The company requires them to give me a safety demo and make sure my seatbelt is on. If they do anything else then it’s goodwill on their part and I don’t mind crossing seatbelts in a row or two.

How would FAs go out of their way for a DH pilot? Plenty of ways. Giving us better seats, offering free headphones, making sure my Coke (Pepsi lately) never runs out, handing me extra Eat-Up boxes, checking if I need anything every time they walk through the cabin, keeping an overhead bin empty for our bags knowing our inbound flight is late and there will be two pilots boarding last-minute… the kind of stuff that no flight attendant is required to do, but they still went out of their way to treat two DH pilots like part of the team. I’m not high maintenance, so I don’t need the attention - but I can still notice and appreciate the effort. These guys are the complete opposite of those entitled FAs that think “I’m going to write up any Pilot that doesn’t clean the cabin.” Work here long enough and you’ll learn to tell the difference.

If I cross 6 or 8 seatbelts will they get home any quicker? No, but I have reciprocated their kindness. We both went above and beyond for our fellow professionals. It’s human nature.