Former teacher turned senior flight attendant builds large Instagram comedy following
Sagi Toktambayev, born and raised in Jarkent, Almaty Region, studied to be an English language teacher and worked in that role for eight years before entering aviation, where he has now spent about 20 years. He spent eight years with Air Astana, rising to senior flight attendant, and has been with Vietjet Qazaqstan for roughly eight years in the same senior position.1
Toktambayev runs an Instagram blog, sagilicious_, that shares humorous videos about his work on the plane and has attracted over 129,000 followers, with some clips reaching millions of views, highlighting the growing influence of social media content created by airline crew.1