F40, that's exactly what we as flight deck are generally trying to say - GIVE US SOME RESPECT !!! This is directed at jealous fools who think we get paid too much for being pilots...
I have no axe to grind with CSD'S/Pursers, in fact there are many times that I've gone well out of my way to help them out in the past- that said, CSD's and pursers are there to throw the pax out of the aircraft when things go wrong... And for no other reason. The drinks service is only really an aside.
Firemen,police etc get less than some CSD's - typical of this cocked up country that we live in I think.
