May 17 2004

Nok Air selects crew on TV game show

Passengers of the new Thai budget airline, Nok Air, will be thrilled to learn that the flight attendants entrusted to save their lives in a smoke-filled cabin will be selected on a TV game show called "Nok Hunt". Let's meet four of the hopefuls.

Going by the unfortunate name of Supaporn, this young lady might be flashing more than a smile to keep passengers entertained. "I am confident that I can make the flight enjoying for everyone" she says - and I don't doubt it for a moment.
"I have a lively personality" says Pui but, with only 16 points to her credit, it seems that even her own family can't be bothered to vote for her.
"My father is an eagle and my mother is a sparrow. That is why I should be on Nok Air" says Jah. Her delusion suggests that she might also be prone to opening the cabin doors at 36,000 feet just for fun.
Bee is Whippet's favourite and he tells me that "she struggled in the jigsaw puzzle round, but her rendition of hit me baby one more time was worthy of something" - mirth, I expect.

I'm not making any of this up. Nok Air really does exist (Nok means bird in Thai) and "Nok Hunt" goes out on Tuesdays at 10 pm on UBC 35. Here's a clip featuring our 20 would-be trolley-dollies facing their tough challenges in swimwear.

www.nokair.com/sharing/
entertrainment/mpg/nok_hunt.wmv (now removed unfortunately)

The best bit is actually the commentary. It's all in Thai but the final sentence goes like this - "Blah blah blah... blah blah blah... blah blah blah... Nok Hunt!"

Some of them don't have any tits either.

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"No Cunt" is billed as a reality show. Each of the pretty contestants wears a numbered badge (a format already familiar to many Mango Sauce readers) and viewers vote for their favourite girl by SMS. The top 10 will become air hostesses aboard Nok Air.

With beaks painted on their noses, Nok Air's fleet of Boeing 737-400s looks like a flock of huge turkeys and, given that the company is owned by Thai Airways, this might not be far from the truth.

Nok Air selects crew on TV game show

By the looks of this publicity photo, the airline appears to have been launched at a karaoke bar on New Petchburi Road. This is what they say about their staff recruitment policy.

Nok Air staff will all be carefully selected through the "Nok Air" recruitment process and each employee throughout the whole organization, at every level, will exemplify the culture of the airline.

I take this to mean that the 10 rice farmers who can consume the largest number of pickled eggs in 60 seconds will be taken on as pilots.

[Posted to Thai Secrets by David]

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Readers' comments

Nok says:

You really hit it on the head with No Cunt.

Rest assured of No Care during the flights as well!

May 18, 2004 9:02 AM

jason says:

hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!

June 7, 2004 4:19 PM

bear says:

I think it is a new idea that is interesting!!!!

June 19, 2004 1:12 AM

Sherry says:

I just only known Mr. who is in pic. deadly handsome !!!!

June 23, 2004 1:11 AM

anonymous says:

Where is your websit, should be ready by now;otherwise, it will be too late if you would like to compete with other low cost airlines..wake up please.

June 30, 2004 7:50 AM

Ken says:

These worthless farangs will never know whether or not those girls have tits. They wouldn't know how to find out.

July 6, 2004 10:08 AM

NEK says:

Yeah, it takes a real man to milk a bull!

July 7, 2004 9:28 AM

Craig says:

Nok air looks more and more like another project from the same mindset that brought us the the "Elite Card". After they lose enough money, it will fold faster than a Mae Chamoy Oil Stock Fund.
Also, the unfortunate beak painted on the planes do bear a striking resemblance to a flock of chickens...

July 23, 2004 11:03 PM

bee says:

I'm not surprised.

July 24, 2004 1:21 AM

wilbur says:

Funny, this is another example of a case where somebody posts to a thread, and I discover I haven't read the article yet. Thanks for alerting me to it, Craig, it is truly funny.

This story reminds me of the time my TGF asked me to buy her a "good" stereo for Christmas. I was agreeable, so we dutifully trudged off to the store, me with several audition CDs in hand.

Half an hour of painstaking auditioning later, I suggested two units, a Sony and a JVC, as sounding the best (although the JVC was cheaper fit/finish wise, and I nudged her toward the Sony). Instead, after a momentary chat with the sales guy, she indicated a third unit, a Panasonic, which sounded OK but not as good as the other two units.

When I asked her why she wanted the Panasonic, she said, "The color goes better in my apartment."

Another lesson learned about women, human nature, and the joys of having a Thai girlfriend! God bless them all.

July 24, 2004 3:49 AM

Bobby says:

Hmmm no cunt. Is a BJ an option then ?

July 24, 2004 6:10 AM

Wolle says:

Interesting isn't it? In the time of chicken flu coming back you call it Nok Air and paint chicken beaks on the nose :-)

July 24, 2004 12:23 PM

Pat says:

It looks like 2 years later.. your comments are all wrong.. they are looking real great and making a lot of money.. best yet beating the shit out of all their competition in Thailand.....

Chicken flu?....its made out of iron.. this bird did not catch the flu right???

August 3, 2006 9:40 AM

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