I hear ya on the friendly thing. I am on first name basis with some of the Continental flight attendants. When i do the INTL flying, which is frequent, i seem to see the same people over and over again. It impresses me each time when the guys/girls remember me. I know they see lots of people in the course of thier jobs. It makes me feel like family 🙂🙂🙂 Havent done as much INTL on US as i have Continental and United, but there is one flight attendant that stands out to me at US. Her name is Carol. Older tall lady, very professional. I dont know if she is still around, but the Envoy service and presentation was OUTSTANDING!!!! Of course that was the good ole days before the cutbacks. She worked a couple of my PIT-FRA flights in the past 🙂