Coupla observations...

Alrighty... just got back from a 4 sector kl quickie today. This means I went from SIN-KL-SIN and SIN-KL-SIN in a day. Phewwwww!~~ There weren't too many people on the way to KL though.. which makes me wonder why are we doing all these short quickie flights at all. There is a reason why people are not exactly travelling with SQ outta Sg when there are low cost carriers that prolly charge a fraction of what we are charging and still get passengers to their destination, no? Hmmm... and it's not just KL i'm talking abt. There's Bangkok, Manila, Penang, Bali - just to name a few- who have low cost carriers who fly there too! So instead of exhausting us cabin crew with quickies like these that don't make much money, why not conserve our energy and let us focus on the longer flights!? Afterall, Tiger air and Silkair are for the very purpose of flying regional and SIA are for international flights! This way... cabin crew wun complain too much when they do short flights and will become even more thankful to the company for giving them such good welfare and in turn speak well of the company. A happy man is a productive man so I believe, if we are happy with our long flights, we'll be more productive and in turn bring in more capital for the company coz passengers will be happier with our service!~ Everybody wins... yay!

Maybe it's the newspapers, coffee, tea, mango or orange juice that we serve within 30 min that draw people to still fly with us despite the difference in ticket price. Which leads me to another observation. Remember the huge debate about new media (news via the net and sms, etc) taking over old media (newspaper, magazines and radio)? Yea.. in all honesty, I highly doubt old media will be taken over anytime soon... reason being.. people can STILL be anal about NOT getting their STs or Todays or Lian He Zhao Baos on board. Yep... 5 min of delay and they go, "i asked for a Straits Times 5 min ago and i STILL haven't got it!!" Yes, on a KL or bangkok or manila flight. I look on down the aisle during take-off and landing and realise 80% of passengers are holding their papers up and devouring everything single word printed there. I'm sure it's similar when u take a sit in morning trains. I don't see as many people logging on to their laptops or staring intently at their mobiles in trains... okay.. can't say the same in the aircraft but still.. u get the point. Why can't they just get their news when they touch down and switch on their phones? Or when they are waiting in transit in the airport.. or when they arrive at the hotels? See... most still prefer the age-old-never-say-die method of news retrieval... It ain't gonna die anytime soon lah... as far as I can see... news writers, publishers will still have jobs...

But that's just me and my observation during today's flight. I must be blabbering coz of my hunger and tiredness... Alrighty.. am gonna bathe and go have dinner. Hungryyyyy!~~!~