Boy i've read soo much garbage on here lately that I've been disgusted by the behaviours of (probably all) of the crew (and non-crew) on here. You should see all the conditions and crap flight attendants go through in Europe (or just the UK for that matter) with the amount of lcc's over there. Fierce competition means low wages and conditions for all of them. Just pray that doesn't happen back in Australia cause there's nothing the F/A's in Europe can do about it - low wages, bad sick pay/holiday pay/etc conditions AND they have to pay for their uniform (couldn't believe when I heard that).
All I say if I was young , fresh out of school/uni/mcdonalds/wherever I would jump at the chance of MAM - the pay is great and I wouldn't care about sick/holiday pay as it's already being paid to me upfront. The job is still great (come back to me in 10 years and then i'll tell you if it still is).