Saturday 8 December 2012
Manika is the youngest and the only competitor from a Polytechnic, in the AirAsia Cabincrew challenge.
Since young, she's had a desire to fly and when the AirAsia LIVE IT UP IN THE AIR challenge came about, she jumped at the chance.
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| Manika on a flight during her Secondary school days! |
AirAsia setup a booth at Temasek Polytechnic, for contestants to shoot a video and upload it on their competition page. Based on the number of votes, the Top 50 contestants had to go through an Audition, judged by trainers from AirAsia's Cabin Crew Training Department.
From this, a select 9 Finalists were sent to Kuala Lumpur for an intensive 5 day cabin crew course.
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| Manika's boarding pass for the flight. She was so excited! |
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| The Air Asia Training Centre! |
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| The ALLSTARS Orientation --- all employees are called ALLSTARS, reflecting the company culture of treating every employee as a potential STAR, capable of performing at a higher level! |
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| Flashback: Manika and her classmate, Allison, during AMS Orientation at Temasek Polytechnic |
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| In addition to normal classroom training, the trainees had to undergo some modules on Web-based learning, via PCs |
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| Manika learnt First Aid, not just for adults, but also how to perform it on children and infants! Above: Manika performs a manouver to save an infant who's choking |
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| To be a qualified cabin crew, trainees must be able to perform emergency evacuations and safely evacuate from an aircraft. The above photo shows the slide trainer |
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| Manika at the graduation ceremony for passing out in Basic Cabin Crew training |
The next step was to serve onboard real flights. The trainees were rostered on several flights and Manika was fortunate to operate on the Bangkok sector and event spend a night in Bangkok and take in the sights!
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| Manika making the Inflight announcement on the PA (Public Address) system. This is not just for service (eg "Good Morning and Welcome Onboard!") but also for safety (eg "A the Captain has reported turbulence ahead, please remain in your seats and fasten your seatbelt") |
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| Manika with the Captain and First Officer of her Bangkok flight! |
To Be Continued ...
Labels: AirAsia, airline, Cabin crew, Cabincrew
