At the forward door I was greeted by two friendly flight attendants, who verified my boarding pass and pointed me towards the far aisle. One interesting note about the flight attendants -- at first I thought the male flight attendants were pilots, as they had the typical pilot hats, as well as stripes on their…
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"There was no alcohol other than [beer], and no meal choice."
"I had the ideal seatmate in the window seat — she didn’t speak the whole flight other than to order food, and barely had to use the bathroom all the way to Los Angeles. [Perfect]"
You were on a Chinese domestic flight, not an international flight.
I doubt most overseas Chinese would expect Mandarin speakers on a two hour US domestic flight.
I guess they were dying to secure some international routes even before they were fully ready to launch, thanks to China's "one Chinese airline per route policy", especially considering Hainan has already secured both Chengdu and Chongqing to New York. It must be already pretty embarrassing for Sichuan to not be able to fly nonstop from Chengdu (capital of Sichuan) to New York.
Airbus Boeing A737neo. The unusual four-engine variant, of course, is only built in Shanghai, which is also where this conversation has gone. 🙂
They failed to properly explain the dishes in English, but the meal itself looks pretty good to me, miles ahead of US domestic flights of similar time duration.
I agree with @Sean Waltman. Yes, it would be great if they all can speak your language well or pretty well. It is understood or perceived that English is the international language. Yet, this was a domestic flight, so I am sure they only would need to know Manadarin. Ever seen any U.S. airlines do this better? Whether it is domestic or international, the flight attendants and pilots only know English. These international carriers have already been ultra light years ahead of any U.S. based carriers. It would be great to see the American airlines catch up in this area.
Either all or almost all of the non U.S. based carriers provide service with several languages and dialects besides English. They should be commended for trying their best to serve as many different nationalities as possible. It is a commendable effort and it should not be seen as a downside that they may have some trouble with English. At least, they can speak some English.
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Fermented "bears"....a unique but not impossible offering I would imagine...:)
But serving a full meal only on descend? Did the crew mix up the order of the meal? I would have expected that whole full Monty and than only the fruit. I guess they must still be tweaking their meal service order.
How do you know the captain was french?
Also its weird french captain would come to china to fly to the us