There’s some particularly bad comments on here guys.
“old but competent” - aside from the age observation, you aren’t qualified to assess how competent they are. You can however assess the service you received.
The comment about BMI - Jeez, keep digging.
And Skipness, as someone who usually values your posts, I’m offended at your comment about glorified baristas.
BA crew (mixed fleet no longer exists) may not be in it for the long run these days, and perhaps that’s what BA wants, but there’s no evidence that they are seen as ‘glorified baristas’.
At my base, at my carrier, we have a vast spectrum of people. We have lots of older crew who have worked at the likes of BA, VS, EK, EY, BY. Equally we have a lot of young crew of all shapes and sizes and in MAN particularly, we have around 40% male with all male crews not uncommon.