Yes...good point Simon. After working with f/as being married to a f/a and learning to respect them, as far as I am concerned they are there for only one reason...safety. No where in the regs does it say they have to serve food, etc. The F/A requirements are basically as follows...FAR 121.391 greater than 7,500 pounds and 9 to less than 51 seats 1 F/A less than 7,500 pounds, but more than 19 seats but less than 51 seats....1 F/A ...note..hence all the 19 seat (or slightly less) "commuter" airplanes BE-1900, J-31/32,Metro,EMB-110,BE-99, DHC-6, etc. before the transition to all FAR Part 121 ops for airline ops....a primary reason is they didn't need the expense of a F/A. ...51 seats but less than 101 seats, 2 flight attendants, ...then, for aircraft with more than 100 seats, 2 F/As plus 1 additional F/A for each (or part of each) unit of 50 seats above 100 seats. if you want the full monte.... http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfrhtml_00/Title_14/14cfr121_00.html Walter DCA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Craig" <simonc@pobox.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> > >Same DL B757 cattlecar back. on both DL flights got 1 glass water and bag > >pretzlles on 2 hour lunch flight (4 flight attendants all stood in galley > >eating and chatting for one hour and fifteen minutes-a fifth sat and read a > >book) Since no meal servvice they have absolutely nothing to do....cant see > >this going on for to much longer. > > It must look bad, but try not to lose sight of what they are really > there for. I'm sure the FAA have rules to govern how many must be > there for the safety of passengers in an emergency - not just to > serve them food :-) > > -- > Regards, > > Simon Craig > > If it's not McBoeing, I'm not McGoing! >