Sky's the limit as school helps students get ready for Take-Off | Bangkok Post: feature

Tassaneeya Kotrebuntou says her job as a flight attendant trainer is ''a lot like being the handler of a beauty pageant contestant''. The 37-year-old operator of the Thai Sky Project, a Bangkok-based flight attendant training school, said there are differences both subtle and major in how attendants should handle themselves depending on which airline they're with.

Middle Eastern airlines want female flight attendants to be mature, self-confident and tough, while also having leadership and problem-solving skills. European and US airlines are looking for similar qualities, but also want them to be flexible and friendly.

Asian airlines, on the other hand, are after the opposite _ female flight attendants who are young, submissive and courteous. They shouldn't be too self-confident, but rather easily influenced, said Ms Tassaneeya, a 37-year-old retired Japan Airlines flight attendant with 11 years' experience in the air.