There's nothing like cabin crew in a tizz, and a raunchy soap has got Thai flight attendants worked up into a real lather.
"The Air Hostess War", which broadcast its first three episodes last week, centres around the lives of a group of air stewardesses, one of whom has an affair with a married pilot. The show's romantic intrigues lead to catfights amongst the cabin crew and steamy sex scenes during stopovers.
Thailand's flight attendants are in uproar. They think "The Air Hostess War" portrays them as being too sexy, and that it is insulting and damaging. "It's all about sex and air hostesses beating each other up in the cabin because of love and jealousy. This kind of thing never happens," said Noppadol Thaungthong, a Thai Airways flight attendant.
I can hear men all over the globe sighing in despair.
The trade union representing air crew is asking the culture ministry and the TV station that broadcasts the show to take it off the air. Apparently it might put young people off becoming flight attendants. "Footballers Wives" didn't deter British girls from WAG-dom, why should this be any different? There's a whole essay on cultural differences in that last statement.
