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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Life as a crew - KUL to LHR (Part 2)


Ape kes citer nih? Well - nak find out, cuba baca Part 1 (before take off)...



As the aircraft climbs to 45,000 feet above sea level, I gazed outside the window and saw clear blue morning sky... ahhh what a sight... Buzz! REALITY CHECK!?!? Hello!? Mana ade window mek nak nengok luar dari dalam galley (dapur) upper deck B747-400 itiew!? Duh! Doink a bit right? Mek boleh imagine jer la, tapi nak nengok in real, nan ado. So anyways, once the aircraft dah at its cruising altitude, seatbelt sign pon off la kan...

"Ladies and gentlemen, the fasten seatbelt sign is now off. But for your own safety, we advise you to keep your seatbelt fastened whenever you're seated. Breakfast will be served shortly. Meanwhile, should you require any assistance, please do not hessitate to call any members of the cabin crew..." bla bla bla bla bla, ade la lagi announcements yang dibuat, but I just couldn't be bothered to dengar dah. Dalam kepala hotak mek sekarang... breakfast breakfast breakfast! Hehehehe...

And let the breakfast service begin! Hehehehe...


Lepas seatbelt sign tu off, mek dah kelam kabut dalam galley. Yer lah, banyak bende nak prepare ok.

Scene: Business Class upper deck, FULL 32 pax! NANGIS!

Tapi since it's breakfie, mek ok jer. Tak der lah kelam kabut sangat2 like if its lunch or dinner service. So first up, prepare drink orders yang my Chief ngan stewardess dah amik on ground tadik itiew. Waktu tgh prepare welcome drinks tu, my Chief will normally help around la kan. Dapat chief (cs) yang meletop, baik, meriah lah galley. Kalau dapat yang bitchy2 tu, mengucap lah banyak2. Tapi mek punye experience dalam flights, most of my cs bebaik. So while me and my cs busy preparing the drinks, my stewardess busy dressing tables pax dengan linen. Dah siap, she and my cs will distribute the drinks while mek, prepare the trolley/ carts for service sequence lepas itiew. Ehhh chup2. Wait, this is breakfast service kan? CHOY! Mana ade drink orders. Choy! Sorry nah mek lupa dah sequence dia... eheheh - maklum lah, dah setahun left the airline. Heheh. Anyways, meh mek betoikan balik... jap nahhh let me think back... hmmmm...

Hmmm - since mek dah ingat2 lupa dah service concept tu, mek tak go into details lah nah? :) Details maybe mek buat melalui gambar2 yang mek includekan dalam entry nih nah? Hehehehe...

So anyways, lepas take off, stewardess mek, ngan mek punye CS selalunye busy dalam cabin. Mek lah terkontang kanting dalam galley itiew. But basically, having breakfast service as the first service after take off, tak susah sangat. Tapi lebih senang kalau buat breakfast as second service prior before landing itiew. So apa apa pon, lepas take off, semuanya akan menunjukkan muka2 tensi dalam galley, tapi bile masuk cabin, sampai ke telinga senyumnya. LOL! Ok... berbalik pada service Breakfast after take off. Sequencenye... yang nak kena ingat... ABC

A - Appertizer
B - Bakery
C - Cereals/ yogurt

Dan diikuti dengan main course.

Here you can see what membezakan breakfast service as 1st service lepas take off, dengan breakfast as 2nd service before landing... lainnye tang mana? Hanya ade wake-up towel katanye. Hehehehe. Tapi ini secara mata kasar. Pada dasar service concept, for us crew, kalau breakfast merupakan service kedua prior before landing, it simply means that the breakfast yang kami akan serve tu, continental breakfast. Sebab kalau after take off, breakfast yang kami serve tu, FULL set meaning dishing out the main course. Manakala kalau continental breakfast service (2nd service, before landing) - we serve semuanya on tray, no dishing mishing out - just short and simple service from the cart itself... ada paham ka? Tak? Hehehehe - sabar jer dek non


