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Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Sharing more of my airline experiences...


It has been a while since I last buat entries about my experiences while serving as a flight crew with Malaysia Airlines, kan? Well - thanks to M*** for his email, gave me the opportunity to write again and share my part of the deal. Bawah nih a Print Screen copy of his email to me. Bawah tu, me copied again and type balik for somewhat a clearer version kot... hehehe...


askum...how r u? let me introduce myself le kan. i M***.u leh call me M*** ler k. pretty intersted with ur entries xpcially yg related ngan cabin crew. i ni leh ar d kategorikan teramatla minat gile 'banbengz' dgn itiew(sori ar..i dh terpengaruh ngan word 'itiew' yg u create tu..huhu)job as flight steward. i dh baca segale mende yg related ngn crew2 thingie nih n its really helps. u banyak gak bagi tips2 nk interview n segala bagai itiew...thx 4 da infos..

Nurlea Laurielle: Waalaikumsalam M***. Thanks for your email. Lea dah jawab your email saying that all the qs to your email I dah answered and jadikkan my entry (taddddaaa!). Reason being, at least, dengan doin' so, I mean, doin' the blog entry as the answer to your qs, bukan setakat boleh u saje yang tahu; as a matter of fact, kita boleh let others too share this infos. Maybe their shy to come out and ask, probably 'malas' too but hey, tak salah if we share all these infos with others too, kan M***? So hope you don't mind ya.

And seriously M***, am glad that my entries under the category "Life as a flight crew..." tu dah banyak helped u. I'm only here to share my experiences and probably that might be able to help some yang dreamed of becoming air crew members tu la kan. Although yang part nottiČ tu, abaikan la ek? Hehehe - org cakap, yang baik dijadikkan teladan, yang nottiČ tu, kalau mau buat, sendirian berhad tanggung la ek? :)
  
cuma i nak tanye sket.... cam i penah naik flight dolu2.mase tu pegi penang lah kan, but i ade jmpe crew yg non malaysian. she's japanese kot...if im not mistaken lar kan. so, bru i tau rupenyer ade gak forex crew yg join MAS rupenye!! so, camne u ols dolu2 kerje skali dlm flight? dorang leh ckp english ke? ker dorang kerek aje dlm flight? mst ade yg u wat fren kan..kan..

Nurlea Laurielle: Kalau u're talking about KUL-PEN flight, those foreign crew could be Indonesian crew kot. Currently I think MAS ade employ Indonesian crew yang either based in KUL or in JKT that am not so sure. But waktu zaman I fly dulu, I know MAS employ crew Japanese and Korean crew. Before my years, ade crewČ Virgin Atlantic crew yang diswapkan dengan MH crew. Before I habis contract, memang dah ade Indian crew also. Lepas I resign tu yang diaorang cakap ade Indonesian crew also. How do we communicate with these crew? By all means, English la bahasa perantaraannya. Although some of these Japanese and Korean crew, SOME of them, ade la segelintir yang kureng siket in English, but MOST of them memang boleh converse well. Sometimes yang sedey to see us MH crew yang terkontang kanting nak communicate in English - DIE lah "MAY I SAUCE YOU BALLS SIR!?" instead of "WOULD YOU LIKE SOME SAUCE TO GO WITH THAT MEAT BALL?" Hahaha... kan?

But my experience; me dah pernah fly with Japanese crew (mostly on Japan sectors), Korean crew (flights to Seoul) and Indian crew (London, Taipei / LA flights) - and I TELL YOU! I prefer working with these Japanese and Korean crew compared to Indian crew. Indian crew disini bermaksud those yang freshly brewed from New Delhi and Bombay, India; bukannye from our Malaysian Indian. Our Malaysian Indian, I tak der hal working with them. Memang semua dah sesama Malaysian, kan? With these pure Indian crew - KASTA la main problem. Tak semua, tapi majority feeling kasta tinggi so kerek la sikit.

