Originally Posted by
eye2eye5
Mr Mac, I don’t think it reasonable to describe cabin crew as “quite old, but competent “. The days of employing trolley dollies to be disposed of at the age of 30 are long gone. I would much rather have cabin crew who know their job and who provide an efficient and friendly service than be purely judged on looks. Some are young and fantastic, some are older and fantastic, it should be entirely down to ability and not age. Says a 67 year old poster………
I feel a little bit of over sensitivity here.
There really is no learning curve for cabin crew.
Asking chicken or beef really is just asking chicken or beef.
Sure there are safety aspects but absolutely
none of them have ever actual conducted a real evac - see safety record.
So what we’re left with is who is more likely to to be efficient and friendly and the honest answer is somebody who has had less time to become bored and frustrated with a hard, repetitive and poorly paid job.
That is actually more likely to be a 38 year old than a 58 year old, because cabin crew are real people too.
Disclosure: on the old end of that scale myself.