There are quite a few cabin crew with CPL/ATPL flying here, as they cannot get a job up front and are not willing to dish out for a typerating or lack the funds. We actually do that with our cadets this year, they pause their flight training for around half a year to fly as cabin crew.
Granted, they do not have a typerating yet, but they should be able to operate the radios and basic autopilot settings.
As to "normal" cabin crew, i have to agree with the posts above i'm afraid. If there is some time during turn around i do try and explain some of the stuff up front, but they do get bored very fast by it. Not to mention that all our cabin crews are rated on three types and there are some differences between a boeing, airbus and a Q400.
Last edited by Denti; 15th Jul 2013 at 19:06.