My worst experience was during the time mek flying dengan seorang VERY JUNIOR Indian crew, a steward. Dah berbau sepasal, tapi sweet smile la kire so forgivable la kot. We were on B747-400 en route for London ex KUL. Dalam briefing room kereknya macam dah been flying 5 months - ruperČnye baru 1st SOLO FLIGHT! Tu pun kitaorang tahu once dah onboard dan 45,000" above sea-level ok! What happened was, he was in Economy zone E, Galley steward. And jadik Galley Steward zone E, BELIEVE me, kalau u don't know ur work by heart, MEMANG gila! Mana lah special meals nak dihandle (believe me, LONDON flight? SPECIAL MEAL? Aiyoh! DIE LAH U!), mana lagik shared meals in carts for Zone C and - mana lagik dengan second service meals for zone C and D - SERIOUSLY! Mek dulu pun menggelupur tak tau nak buat keje! Tapi syaratnya, I WASN'T KEREK! Tak tahu, TANYA! Ini tak, dah la berangan handsome (walhal cute tu sikit jer) FEELING terror lak tu! I was in Economy Zone C - Galley Steward la kan. By the pertengahan 1st service meal sector, dia dah menggelabah. Special meals my zone, tak dihantar, itu ini - call tak layan. So buatkan mek pi sendiri ke zone E nak find out what the f**k was going on! (MATI LA MAK DAH START SENSENG LENGAN BAJU MEK DAN STARTED JADIK SEXY NAUGHTY BITCHY!) SampaiČ jer zone E, Leading Stewardess Zone E dosi nangis katanya pening kepala dengan mamat berangan nih yang dah buat calculation meals silap, distribution ke zone salah, special meals salah kasik and etc! MEMANG KECOH! Sampai Chief Steward zone A (First Class) and INFLIGHT SUPERVISOR datang sekali Zone E. And trust me, KALAU sampai IFS datang tgk, tu tandanya serious. So memang Economy Class waktu tu KECOH giler - tapi all at the end under controlled sebab kitaorang managed to take control. The steward however, MEMANG KENA kaw kaw ler lepas 1st service. Ingatkan during rest period nak bertanyakan seniors ke ape ke - NAN ADO! BELAGAK LAGI ade lah. Dok spedo kat stewardess yang dia tak familiar ngan system MAS tapi dulu dia ngan Air India, one of the best senior crew la and DEL-LON tu was celah pepet dia jer! HARRTTTUUIITTTHHH! Tu dia kena dengan mek. But that's not the case here. (dah melalut la pulak! Sorry)

satu lagik soklan, tul ke u ols x nitestop kat...lets says indian routes...like dhaka or chennai? dat means u kene wat 4 the return flight gak ker?? abih tu, dorang nih start flying frm kul and abis flying pong kat kul gak ker??? pelik gak coz dorang nih i tgk kat klia bwk beg memasing,,, tup tup x nitestop pong kat sane but balik ke kul smula....klo cam tu gerenti wat penat jer le....hehe

Nurlea Laurielle: Indian routes yang ade nightstop was DEL (New Delhi) and BOM (Bombay) - so yeah, other routes like MAA (Madras), DAK (Dhaka - tul ke the three letter code tu? Mek dosi lupa) - yeap, we all memang buat what we call turn-around flight. Reporting for duty by 2030hrs; departure at 2200hrs. Four hours later sampai MAA or DAK and then transit for one hour, then depart balik to KUL - arrival should be by 7nish or before 7am cam tu la kirenya. Beg yang kita bawak for turn-around flights or daily flights tu kalau u noticed, mesti ringan. Sebab sekadar cukup syarat letak extra uniform, baju biase satu helai ke ape ke, toiletteries ke ape ke, JUST in case kalau ade unscheduled nightstop ke ape ke (you may never know) - but mainly letak our notebooks, Safety manual and other manuals and stuff - uniform and etc. AND YES - MEMANG PENAT those flight kalau kena. Sebab tu flights macam tu, ramai crew MIA (missing in action) or reported sick for flight. And believe me, kalau keje Economy, more of a reason why nak report sick for that flight. PLUS for those sectors we do onboard Airbus A330. And configuration galley dalam flight tu memang hanjeng, THAT'S why ia memenatkan crew tapi sometimes, kalau kena set crew yang happening, best gak buat flight tu... :)
 
aa...satu soklan lagik. mmm, andai le i dpt jdik crew, camne ngn umah nnti. umah i kat s.alam, n i tggal ngn fmili skali. wajib ke dok kat umah yg MAS designated itiew? pastu, kalau sewa umah ngan satu colleague MAS abih laa dwet i...mane nak bayaq sewa lagi, nak njoy lagik..bla bla bla..kan...

