Making an effort....

[flapsforty]

Lightchop I think your observations are correct. As you say,some of you gals seem to be letting personal standards drop.
It's true. FAs used to look glamorously well groomed in the old days, now that's not the case for everybody anymore.
And more's the pity.

I disagree with your follow up though!
Play less hard? Errmmm? Minimum rest is par for the course these days and doesn't leave a lot of time for play, hard or otherwise.

Set the alarm clock an hour ealier? Sorry but that is really not an option. Minimum rest coupled with jetlag makes for continuously sleep deprived flight crew, both cockpit and cabin. We sleep til we get our wake-up call; the flight might after all be delayed and by setting your own alarm clock, you might be missing out on an extra hour. when coming form home, I DO agree with you; put your alarm clock early enough so you have time to shower and put on some make up.

You pay for good looking cabin crew do you? Where does it say that in your ticket then?
In the past, part of being an FA was looking good. In the past, part of being a passenger was paying through the nose for a ticket and behaving impeccably once on board.

Times have changed Lightchop.
Ticket prices have fallen dramatically, and many companies have lowered their standards across the board to be able to offer these cheap fares.

Perhaps harassed-looking overtired ungroomed FAs are a result of this as well?

A well groomed FA is easier on the eye than a just out of the sack one, indeed so. Far and away the vast majority of FAs take pride in their appearance, and manage to look fresh and polished at ungodly hours and after working inhuman shifts. As Lightchop says, he is only referring to SOME of us!