Wobbleplank, you're attitude is the worst I've seen in a very very long time. Actually, most pilots know that cabin crew play a vital part in safety and we usually need to work together as a team with pilots when things go pear-shaped.
Cabin Crew are on a look out for safety and security concerns in the cabin, deal with passengers who are angry about delays, trained in first aid (we might even save your life one day!) and are the one's who'll be fighting the in-flight fire. Not to mention we'll prepare your refreshments and might be the only smile you'll see for 14 hours.
Meanwhile, some people might think that pilots are essentially machine operators with a big pay-packet plus plenty of benefits and can easily be made redundant when computer technology advances enough (such as driver-less trains) and we'll see less Pilot-error incidents when this happens. (see the SLF forums for examples of this mentality).
So, instead of belittling cabin crew, why not show us some of your professionalism and try to reinforce the good job you folk actually do do!
And on the note of it being a profession, not all cabin crew are 20 doing it as their GAP year. Just look at some of the old battle-axes (sorry, senior professionals) pushing that trolley up and down the aisle in BA (sorry BA, couldn't resist).
