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Meet the Crew

They welcome you with a smile when you arrive at the airport, make sure you are comfortable, and fly you safely to your destination – time to get up close and personal with the EL AL Israel Airlines ground and flight crew. Meet Food and Beverage Supervisor Chen Sarda

“The never-ending challenge is making sure passengers enjoy their flight experience with us”

Photos: Courtesy of ELAL

Name: Chen Sarda | Age: 39 | Status: Married +2 | Position: Food and Beverage Supervisor | Years at EL AL: 12

Profile

What led you to join EL AL? “The memories of flying EL AL with my parents as a child and falling in love with the company and the flag adorned on each plane inspired me to work here”. What does your position entail? “I manage the food and beverage department and organize their loading onto the planes. My job is to make sure there’s enough food and drink on each aircraft both for the passengers and the flight crew”. What do you most like about your job? “I love how challenging and fast paced it can be. Timeframes are tight, and problems need to be fixed very quickly so that flights can leave on time”. Which part of your job do you find most challenging? “The never-end ing challenge is making sure pas sengers enjoy their flight experience with us so that they keep coming back. That’s every EL AL employee’s number one goal”. What do you always have in your suitcase? “ A copy of the Book of Psalms”. Which EL AL destination do you most enjoy flying to and why? “Thai land, because of the sense of total freedom you get there”.

Tips & Recommendations Hotel: “The Santhiya Resort on the Thai island of Koh Phangan. It’s a first-rate hotel located on a mountain ridge with views unlike anything I’ve ever seen”. Restaurant: “The 212 – an unforgettable 2-Miche lin-starred restaurant in Amsterdam”. Attraction : “The Formula 1 race in Melbourne, Australia. You can hear the cars racing by no matter where you are in the city, and you can feel their vibrations in your whole body at the racing track”. Travel tip: “I always choose to be spontaneous and avoid making specific plans. That way I feel totally free to just enjoy myself”.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time? “I’m currently studying for a degree in education, but I also love spending time at the beach with my family”. What would you be doing now had you not joined EL AL? “Something in the technological field”.

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ATMOSPHERE JANUARY 2023

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