.....like you QCC I found the AW forums interesting....in fact I was facinated as to what she DID NOT say!!!
Clearly her experience in the trenches up at BA for 10 years has made her a very polished performer, and unlike Kylie , she can hold her own when under intense attack and not make up stuff for the sake of it just to appease the audience at the time ( read :Kylie in Perth 21/06/2003: "Oh no we love the Perth base-it will be staying !!!! ") -yeah right !
Anyway, the rumours around "other " cut backs for crew that she did not mention:
*Transport only offered for LAX's/SFO directs and TOD's >14hrs.
* 3 star Hotels to be the standard.
*No cash allowances-all crew to be issued with a Debit card with port allowance cap's ( ATO would love this one !!! )
* Reintroducing Casuals for L/H.( we still may see Spunkstar spreading her verbage on board some day!)
The above 4 were mumbled to me from my manager early this year as "options the company were considering".