Sorry, d192049b, I call 'em as I see 'em.
CC in the USA are, IMHO, a big waste of time and trouble.
Europe..much better trained, certainly.
S/SE Asia, very good service and many times superb emergency training.
Case in point.
Some years ago during taxi for departure on rny 24 at MNL.
The First officer says...'my God, Captain look at this'....pointing to the B707 on short final to rny 24, descending list a brick.
It landed short.
Whump!!!
Many pax seen bailing out, and there she was...the forward FA directing folks down the chute...sadly, she died.
A class act, certainly.
Proper traning pays off, big time.
American carriers?
Too darn worried about their seniority position to generally give a darn.
Exceptions?
Yes, of course.
Case in point,
TWA TriStar depating JFK...F/O ****-ed up, and handed over to the Captain a perfectly flyable airplane.
Captain...rejected, at 30 feet AGL....strange as it may seem.
CC?
All 296 out, no problems.
TWA had very good CC training in place.
Others?
Not so sure.