On the theme of treating crew, I read with interest the comments about the food tray, and I will make a conscious effort to flatten the contents. But I do haveone question. I tend to fly a lot of scheduled business trips across Europe, and if I fly on a scheduled flight, and a meal is served, the vast majority of the time you get real metal cutelry. However, on a "holiday/charter" flight you ALWAYS get plastic. These plastic things couldnt cut runny butter, they are awfull.
Do the airlines not trust the general public, or are there more concerns with the infrequent flyer (or great unwashed) that frequent these types of flight and the potential dangers of metal cutelry.