How Did The Air People Get Visas?

[actiondell4]

Well recently i travelled by NOK AIR fromm Bangkok up to Udon and i noticed several ,well only about 2 actually who were women farangs.airhostesses working.

im wondering how they would get a work visa?

[bino]

How do you know that they were foreign citizens? Did you actually ask / speak to them?

Maybe they are "Luk kreung" ?

[twschw]

Did they look like this?

One of Thailands more famous "Luk kreung".

[actiondell4]

I heard her speak with a UK Accent over the microphone.

Has anyone else seen her on NOK AIR?

[bino]

I heard her speak with a UK Accent over the microphone.

Does that prove that she is from the UK?

Maybe she went to school there.

Maybe her father (or mother) is from there.

Lots of ways for a person to learn / pick up the accent.

[Guest]

Nok Air has a short term contract with some European company to provide crews during the high season (I think up to April). This was a trial and a cheap way to add staff during a busy period.

[tartempion]

I flew 6 Feb Udon-Bangkok on Nok Air, brand new B737/800 and the purser was most definitely British (male farang English speaking with a strange non-Thai accent)

TV, the sceptic web board

[naka]

Employed to train local staff perhaps.

Naka.

[raro]

Is air hostess on the list of forbidden jobs for foreigners, as shoemaker and haircutter is?

[mamanoodle]

I always wonder about the visas and work permits for those Eastern European dancing? girls in that bar on working! oops er walking street.

[siam2007]

this is called "wet-leasing" in the airline business. NOK wet-leased an entire aircraft including Pilots and purser for the high-season in the kingdom from the british "XL-Airline". such thing is very much common all over the world.

full information can be found here (hope its ok to post the URL):

http://www.bahtsold.com/news?id=302

[twschw]

Excellent information, siam2007. Thanks. I hadn't heard of this before.

[kash]

this is called "wet-leasing" in the airline business. NOK wet-leased an entire aircraft including Pilots and purser for the high-season in the kingdom from the british "XL-Airline". such thing is very much common all over the world.

full information can be found here (hope its ok to post the URL):

http://www.bahtsold.com/news?id=302

well - it doesnt explain anything about the visa issue. info about xl is also onboard all their planes ...

[irishbri]

I heard her speak with a UK Accent over the microphone.

Has anyone else seen her on NOK AIR?

I flew from Bkk to Chiang Mai 2 weeks ago with NOK Air and there was two, most definitely UK, women hostesses working. I know, as i spoke to them both, so you are not imagining phantom farangs. Sorry i cant help with what visa's they have though. I should have asked.