Cabin crew were thrown together by ops at 6pm consisting of SYD and 1 MEL based CC as the original [SYD based] crew were out of hours.
They paxed to MEL and on arrival half the CC gave out blankets, water and spoke with the delayed passengers.
The other half spoke to the people in the FF lounge.
Tech crew [who also paxed from SYD] were unseen until a confirmed take off time was established.
The aircraft finally boarded around 0130 and took of at 0200.
Arrived into SIN around 0700.
Tour of duty for the SYD based cabin crew was over 14 hours.
The CC ex SIN had their call rolled.
Reports from those who were there suggest the ground staff should have handled the situation better........
Rumours suggest that ground handling at MEL is to be outsourced and as such morale is an issue [as it is everywhere operational]