Originally Posted by sailingfun

I am not a fan of age discrimination either however we have working flight attendants who are not physically capable of performing some of the basic tasks required of a flight attendant without even getting into the issue of a emergency. Flight attendant recurrent needs to be changed to reflect the realities of what occurs in a accident and also the day to day job requirements. If a flight attendant is incapable of moving a cart from the back of the aircraft to the front then she should not be working. If she can't assist with putting passengers bags in the overhead she should not be working. If she can not manually open a door with some cant to the fuselage as there will almost always be after a accident then she should not be working. Everyone knows about the come back at 4 O'clock waiver for flight attendants at recurrent who can't complete some tasks.