1.0Drishtikonehttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikoneDesh Kapoorhttps://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/author/drishtikone/Pakistan Hires Foreign Flight Attendants!rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LJDnyVplz4"><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2006/05/pakistan-hires-foreign-flight-attendants/">Pakistan Hires Foreign Flight Attendants!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/2006/05/pakistan-hires-foreign-flight-attendants/embed/#?secret=LJDnyVplz4" width="600" height="338" title="“Pakistan Hires Foreign Flight Attendants!” — Drishtikone" data-secret="LJDnyVplz4" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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I had heard of getting technicians and scientists to help for various projects, but hiring foreign air-hostesses (or Flight Attendants as they call in the US) is indeed unheard of. This is ostensibly because the Pakistani National carrier wanted to have someone who could interact with the foreigners... never mind that the number of "foreigners" using PIA may be miniscule!! And this is when Pakistan's ministers want a piece of the Outsourcing Pie.. and the President is on record to have said that Pakistanis have a better spoken English than Indians have. Hmmm... not enough for the foreigners on PIA it seems?!