Betty girl
If your read my post i said "isn't always the case at the moment"
I have had some wonderful flights with BA crew however I have also witnessed first hand some crew who also had similar attributes to those Virgin crew whom you state after the meal did not see one of them for hours.
In addition a recent satisfaction poll highlighted that Cabin Crew satisfaction improved and this coincided with many of the VCC being onboard....so whilst there are some crew who deserve award after award....there are also many who do not- which was my point i. e Younger crew with Performance related pay who actually want to to the job, is good for the Company.
I agree that you cannot make sweeping generalisations. A lot of current crew are excellent. But then you state "when you get lots of young people working in an airline sickness will rocket" Is this not a sweeping generalisation?