Originally Posted by
extramileage
On a flight to JED this week, a gregarious Irish cabin crew was managing the bar. She was actually a Economy crew, but Business was short staffed and Economy wasn't very full so she was stationed at the bar. Since it's a dry flight, there's not much to do other than serve date champagne and nuts... so no much special training required!
She mentioned there's a bit of a hiring freeze right now, so the rosters are pretty tight.
She was pretty funny, probably over-shared her EK drinking stories, but then again she was Irish.
I normally find the crew to be better in economy. They are usually fresh into the job and have a bit of enthusiasm. By the time they get upstairs they have done and seen it all and just go through the motions.