Here's my 2 cents on virgin flair. I think the intent of the 'compentancy', yes we are evaluated everyday on VF, was to make sure people were treating passengers with respect and being nice in the cabin. A Joke and a laugh here and there was ok so that we were not percieved as 'old school' and stuffy. The problem that has happened at DJ is that there has never been any real training on the issue. As a result there are lots of crew who are not funny in the slightest telling stale jokes and acting like a**holes in the cabin. At no time were we taught to be tasteful or use some moderation. As a result there have been many complaints by pax, some to the point that notices have been issued for certain behaviors to stop immediately (ie Tassie jokes, dry ice in the cabin). We have even taken 'boys and girls' out of the PAs. Hopefully when live2air comes (whenever that is?????) and we are no longer permitted to banter away on the PA and 'hover' over pax,
VB will crack down on the clowns and hopefully steer us to a more moderate place, ie not so Qantas but also not so Playschool.