Whats good about breakfast service nih, setiap course, musti ade TC (coffee tea). So like, bile keluar ngan fruit appertizer trolley, musti ade TC. Kuar bakery selections pong, TC ado. Kuar yogurt/ cereal selections pon, TC tak lari dari trolley tu. Cuma mai tang main course jer, TC diremovekan kejaps dari trolley tu... heheheh... tapi, lepas main course, keluar la balik TC trolley itiew. Hehehe - like, TC akan keluar on every trolley service, EXCEPT main course. You guys with me so far? Good. Ok now, berikut ade lah gambarajah2 trolley settings for breakfast service (penat mek selongkar, dapat jugak carik manual nih... tak tahu lah diaorang still ikut ke tak concept nih? Dengar khabaran, concept nih dah tak pakai dah. Hehehe PAST TENSE lagi katanya!? Mati la mek!)

Trolley setting for Coffee Tea with fruit appertizer. Abaikan the hot water jug tu. Selalunye hot water jug tu ler is the tea punye jug. Ini mek rase gambarajah first class punye trolley setup. First class lain noq, ade selection of tea u ols! Tapi Business class, sorry nah - Lipton only! LOL!!!


Ini setup utk... erm... Tea Coffee with bakery selection. Simple, tapi mek suka trolley setup nih. Bau bakery fresh out from the warming cabinet/ oven, meleleh!!! - again, abaikan the hot water jug itiew...


Ini main course trolley for breakfast - bestnye kalau mek leh dapat gambaq betoi. Hehehehe... tapi tgk gambarajah nih pon, mek dah nangis! Hehehe teringat zaman2 serve2 nasi lemak. Heheheh - telan air liur jer! LOL!


So lepas habis 1st service,... lega? DINCH! Tu baru 1st service. Nuuuh lepas 7 8 jam lagi nuh sebelum landing in London nuh, dok ada satu lagi service, APE KES!?!?!?! Tapi before that service sampei, sempat lah mek mengketedaghah dalam galley mek, sempat la mek pi buat lawatan muhibbah dari galley ke galley, kalau ade kengkawan kat galley lain, mek pon sebok2 kak Pora laaaa pi galley depa, mencelah sembang2 persis Kak Nam BeBe! Hehehe.

Dah habis makan, sembang2, umpat2, gossip2, planning2 nak buat apo kat London, nah, tibanya time berehat. Normally crew, kiteorang dapat 3 to 4 hours rest dalam long-haul flights cam nih. Dan most of the time, kami yang galley stewards nih kena gi rest dulu. Tak semestinya kena gi tiduran, nak makan for the whole 3 4 hours rest period tu pong boleh - nak duduk main game ke ape ke - semua boleh. Kire rest period, buat la ape nak suke. Me most of the time, lepas dah habis makan minum mengumpat menggosip dan memplanning (5M tu - SM ngan Joe Lee tau citer tak!? LOL!! Mati la mek 5M!) - mek akan tidurans. Most of the time lah, meaning to say, ADE kalanya jugak, kalau mek cukup tidur di rumah, dan terlalu HYPER, mek tak akan tidur pon. So berjaga la mek selama 13 jam tu. Sampai London, kat hotel, pong mek tak tentu tidur lagi! Hehehehe...

And so this is where we crew sleep. Nampak cam tak comfy? Believe me - bile dah tired sangat2, kat mana2 pong leh tidur ok! Hehehe... nih nampak cerah, kan? Kalau in real, gelap gulita ok kalau dinch pasang lampu. Most of the time, kami dinch pasang lampu ok - nak feeling2 tiduran malam biarpon waktu diluar aircraft tu siang terang benderang! Ehehehe - yang penting, mek selalu amik bunk/ bed bawah. Sebab, mek boleh amik selimut, dan buat sebagai kelambu. Letak selimut bawah tilam bed atas tu, dan tadaaa... jadik lah tirai kelambu. Bertambah gelap gulita bed mek, hanya ditemani lampu torchlite ciput. Why nak lampu torch lite? Selalunye mek feeling2 amik roti bawak masuk situ, ngupngapngupngap sengsorang dalam tu! LOL!.... kantoi!


