...... but to trust airline safety procedures to a revolving cast of 18 year olds on 36K (if that's an accurate figure) is irresponsible and asking for trouble. It's a job with important safety related tasks that need to be done correctly.
Yes indeed.
Witness what is happening on the A380 at the moment.
Amongst many other operational cluster fukcs here is the most recent.
A380 hit by lightening on decent.
The two brand new kiddies at doors 1 panic at the sound and commence shouting brace commands despite the fact that the aircraft was at 6000 feet with the gear still up.
The rest of the crew who have an obligation under standard SOPs to follow up the brace commands instead ignore them and the aircraft continues it's decent and lands safely.