Some insight into the contemporary cultural attitude of the cabin crew toward the captain on a U.S. airliner may be gleaned from this quote from the earlier PPRuNe thread about the United diversion:
To those of you pilots who think that teamwork approach is a waste of time and that you should be treated like "Kings," are not only over indulged with ego but out of touch and dangerous. To begin with, respect is earned...not a given, the days of thinking fellow crew members are below you are OVER...deal with it. You're a dime a dozen...you're no more special than John Doe on the street.
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/3...ml#post5346660
Aircraft leadership dynamics are probably not quite the same in Asia and the Middle East.
