If a purser introduce him or herself as an Inflight manager in the first PA???

[flapsforty]

Hi Enthusiast,

You are asking if we think Inflight Manager is a good expression.
Firstly I´d say that it doesn´t really matter what we are called.
Secondly, for my personal taste, the word manager is just a bit too generic. The old fashioned "Purser" has a nautical / aviation feel to it, which is why I like it better. But that´s just me.

You write that a manager in flight equals a captain. I´m not quite sure what you are saying.
Yes the captain = the manager of the flight, so if that´s what you mean with 'equals', I´d agree.
If you mean that the highest ranking member of the cabin crew equals the captain, then that is not the case in any airline I know of.
Order of rank at the majority of airlines:

1. Captain
2. First Officer - copilot
3. Second Officer - cocopilot
4. (Flight Engineer)
5. CSD / Inflight Manager / Senior Purser / CCP
6. Second ranking member of CC / Purser
7. Flight Attendants

When both cockpit and cabin cabin crew members are aware of the chain of command, and respect it both 'upwards' and 'downwards', in my experience it makes for a safe, predictable and pleasant working environment.

Regarding the PA, it´s all a bit of a pointless discussion because the vast majority of passengers either doesn´t listen to the PA, doesn´t understand the PA and just couldn´t care less which crew member is called what anyway.
And why should they?

Dawdler, who makes the first PA is wholly dependent on company SOPs; no world wide rule for that.



PS:Mad-jock; what´d be the point of the lame advising the blind?