Mosty agree with the captains post but their is another side to it. Having great respect and admiration for the airlines in general I am always extra friendly to the gate agents, FA , and definately the flight crew.
I traveled a lot for business, unfortunately I can't count the times the gate agents are rude for no reason whatsoever and have chips on their shoulder. I used to always say Hi to the flight deck crew (especially to the always ignored FO) but stopped after I got either no response or negative responses. Now I just walk by like everyone else.
Recently on flight on NW one of the FA's was trying to fit some luggage on the overhead bin, the PAX one the ailse told the FA that she had some fragile stuff in her bag already in the compartment. FA says, then you should not have put it there as she slammed the bag into it! Not all FA's are bad, not all Pax are bad but there are always two sides to each equation. Go ahead flame away...
