Deskpilot,
On the of the subject of CSDs, I don't think that people are saying "sack them". They are just querying whether the
roleis necessary when we have a purser for each cabin and no other airline has them. Some of the enmity you see against them may come from the fact that some of them think that they are second in command of the aircraft, and treat F/Os with contempt because they haven't been in the company as long as them.
As far as the 5 star hotels pilots reside in (the cabin crew do as well), where would you have them stay- the local youth hostel?
Hotels may be a bit of a treat for people who rarely stay in them, but they get pretty tedious after a while, when one would rather be at home and be able to go to the bank/shopping/party etc.
Finally, you make out its absolutely brilliant being a pilot- the company hurls huge sums of money at them, they stay in 5 star hotels in sunny locations ( it's never 3 o'clock in the morning, snowing, with the aircraft covered in ice in your little fantasy world)and do hardly any work. This begs the question, why don't you (and everybody else who knocks pilots for these reasons) do it then?
I promise not to stand in your way
