Originally Posted by
Concorderlounge
I think we have to be fair and say that MF operates with 16 Crew on a 747 (the normal before 9/11 configuration) The old crew operates with 14. So it is normal that the Crew manager has more time then a CSD because he is involved in the Club World service.We all have diferent expectations from a fligth and crew.I am for example, more concerned about safety on board and on a recent flight MF wasted valuable minutes in a medical emergency by bringing a surviable pak instead of the medical kit.Not very profesional at all.going on a First flight from Atl to Lhr when i walked to the First galley there was a sign on the flight deck door"Please dont disturb Pilots asleep" for me its not a big issue because that only means there are on controlled rest but for every average joe thats a scary experience.a friend of mine flew in economy (god bless) and when he woke up
there was the cabin crew seating on ox bottles in there seats for no reason. on
my Ham lhr not long ago they played the emergency video whilst we were in the air.BA lost hes way if you pay peanuts you get monkeys and the passenger pays for it.I dont want to be in a serious life treating situation with these guys.i dont blame them they are nice eye candy but 0 experience
where it matters the most.SAFETY
Now I have read a post where I can truly say that I do not believe a singel word.
Actually - I will say this. I am
sick to death of this hyperbolic rubbish about Cabin Crew in general and MF in particular.. Not one crew in any airline would ever allow passengers to be deliberately frightened. Of course we josh and joke with the flight deck but no one would ever do this deliberately. This is scurrilous and frankly unkind to MF crew as makes them out to be airheads and morons. They are trained to the exact same standards as we are - they were new - do you not recall all the carry on when Gatwick took over the Long Hauls - nothing but complaints on here and we hear very little nowadays. These are I might add the people who fly the A318 to JFK to few complaints and mostly praise here.
I would go as far as to say that everyone should see the Emergency Vidoes at least once as you then think a little beyond the brand of Champagne that we happen to be serving that day - and ultimately that is not to frighten people but hopefully to empower them - but then who am I? I read
Liz and Julie and remember reading this word for word over at AA Forum about the FAs when all the cuts came after 9/11. Look what is going on at the might Lufthansa - we don't tend to hear about the strikes with their CC but they are causing a lot of problems there are well. AF are about to make huge cuts and as for Iberia, different culture apart, that is the same story. I suspect that BA acted before the crowd as we don't have a Chapter 11 to sail through. Me? I'd sooner have a job and a salary than all the redundancy in the world. I've been there with BCAL (well I went into BA but saw what happened to others).
Lastly - No
Toothy our beloved Elder
CIHY does not wield a hairbrush. A hairbrush for him has been rendered long redundant.
Wait 'til he dons his monocle to read that!!!!