Nurlea Laurielle: Ade ke designated MAS houses? Tak der kot dear. Tapi MAS do have what they call designated area for pick-up and send-offs kot? Shah Alam is still dalam kawasan send-off and pick-up. Tak tahu lah skarang nih. Tapi dulu, Shah Alam, Subang Jaya, USJ, Puchong, PJ, semua tu kira kawasan selamat la. Tak yah nak worry. In fact if now Shah Alam still dalam kawasan pick-up and send-off tu, then you don't have to worry about moving out... :) TAPI should you move out and start to menyewa, darlin', take it as a learning experience of your life to live on your own. And by doin' so, you get to, yeah, control/ budget your spendings, and etc. Siape cakap duduk sendiri, you cannot' enjoy? Look at me? :)
 
so, any infos frm u mmg bbtul di aprisasi kan...wokeh!!!




Nurlea Laurielle: Hope this entry mampu give you more info about life as a cabin crew. Kalau ade pa per lagi nak tanye, you know where to find me... :) And should u wish to persue your dreams of becoming an air crew, best wishes to you and let my prayers be with you! Good luck!



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Posted at 9:58:54 pm by Nurlea Laurielle Lai Lee Abdullah

isis @ SriIskandar
March 1, 2006   12:04 PM PST
 
LL, so that mean area shah alam sumer tue on the pick up zone la ..

kalo i jadi stewardess, gombak masuk tak dlm pick up zone?

LOL!!!*matilah mek kerana sungguh buhsan n sengal kat sini!!
Etty
March 1, 2006   01:05 PM PST
 
Hi lea.. bila baca semua yang u cerita kan tu terkenang balik nostalgia sewaktu bersama MAS..memag aper yang u citer tu.. tu lah yang berlaku pada hakikatnyer.. kekadang tak pepaham jugak naper sebenarnya berlaku benda2 cam tu walhal dalam set tu semua berkerja nak cari rezeki.. benda2 cam ni la yang membuatkan crew suma malas nak pi flight.. pas tu dok bising kalau crew problem.. naper? sebab tak der working environment yang seronok.. bila sign time sheet and dapat tau fly ngan saper mula ler jantung rasa cam nak pecah... hehhe dalam breifing room pulak dok buat muka control padahal dalam hati tuhan jer yang tau ;)..kalau dah dari dalam briefing room dah tunjuk muka "b....y" ... masak la the whole flight... 12 jam nak kena mengadap...
Nurlea Laurielle
March 1, 2006   01:57 PM PST
 
Yes Miss etty! Correct! Mek setujus dengan u ols! U ols dosi lama resigned kah?

Thanks for reading my blog! :)
Nurlea Laurielle
March 1, 2006   01:58 PM PST
 
Isis: GOMBAK dah off the course DINCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heheheheheheehehehehe
Etty
March 2, 2006   11:36 AM PST
 
semua pic yg kat atas tu vasssss gler... ;)

i resigned end 2002..

ShayLopez
March 2, 2006   11:41 AM PST
 
nama dia MAWI ke u ols...hahahaha
Nurlea Laurielle
March 2, 2006   12:58 PM PST
 
Etty, end of 2002? Hmmm end of 2002 i online lagik - heheh wb waktu tu...

Shay: HAHAHAH hanjeng sangat! Bukan MAWI LAH! ewwww... MU** something... sedap nama dia.. hehe
Etty
March 2, 2006   01:23 PM PST
 
mawi?



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