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In reply to the discussion: Muslim Flight Attendant Refuses to Serve Alcohol- Do Republicans support her? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)where, sometimes, there is only ONE flight attendant?
The point you're missing is that the 21 year olds are there--many of them--in your scenario. In this woman's scenario, flight attendants sometimes fly ALONE. Those are the worst jobs--one FA, having to deal with all the passengers, stow all the bags, deal with all their issues, all by herself with no help--it is a LOT of work. She's not going to be able to enlist a passenger to help her, and if the plane is big enough for 2 FAs, then instead of each FA starting at either end and serving the plane quickly, ONE FA has to do it all while Miss Religious Exemption sits on her ass.
She can't do her job.
She needs to go--or get a job working for SA Airlines. Or take a gate agent gig.
It "worked" for 3 months because NO ONE COMPLAINED. Her PEERS are sick of doing her work. They complained because they're getting the shit end of the stick, from work assignments (if she can't do the single FA flights, they are going to get stuck with all of them, and have reduced opportunity to do the ones with two FAs) to division of labor.
A complaint by a co-worker that the employee isn't holding up the side is an ENTIRELY valid reason for addressing this issue--it's a JOB, not a charity. Good grief--if she can't do her damn job, she doesn't belong there.
If she's so fundy she can't touch a beer can, what will happen when she's expected to give CPR to a "strange man not a relative?" In fundamental Islam, touching such a person is hara'am. She needs to find a new imam, who will tell her, you're not drinking the shit, you don't need to worry about it. Hand over the beer can and move on.