Oh god, she's a trolley dolly....
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No, I’m not.. but they do have an important job in terms of accident/emergency/illness/death etc
They are harshly stereotyped considering the intense training and knowledge required
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Yes, their training is intense and I seriously doubt there would be many on this forum with the right stuff to be able to do such a job.
When people start making sexist remarks about that profession or mock the so called stereotypes, it is because they like to put these important people down because these people live a lifestyle they enjoy and are trained to a level that deals with major accidents, and mass death situations.
When something bad happens, these people can always be depended on for their cool heads under the kind of pressure no one on this forum will be equiped to deal with.
I go the Simulator Centre for my checks every 6 months and in the same facility, they do their checks too. Fire training, swim tests, water landings and crashes, medical training, hypobaric and hypoxia, oxygen, jackets, emergency evacuations, escape slides, emergency exits, problem and violent passengers and conflict resolution and negotiation and things like that. It isn’t for the faint hearted.[/quote]
The problem is they are only seen as waiters/waitresses
their lifestyle is very enviable because they get to travel the world and the people that mock them can probably only dream of doing that.
In most jobs, a person can be technically and academically qualified but that doesn’t always mean they are the right “person” for a job. Cabin crew need all the right personal attributes too as you say to be good at their job.
Friends of mine have had to deal with a death onboard. Yes, they are trained but without the right personal skills, they wouldn’t be able to deal with that. Most people in let’s say, an office environment would totally freak out if their colleague dropped down dead next to them
And yes, not all cabin crew who are male are gay
my friends are a married couple (male and female) and there are a lot of married couples who work for the same airline.
If there is an incident onboard, the people that mock them would be the first to eat their words if they needed help!
What airline do you fly for Paphitis?