Cabin crew jobs......

Question

i was thinking of joining.

anything would be greatful.

what are the advantages, disadvantages,etc.

any info would be great. thanks in advance

D....

Answer 1

you need to do loads of training to become one and loads of people arent accepted. it may help to work for one of the airlines in a travel agent or somethinf first. thats what my friends doing anyway.

the advantages are that you only have to work half the year and you get commision added to your wage from whatever you sell onboard. the disadvanages is that you have to put up with winging babies and drunk people all day, youd also be on your feet a lot

hope this helped xxxxx

Answer 2

It is a great job. How hard you work depends on the airline you work for. If you work for say ryanair, easyjet where night stops dont happen. You can get home after work. But they work really hard, say up to 6 sectors a day!

If you worked for ba, virgin, bmi and other carriers like that you get night stops and trips. Good as you get paid to sun bathe, go shopping, get drunk at the bar. But on board flights are longer, tough work and you don't get a good social life. Kinda collapses. Start loosing friends, hard to form a relationship.

Pay isn't too bad for the work. Just think of it this way, you could do a 4 day trip. Day one-flying. Day 2-3 days off down route...get paid and lazing around and day 4 back to work. Then home for a few days and then back out.

Don't really need any major qualifications, just a bit of common sense and eng and maths. You get taught first aid which is useful, how to fight a fire. (on an aircraft) and the aircraft safety and evacuation.

It is a job with a differance...in fact its more of a lifestyle, everything evolves around your work. You could go to work and get stood down and not go due to tech or weather probs...offices dont do this. lol

Or to weigh this up...work longer then what your suppose to.

Hope all my info helps, you can always give this a try.

You meet some really nice people right down to the d**n right rude/vile ones! (includes your fellow collegues)

If you do go for this then good luck!

Answer 3

If you have that interest I say go for it!!!!!!!!

I loved it and had such a great time doing it, it made me want to go a step further and I am currently back in school studying Aeronautics and working on my ATP to fly for an airline!

You MUST KNOW that every airline is different! There are a few things to know that are pretty general across them all:

Starting off, the pay isn't extraordinary, at all. It will take a few years before you start to make real money.

You must LOVE to fly, obviously, you will be doing a great deal of it and you must be talented in dealing with the public.

You must be okay with being away from home for periods at a time.

You must be okay with working with different people all the time, as your crew members will change all the time.

Interviewing for such a job is very competitive!!!!!! DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IF YOU AREN'T HIRED BY AN AIRLINE!!!!

You very well may not get hired for a little commuter airline but a giant may pick you up............keep on going and don't take it personal if you don't get it with the first airline you interview for.

A personal example, I didn't get hired with ATA Airlines ( which is no longer in business), but I got hired by United...........

Best of Luck!!!!!

Answer 4

First of all, it is a career, not just a casual job.  If you aren't able to get this across at the interview, you will not be offered the job.

It is a difficult job - you need to be able to deal with all sorts of people and be prepared to work long often unsocial hours.

Perks-wise, you do get to travel to lots of places, however, where depends on which airline you work for.

These days, you don't get long layovers except on the longest flights so it can be tiring.

You get some time off in between trips which can be a bonus.

You also get discounted flights, though this depends on which airline you work for.

Bear in mind that your pay varies according to what flights you do - your basic is likely to be as low as £9,995 then with flight allowances, you might make £20k after tax.  Note that if you can't fly for any reason e.g. illness, you don't get paid flight allowances.