It's out with the old, in with the new for Nok Air cabin crews

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It's out with the old, in with the new for Nok Air cabin crews

Published: 6/09/2011 at 03:02 AM
Newspaper section: Business

The chance of being served by a cabin attendant older than 30 aboard Nok Air is already close to nil, with passengers most likely to be attended by a stewardess in her early 20s.

These are some of the fresh young faces chosen to be Nok Air flight attendants last week.

The budget carrier, whose cabin crews average 26 years old, embodies the growing trend among regional airlines, which are shortening the working life of their onboard staff and replacing them with younger ones.

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: Writer: Boonsong Kositchotethana; Position: Deputy Editor Business

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Discussion 1 : 04/10/2011 at 02:15 PM1
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EVA air does employ flight attendnats in the 30s and who are married if they can keep up with the flying lifestyle. 24 or younger is just word of mouth to try to keep the age as low as possible.
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