Put your toys back in the pram bcf&gloves. If you can't handle intelligent debate go and listen to some Barbara Striesand or something.
As for the reply from fastjet2k, that's a great answer. Unfortunately, public perception is that all you do is serve tea and coffee, whether you like it or not. The fact that you are extensively trained in first aid is a welcoming thought and that your training is constantly changed to reflect new situations is also good.
One of you said that four cabin crew had now replied with the same answer and I should now consider it answered. Well what about the other hundred that read it and said nothing?
All my original point was, was to say that your training seems to me to be nearly all crash stuff when very few planes ever crash and that in fact you spend a lot of time on customer service. There has been more train crashes in the last few years than planes. When was the last plane crash on an aircraft out of the UK? Of course it is also in the interests of your employers to instil an importance in your work, so they can pay you crap money.
Don't tarnish me with the old 'He's never been one so he's not got a clue' brush. You try evacuating 2500 fat Americans from a listing ship in high seas with a fire on board that can't be put out. (No I didn't but neither did most of you evacuate a plane in an emergency, but I, like you was trained to do it)
So if you are there primarily for the safety of the plane, how can you say this when 13 million flights took off and landed in the US without incident. Think about that - that's 13 Million!
Could it be because of your role? Not one of you has said that flying is so safe because of your role and that part of your job is preventing incidents, That would be more like it. I could see the benefit in your safety role if you were largely there to prevent accidents.