Jay Vee,
The public doesn't demand, what? The public wants bus rate fares. They care about little more, unless metal is bent or they are inconvienenced. That's it. Proof? CAL after Lorenzo would never had kept flying. Valujet after their accident would never had continued flying. Blue shirts, cleaning cabins etc.? They do not care....it's fares and fares only. The public would rather pay five dollars for a snickers bar on the aircraft than pay two dollars extra for a fare.

And cleaning cabins? At Delta during the 70s and early 80s, pilots used to do the same, help load bags now and again and do whatever they could to help get an aircraft off the gate near on time. Everyone pulled together to make things work. What a refreshing concept. And don't say, look at Delta now. Management destroyed that esprite de corps. Doesn't degrade the profession, it shows the rest of the employees that you aren't some prima donna too good to try and make the airline work.