FCO LOVER, for once I am totally disguisted at your very narrow minded views of your colleagues!!! It shows a total contempt for the people you work with and I know as I came from your base that fortunately you are grossly inaccurate by what you are writing! You should have some respect for your colleagues as I am sure they have respect for you! Indeed there are a small number of crew that socialise to the extreme and this is in EVERY airline/company but certainly does not count for the majority. However you have cast them ALL off with the one swipe of your hand and I really expected more from you! It may question your integrity within a team if you hold such contempt for your colleagues.
You may not drink or like people who do but then, I dont like people who are rude to one another, does not mean I class everyone who has been rude as a bad person.
Your idea of socialising may not include going to a pub/bar but perhaps the culture of the people you work with does, you may not like it but it is their culture and you MUST accept that. I dont beleive that the majority of crew make a point of going out and getting rat arsed on a regular basis and I know LGW is no exception having been based there for the bulk of my BA career. Im not much of a drinker so I am usually the only sober one at the end of a night out so I can tell that most crew are well behaved even in a drunken state. They just know how to enjoy themselves.
I suggest you take a second look at what you just wrote and think again. I would hate to think that you would have been happier at QR! Or am I just Niave???
Try going out for a few drinks with your next crew...YOU MIGHT ENJOY IT! Otherwise, maybe your right, you will read this and the truth will hurt!
P.S...On a lighter note, Thanks for thinking about me for your next trip to the ME though...very much appreciated!!!