What makes a good FA?

[flapsforty]

Would have thought that this subject would be close to FA's hearts & generate some good opinions. It's something we discuss endlessly over beers on lay-overs, and I have learnt a lot from colleagues' ideas. Just the different angles brought to the subject by people's different personalities can be an eye-opener.
But up to now more pax & pilots than FAs have voiced an opinion here.
Interesting, in more ways than one.

A thank you to long suffering passengers & pilots who have bothered to tell me what they think. It's all about the passenger's in the end. And our joint efforts to make them happy enough to come back to our airline.
The difficult part is to balance what makes an individual passenger happy with the restraints imposed by staffing, time and all the other factors we have no influence over.

Boss Raptor's take on this is closest to my own.
Now that*s the biggest surprise of this whole thread for me!
Thanks for your thoughts all.