Hong Kong airlines is making all its cabin crew take kung fu lessons to help them to deal 1. drunk and unruly passengers. The airline said all staff had been invited to 2. training in wing chun -- a form of kung fu used in close-range combat -- but it was only compulsory for cabin crew, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
The airline had around three 3. involving disruptive passengers every week, said Eva Chan, the carrier's deputy general manager of corporate communication. Two weeks ago a crew member had to 4. her martial arts training into practice on a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong.
"One of the passengers was sick but he was probably drunk and felt unwell. The crew 5. attended to him and she realised her was helping her, especially because the guy was quite heavy," Chan told the newspaper. "Normally, a female cabin crew can't 6. a fat guy, especially if he's drunk, but because of the training, she can.”
New recruit Lumpy Tang, 22, said she never imagined kung fu 7. be part of the job.
"We were surprised 8. the beginning, but after a few lessons we really liked wing chun," Tang told the Post.
"You cannot predict 9. will happen on the plane, so wing chun is good because it's so fast," she said. "I feel safer because I can defend 10. and I'm really happy to be one of the first cabin crew to learn wing chun in the world."
Wing chun instructor Katherine Cheung said the martial art was 11. for airline crews.
"Wing chun can be used in small, confined spaces so it's suited for an airplane," Cheung said. "It's easy to learn but difficult to 12. ." Yahoo News
