Fac6
I agree with you. Every pilot I have flown with are courtious to the cabin crew and yet they are mostly unfriendly in return.
Max reheat
You go on about this 'new generation' of captains etc..what aload of rubbish. I have been in CX along time and I can tell you CX was alot more fun and relaxed with the cabin crew before the 'new generation' of captain came. You speak to the older ISMs and they ALL talk about the good old days in CX and complain about the new captains.
It has NOTHING to do about old and new captains. The cabin crew are now dicouraged to associate with the cockpit crew as in the past no one cared and was even encouraged by the ISMs. Because recruiting now is PC driven anyone that can barely speak two words of english is recruited. In the past recruitment was very selective and they only took those with excellent english and social skills....hence more girls from other nations and less locals. This leads to alot of the cabin crew shy to talk to you in your mother tongue. ...... therefore they would rather not and this is misunderstood as being unfriendly.
As for fluffing the pillow..get real
As for asking for your crew meal.....how long does it take to bring in to crappy. badly presented meals when the pilots are hungry...gee 2 minutes....get real
and yes..max reheat I do let my crew read newspapers in the cockpit...naughty me .. but then again I am an old generation captain.