Bandit I don't agree with you and I don't think you're being fair either. I, for example, am not laughing at all.
We were discussing whether carriers prefer "skinny" crews (and everybody would straight away imagine female crews, such is the world we live in) to attract more (MALE) passengers.
Also with a look over safety issues.
As I said there's a cabin crew in my base who is so big they can barely fit in a double crew seat, they're obviously way overweight and I doubt their FITNESS (and not capability) to do the job. But a bit overweight...who cares? As long as ppl are professional, and have good interpersonal skills and a bit of diplomacy (thing that you SEEM to be lacking in my dear) who cares?
Generalizing is never a good answer. Some skinny and beautiful crews (girls AND BOYS) can be complete tarts as well and though they have no C & D syndrome they wouldn't be able to solve ANY kind of problem on board and would run to their purser crying for help all the time!!! (seen it many times in my previous job) Being "good looking" and physically proportioned doesn't measure what you can/cannot do and HOW you can do it. Challenging situations do.
Enjoy.
FBW
Last edited by flybywire; 26th May 2005 at 14:10.