PIA to hire Japanese cabin crew

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PIA to hire Japanese cabin crew

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Just read in today's Jang that PIA will be hiring Japanese female cabin crew. Also there was another half page ad of 7 non-stop flights between Pakistan and North America (USA & Canada).
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Wouldn't there be a language problem then? As most of Pakistanis dont know english, and aren't there any Pakistani cabin crew available to hire?
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Maybe for future NRT-LAX flights?
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Post by smarties »

I remember PIA having a Japanese flight attendant about 7/8 years back when i was going to karachi, which i was quite surprised about.
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Newspaper also stated that successful candidates will be trained in Pakistan and will take Urdu and English language courses to overcome the language barriers.
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Post by AirBlue »

smarties wrote:I remember PIA having a Japanese flight attendant about 7/8 years back when i was going to karachi, which i was quite surprised about.
I guess i had seen that lady when i was flying ISB-PEK-NRT ... not sure what route she was on with us ...

there are many well qualified pakistani's i think who can speak in other languages ... maybe the airline doesnt need to go and hire other nationals...rather they can have thier own working and speaking other languages :)
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PIA have lots of Pakistani born Chinese crew who often have Pakistani names as they are married to local guys.
The airline ought to induct Western ladies like the Middle East airlines.
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PIA does not need any Western cabin crew. PIA can find plenty of qualified male and female candidates in Pakistan.
I think most middle eastern airlines cannot find enough qualified local candidates to fill all the cabin crew positions.
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Post by pkjet »

No Junaid, basically the Arabs don't want their women working in such a job and feel overconfidence in Arab woman is not a good thing therefore they hire White Western ladies.

This came direct from Gulf Air by the way.
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Post by Moin »

I love that cabin color scheme. That picture of the Badshahi Mosque on the nose panel looks beautiful.
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