OK, the way I see it is -lets say- on a 340-600 you could have 310 pax and 15 cabin crew. Less one for the IFBT means 14. 310/14=22.1. So each CCM has 22.1 people to look after on their way to a nice layover in a nice hotel on allowances. Given that most of these 22.1 will be asleep or watching a movie for part of this trip and it may well be a lot lower than 22.1 anyway, I really don’t see the problem. It is a lifestyle job! By which I mean that CC get from the job a lifestyle that they would be very unlikely to enjoy elsewhere. Oh and the IFBT does next to nothing on a night flight as all the pax are asleep. My view is that if the UK based CC are unwilling to work properly for VAA then we should up the quota of “national” crew. Those Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Nigerian ladies are more diligent, helpful and often better company quite frankly.