Originally Posted by
mctaste
I do like the claim that the FA is there primarily for safety, when 99.999% of flights happen with no safety issues for them to manage. This means their job in almost all cases, other than to get butts in seats, is to serve food and water.
Only 1% of my doctor's patients are at risk of death in the next year, so his job isn't really to save lives.
I think this thread just shows us that there are a lot of travelers who have very little respect for service professionals and very high expectations for them, and are looking for reasons to complain.