If the airlines want us to believe that FAs are here ONLY for our safety (and they can do as much or as little as they want as far as service), then I suggest that they return to the practice of hiring only registered nurses as FAs, which is what they did on the early days of commercial passenger flights.

In any other business, an employee who took out their anger at management (however justified) over salary and benefit cuts on the customers would be canned- and they'd deserve it.