A bit of reality for everybody. Chain of command is 1. Capt 2. First Officer 3. Flight Engineer 4. CSD/IFS 5. Purser and so on. Its written up in our SEP and Ops manual. Therefore following pay vs responsibility, wages should reflect this hierachy. However in most companies cabin crew are treated as second-class citizens. The gap between first officer and IFS can be ridiculous. One skill that seems to be missed by most egotistical pilots/beancounters/etc is that cabin crew are the FRONT-LINE. They may be waitresses that are unlikely to have the chance of saving your life, but they do determine whether a lot of passengers will return to your airline.