On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 16:12:33 on
Tue, 26 Jan 2016, Paul Corfield remarked:

It's funny, I've just been on a couple of long Singapore Airlines flights,
and their charming cabin crews are obviously trained to start every
encounter with, "Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr Recliner...", even if you've
not been waiting at all. So, say, you order a Singapore Sling or a G&T,
they come back with it in a couple of minutes, and still apologise for
keeping you waiting. It seems very polite at first, but gets a bit
irritating after a while.

Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

--
John Ray

On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:23:13 +0000
John Ray wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

That only happens if your name is "Mate" though.

--
Spud

On 2016\01\27 12:34, d wrote:
On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:23:13 +0000
John Ray wrote:
On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:33:06 +0000, Roland Perry
wrote:
It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

That only happens if your name is "Mate" though.

Or Sheila.

In message , at 12:23:13 on
Wed, 27 Jan 2016, John Ray remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.
--
Roland Perry

On 27/01/2016 13:29, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:23:13 on
Wed, 27 Jan 2016, John Ray remarked:
Please don't take this the wrong way but the thought of a stewardess
saying "Mr Recliner" just made me laugh out loud.

It's obviously a cultural issue because I've only ever been addressed by
name on a small subset of Middle-East airlines.

Qantas cabin staff also address passengers by name in business and
first class, so perhaps not entirely cultural.

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

In message , at 14:17:42 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.
--
Roland Perry

On 2016\01\27 15:06, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 14:17:42 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.

The qantity of letters is wrong for that.

In message , Roland Perry
writes
In message , at 14:17:42 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Someone Somewhere remarked:

Quantas and Emirates codeshare, of course. When I flew to Brisbane it
was on Emirates.

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.

No U

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Geddit?

--
Bryan Morris
Public Key http://www.pgp.uk.demon.net - 0xCC6237E9

In message , Bryan Morris
writes
Q ueensland
A nd
N orthern
T erritory
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S ervices

Even
--
Bryan Morris
Public Key http://www.pgp.uk.demon.net - 0xCC6237E9

In message , at 16:52:13 on Wed, 27 Jan
2016, Bryan Morris remarked:

Quantas?

A popular Australian airline m'lud.

No U

Q ueensland
A nd
N orthern Territory
A erial
S ervices

Geddit?

Oh, is that all. Rule #1: any response to a posting about a spelling
mistake will have a spelling mistake in it.
--
Roland Perry