Originally Posted by MarcoPolosFootprints

While it is true in today's market, all that is required to become a flight attendant is a high school diploma and several weeks of training, to become a true professional requires far more than even a bachelor degree, a masters degree, an MD or a PHD can prepare you for. To perform the job to a true professional standard, it requires the ability to effectively perform the foillowing duties, often simultaneously:

For those of you good folks who think this is equivalent with the duties of the fry cook at Burger King, I challenge any of you, regardless of current postion, to be able to perform the above duties on a regular and acceptable basis. It is not as simplistic as you all like to make it sound. Many of you who post here would not be able to do so simply because of your egos.