Originally Posted by stut
What happens, though with very small flights?
No flight attendant is required on aircraft with less than 20 seats. That is why so many small commuter aircraft types have been designed for 19 seats.
On Easyjet the 149 seat 737 will have at least 3 FAs and the 156 seat 319 will have at least 4. Their 319s currently operate only out of the Geneva, Berlin, Dortmund and Gatwick bases. Bear in mind that in the standard Easyjet (and other airlines) 737 safety briefing one will be at the front doors, one will be at the centre overwing doors, and the one doing the PA will be out of your sight at the back doors.
Helicopters have different regs which I'm not familiar with, but where operating overwater (eg to North Sea Oil rigs) the attendant is invariably a beefy ex-Royal Navy guy in a full survival suit who is there not to serve any cocktails but to get you into the liferaft if necessary, anything less like the stereotype of an airline FA it is difficult to imagine !
If you come with me in G-WHBM you will find that I will be your commander, baggage handler, safety briefer, etc. But you will need to be my FA, handing me the water bottle when requested.