Flight Attendant Gets Fired For Saying She Qualifies For Food Stamps

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Its a clear indication that the race to the bottom has almost got there

Sadly, there is no bottom - it is always possible to go further down and always will go further down.

Ten years ago, who would have believed that people would want to be CC so much that they would be willing to pay their (potential) employer several thousand € for the privilege? Who would have believed that people would actually choose to work for an airline that provides no food, hot drinks or maybe even water to its' own crew?

Check the Wannabes forum, and weep - there are literally thousands of young people who are desperate to become CC and simply don't care how they do it or who they work for and in most cases, how much they earn. The Wannabe question threads are always about lifestyle, accommodation, uniform, concessions, the stuff that is peripheral - nobody ever asks about what is actually involved in the mechanics of doing the job.

I wish that the world was different, but it isn't, and that means that I am out of step with the parade, not the other way around. Hopefully, I will reach retirement age before the industry implodes, but I wouldn't bet on it: My most likely scenario for 20 years time? Flight Attendants will be abolished altogether and replaced with vending machines and an airline no-liability waiver signed by the passenger at check-in or point-of-sale. The world now believes that aviation tickets are worth 10p, and should be so - that's actually all that matters