After 14 years in CX I'm not bothered by the whole CX vx QF thing. (Had the opportunity to go QF but
thankfully never did) so here's a story I do know:
had the pleasure of flying with an ex-QF guy/girl who changed over from QF many moons ago. One of the stories he/she told was when he/she was checking into a hotel with Mr/Mrs QF "friendly CRM" captain. No rooms were ready so "Skipper" decides to piss & and moan about how important he/she is until Hotel finally provides room. Rest of crew patiently wait their turn until rooms are avail. The SO, as last flight crew standing who HASN'T made song & dance about short delay (all of about 20 minutes, boo-hoo) gets given the 'Hollywood suite' as reward for his/her manners & patience. No problem until check-out, when QF "Skipper" notices over-the-top gold braided key returned by said SO. "How come you got the 'Princess Diana' suite??? Who the !!!! do you think you are??? That should've been my room - why didn't you call me to tell me what room you had?!?" come the protests from the Skipper. Suffice to say, said SO was not shy in telling he/she that "maybe if you hadn't been such a pompous prick/prickette and carried on like you were the last effing King of Scotland you would have got the room"...
Can anyone guess the result? That's right, the captain got his/her head pulled-in and the "smartarse" SO got praised for their response... NOT.
As I said earlier - people looooove the "CX guys/gals are all aresholes" but they don't have a monopoly on the matter.
Come to think of it, maybe I will go QF. "Skipper" sounds awesome.
