Originally Posted by Always_on_Biz
The point I want to make is what JimmyH said. Please don't compare yourself to a firefighter. Your not even close. While its true, some FA's have curled up in a ball crying instead of doing their job, you'd never see a firefighter go to his Captain and say, " sorry Captain, I know people are going to die, but I'm just not ready to go in there."
Actually, that does happen. I worked in EMS for years, and I've seen it. It's all image...we have this image of firefighters as strong, enduringly brave, and handsome young men who will dive into the worst fire - no questions asked. The reality is that they do break under pressure, and they do get scared. (And few of them are really handsome...hehe). Contrast that with the well-worn image of FA's as hot young things who giggle and flirt, and do little more than pass out peanuts.
Those stereotypes exist on both sides of the fence, but that doesn't mean they're representative of the whole.