...About Aviation

Okay lah, airlines lar. Not everyone is familiar with the word aviation.

When you think of airlines, what's the first thing that comes to mind?

I bet it's Pilot. Right? Right. The bonafide people who sits in the cramped quarters right behind the forward pressure bulkhead, the cockpit. You see them pulling their trolley bag, wearing their crisp white shirt, pressed black pants, the hat, necktie, the oh so magnificent gold bars (they're called epaulets) on their shoulder. And sometimes with their Oakleys on. Wah, respect respect.

What's the second thing that comes to mind? The Stewardess, or the Stewards. The people with high flying careers. They spend hours getting ready for work, always looking good. They HAVE to always looks good. You have no idea how many times they HAVE to touch up their make-up in a day. The people with fabulous jet setting lives. Always in a different country every other day.

After these 2 categories you'll probably think of the people at the check in counter. The ones who gets scolded because you can no longer check in because you were late.

Then the guys who load your luggage onto the aircrafts. The very same guys who have to look for the luggage of that one passenger who checked in their luggage but for some reason did not make it to the departure gate and onto the aircraft, so they can off-load the bag.

But I bet, this other group of people never crossed your mind. People almost never think of them when they think about airlines and aircraft.

Think about it. And give them credit.