Edy:
they'll be doing a week of a pretty fun job, visiting some amazing places, staying in some nice hotels
Sounds good to me. I wonder if there is anyone on the dole queue who could be persuaded to sign up?
without the same level of responsibility as the other crew in the company.
Yes, I do sincerely respect there are situations like medical incidents, abusive members of the public etc. Not unlike being a class teacher, a shop worker or even a traffic warden, all of whom might fancy a bit of the above 'fun job' for more money than they earn now.
And as for the once in lifetime, if ever, real emergency, it is nothing to joke about. But other staff who use standby and get assigned the jump seat are given 60 seconds 'training' on how to open the doors and let the passengers off first.
They're not volunteering at all - they're going on a paid jolly.
Semantics. They are truly 'volunteering' (ie choosing) to undertake the activity And as someone else has already said, you have captured in just two words what many of our customers think the job is - a PJ!