In the accounts of the Hudson ditching, as far as i know all the cabin crew were female.
Boomerang Butt,What has the sex of the F/A got to do with anything?
After watching the doco on the Hudson ditching it looked like the L1 door was opened in manual.It looked like when the door was first opened no slide deployed then later the slide raft mysterously appears.
Was this because the door was opened in manual then closed again and reopened in automatic.
I don't know if this rumour about one F/A at either end of the aircraft is true but if it is then it's nothing more than madness.How can 1 person look after 2 doors in an emergency?
Wasn't this the problem with the 737 in manchester and a passenger opened a door into the fire?
If the airline execs want to save money then they should give up something themselves that doesn't affect safety.If they don't care about service then fine but no one should be able to lower safety standards.