G. Sylvester wrote:
my god (and I'm a born-again atheist ;-) ) am I being accused of being
politically correct? There's no chance in hell that would happen. My
friends would laugh their a$$es off about that one. Anyway, this isn't
about being politically correct. After all, if you aren't friendly to
the FA's, how could possibly expect to get the pre-departure warm nuts.
Now when you are talking about the UA Red Carpet Club matrons or
dragons, that's another story. ;-) And from now on, I'm referring to
Airbus SIC's as the "assistant to the real pilot" or should that be
"assistant busdriver?"

You are correct.
I remember reading one of Gordon Baxter's columns some 20 years ago.
His wife, Diane, had been a FA for Braniff.
She got called in to work one time when she had a bad case of the flu.
As the story goes, a male passenger in first class was giving her a real
bad time. The last straw had something to do with a demand for a drink.
Back then, first class drinks were served in real glass cups.
Before she poured the passengers drink into the glass, she licked the
rim all around.