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'..the crew have had it instilled in them...'

What utter rubbish. It's simply down to individuals who may or may not have cultural biases towards such behaviour but it's certainly not encouraged by the Company.

The only reporting that's actively encouraged is for safety issues or service improvements, not reporting individuals.

I do agree, however, that some managers hardly 'discourage' this immature attitude. So much for the 'teamwork' skills that all cabin crew are employed for! :=

As for Qatar reporting pilots for leaving flight deck without hats, they need a lesson in basic manners. No gentleman should wear his hat indoors!

Where I come from, no-one likes a grass, innit?

In my day the reporting went both ways. Pursers and SFS's - many of whom knew no other career or more professional work environment - felt perfectly justified in bullying and haranguing junior crew on SEP, service procedures, first aid and whatever. There's a culture of report-writing and snitching that starts in training college and carries on through (2007 Perth incident anyone?).

Now I don"t know the circumstances here in any more detail, but sometimes junior crew feel justified in getting their own back. It's ugly, but that's what the culture of the office and the briefing room is.