Originally Posted by
BigFlyer
As data point - KLM flight attendants all used to have name tags with their last names (and I believe first initial), but that ended some time ago. I was told it was security related, but I took that to mean they didn't want disgruntled (or gruntled ) passengers to be able to track down flight attendants IRL.
interestingly I’ve asked for an FA’s name before to fill out the GS ‘thanks for great service’ cards (making the reason known when I asked), and in that instance giving out a full name wasn’t a security risk!!!