We lost our FA. Well, we knew it was coming. She’d been saying how that pesky cold was coming on and her ears were bothering her during the climbs and descents. In fact she relayed an amusing story. The FA jumpseat (she rides backwards) faces the first class pax. She watches them and they watch her (when they aren’t otherwise absorbed in their newspapers). I guess during an episode of trying to equalize she suffered some discomfort resulting in watering of the eyes. A front row pax saw the tears and assuming the worst asked her sheepishly, “Are WE okaayyyy?” No telling how they must have agonized over what horribly onerous piece of information that the FA certainly MUST know but was keeping within. No folks, if there is something wrong with the airplane the FA’s job is to brief and prepare everyone, not internalize. This morning she bailed out.