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4. More info:

Fri Jul 17, 2020, 07:10 PM

Jul 2020

https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/icelandair-orders-pilots-to-take-over-after-dismissing-all-its-cabin-crew/139353.article

It appears that they aren't actually having the flying crew also act as flight attendants, but deploying standby pilots to do it. So instead of getting to just deadhead, they have to handle FA emergency procedures. I doubt this will go over well with the pilots.

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Icelandair will fire all of its flight attendants and make pilots do their job [View all] yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2020 OP

Direct link: The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #1

Autopilot allows them to become scabs? Hoyt Jul 2020 #2

Not the Onion? captain queeg Jul 2020 #3

More info: The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #4

The *primary* job of a flight attendant is safety. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #6

See #4, they are using off-duty pilots as FAs. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #9

Damn central scrutinizer Jul 2020 #8