe a prime lawsuit but over there this is daily life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDLnhUJvxs0&feature=plcp

Ben, a new video just posted on CX youtube page! 😉

Go here for more of Grace...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJiqABAMVLg&feature=relmfu

I wonder... was she the FA on your HKG-DPS flight in 2010?

@ eponymous coward -- Hah, unfortunately not.