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Meet 19 year old Jessi Kennedy from Wollongong and Heather Corbett aged 25 from Sydney’s Newtown, all decked out in their smart new China Southern Airlines uniforms, fresh out of the carrier’s flight attendant school in Guangzhou. TD was on hand to get exclusive pictures and interviews with the girls who are among the first batch of 13 Aussie cabin crew to be recruited by CZ.
Based in Sydney, they’ll take to the skies on the airline for the first time next week. Heather, a former hair dresser said even when she was a little girl she’d wanted to be a flight attendant and can’t wait to start flying. “It’s my dream job”, she said. Jessi gave up working at a hotel and was “over the moon when CZ offered me the job”. They went to the airline’s home base for initial training that included cabin service, a crash course in Mandarin and emergency procedures. “They’ll be joined by a further batch of 20 Aussie cabin staff in June”, said Bill Bryant CZ Manager Corporate Affairs and Marketing. “As well as flying to Guangzhou, they’ll also be deployed on our European routes”, he said. Mr Bryant has some tips for aspiring cabin crew applicants who have to undergo rigorous interviews for the job: “Firstly, you have to be 18 and over. Bryant also revealed that CZ has bought its own building in Sydney at 120 Clarence St, opposite The Grace Hotel which will be up and running by the end of June, signalling yet another phase of their expansion in the Australian market. “We’ll have four floors, one of which will be a call and customer centre, and the others for ticketing, sales and marketing staff”, he added. |
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