So lepas dah habis rest pulak, the next set akan amik the rest period. Like, 1st rest period, 9 org gi rest. Then baliknye 9 org tu dari rest, yang the next 9 crew yang masih berjaga tadik tu, diaorang pulak gi rest. Baru la galley dan cabin tu tetappp jer ade crew menjaga. Hehehe. By the time mek balik dari rest period, ade lah 3 4 jam lagi sebelum the next service bermula. Mek punye style, biar mek prepare semua awal2, so that tak kelam kabut sat gi. So mek pon, buat la keje2 mek - pindah2 cart la, itu ini la. Transfer meals lah ke dalam oven lah, itu ini - small2 stuffs tapi kalau tak buat, haiyoh! NAYA!

Dan kalau nak ikutkan, bile banyak buat2 keje nih, 12 , 13 jam tu, sebenarnye, TAK RASE pon. Sebab dok buat keje. Lain la kalau flight light load, dan memang tak banyak keje - ha - kalau cam tu, NANGIS! Sebab ape? Sebab boring flight lama. Hehehehe. So anyways, service ape pulak before landing itiew? Light meal service. Ala ala lunch, tapi, lite2 lunch - errr.. paham dak? Tak paham jugak? Tak pa - lets! Tunggu Part 3 (the final part) sebelum kite sampai London... geh geh geh!

Nantikan sambungan the final part (part 3)... which will be published soon (Wallahua'lam, bila la pulak... hehehehe)








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Posted at 4:08:55 pm by Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah

Lee Novotny
August 31, 2005   05:26 PM PDT
 
Chanteques!!! Ni I nak balik M'sia insyaAllah next yr naik MAS jugak direct from Manchester!!! :)
Ehh cawan MAS tu lawalah..first class ek??? Tak acilaaaaaa...
U ols pernah dgr cerits benar tentang pramugari American Airlines ke hapa yg kena buang kerja sbb dia letak dlm blog dia gambar gambar dia sedang posing dlm jet AA tuh... tapi dia ni mmg femes giler..semua org support dia!
Nurlea Laurielle
August 31, 2005   06:42 PM PDT
 
Lee - tu cawan business class u ols. first class lain. Hehehe
ape kes stewardess AA pose dalam a/craft tu? mek dinch hui pon. pose naked ke ape u ols? hehehehe - salah ke letak gambaq kerej dalam a/craft dlm blog? mek terus takut - insaf! Hehehe...

eh but wait, mek EX crew? LOL!
ThunderPussy
August 31, 2005   07:32 PM PDT
 
bestnyerrrrr......wish i was a steward/ess....huuuhuuu....tak sabo la nak tunggu part trois uols iteww Lea.....cepatlaaaaaaaa...kewkewkew
Lee Novotny
August 31, 2005   10:04 PM PDT
 
hehe Lea, rasanya dia dinch pose vogel vogelan pun, u ols! Cuma posing atas kapalterbang, dlm cockpit bagai gittew.. so AA marahlah sbb dia guna peluang itte wutk melariskan blog dia..padahal pada pandangan mak, AA lagilaa laku sbb org pi promote lah pulak,kan? Ni tak, diorang pecat pulak minah stewardess nih.Lupalah pulak blogsite dia...dulu banyak kali gak gi jenguk blog ittew.
odie
August 31, 2005   11:11 PM PDT
 
L, penah dgr dulu sq 'terpaksa' tumpang dead body ateh crew bunk itu, sbb flt full takde tmpat nak strap in - ee tatott !!
Nurlea Laurielle
September 1, 2005   12:06 AM PDT
 
oD: thanks gods it was SQ! Hehehehe HEY! u ex crew jugak kers? Hmmmm

Lee: hmmmm - kalau mek still flying, u ols rase mek kena buang kerej dak? kekekekek
odie
September 1, 2005   12:27 AM PDT
 
kalo ikut polisi - asalkn tidak mengutuk, mengeji, memfitnah atau yg sewaktu dgn menjatuhkan nama kompeni bla bla bla.. its all good! ;)

i'm still 'stuck' in cabin crew lah lea.. *huhu



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