it refers to cabin crew as the tour of duty used to be pretty hard.
also those of yyou interested in the uk crew rosters and how they come about log on to teh uk civil aviation website and read teh follwing link
www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP371.PDF
this site refers to duty limitations and fatigue management
Bolty McBolt do you know where the a330 is coming from and then stands 10 hours on the ground to go to?