Ozangel, I admire your calmness and agree with some of what you say.
Ditch, not FA bashing generally. Making an observation from almost 15 years in the airline game and offering a counter argument to a previous post. The respect that I showed to those whom I directed my earlier comments towards was, on numerous occasions, most certainly not reciprocated and some of the stories I could tell would, perhaps, make even you raise an eyebrow. Whilst outstanding F/A's might be an airline marketers dream I would suggest that they are misleading as the 'only' differentiation factor. Some of the airlines in my neck of the woods are a case in point if you include safety and standards in there somewhere.