I saw in the CC forum that someone asked why we need cabin crew at all? and of course was quickly shot down and I thin banned.
I think it is however an interesting question.
The post mentione dthe analogy with a train, Euorostar, which can carry 800 passengers at 200 mph 3 feet off the ground. The train has no cabin crew at all so why do we actually need the on the a/c.
The response will be it is for safety, which is no dpubt true. Likewise it could be argued that the train would be safer if ot had 1CC to very 50 Pax that get sreferred to here quite a lot.
So we should examine why we need them on the plane but not on the train?
From a safety perspective are we saying planes are less safe than trains?
Ignoring General Aviation it would appear that the statitics show that planes are a safer place to be yet we seem insistent on overpopulating the a/c with CC.
Can someone please explain why? I mean what is it exactly about planes that requires CC to look after our safety.