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October 4, 20112 Comments

Cabin crew worship cartoned fruit juice, praying for flights to be on time

From Sina Chinese flight attendants are quite religious these days. The practice of their belief, however, comes across as funny, even though they cannot be more serious and pious about their prayer. They stack orange juice cartons on a table in the pantry on board to form “正点zheng dian,” the Chinese characters for “on time,” [...]

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May 4, 20112 Comments

Picture of the day: Hong Kong flight attendants learn kung fu for self-defense

Cabin crews from Hong Kong Airlines practise Wing Chun, a concept-based Chinese martial art or Kung Fu, during a lesson in Hong Kong Saturday, April 30, 2011. A Hong Kong airline makes all its cabin crews to take Wing Chun lessons as helping them to build the team spirit and to learn self-defense, as young [...]

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April 27, 20112 Comments

Picture of the day: Female job applicants objectified

Ten days ago, MOT reported a Chinese company hiring only C-cup virgins to be its tea-leaf pickers. On April 24, China Eastern Airline’s human resources division meticulously examined applicants for the flight attendant job. They picked at applicants’ “faults” of appearances, including thick eyebrows, loose hair and muscular calves. The picture shows an examiner points [...]

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April 2, 20113 Comments

Photos: How Chinese air hostesses are trained

From Sina Arm strength exercises Practicing safety demonstration Demonstration of in-flight services Senior students of an aviation high school showcase manner Senior students of an aviation high school practice smiling A senior student of an aviation high school Students of an aviation school practices Yoga. Students practice ballet. A student practices providing first aid.  

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March 16, 20112 Comments

Chinese air hostesses do safety demonstration while dancing to Lady Gaga’s Just Dance

The video shows flight attendants on board a Capital Airlines flight from Beijing to Lijiang, Yunnan, dancing to the music while doing a regular safety demonstration. Unblocked version on Youku Youtube version However, according to some Youku commenters, Philippine Cebu Pacific Air did it before, and Capital Airlines has stole the idea. Selected comments from [...]

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