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To be a flight attendant you have to be 100% flexible on your schedule, you also have to be very patient with customers that will treat you badly. You also have to love travelling to different countries every day. Loving flying in an aircraft is also a big must.
Flight attendants welcome customers upon entering the aircraft, guiding passengers to their seats and assisting them when necessary. They also answer flight-related questions, assist with special needs and generally help all customers as requested.
They can anticipate spending between 65 and 90 hours in the sky, and an additional 50 hours setting up the aircraft, handling passengers during boarding, and performing post-flight procedures. In general, flight attendants will work 12 to 14 days and fly anywhere from 65 to 85 hours per month, not including the extra hours.
Flight attendants work at the airport in their designated aircraft.
It varies in different countries. But to be a flight attendant you have to finish school and get a diploma. The minimum requirement to become a flight attendant is a high school diploma. You also have to acquire professional experience, prepare your curriculum vitae and get a job interview. Finally, finish a training program and complete an annual training program.
It varies in different countries, but for flight attendants in Canada according to an article posted in CDC a full-time flight attendants' starting salary is $25.29 for each flight hour, with a maximum salary of $47.50 per hour. Based on a forecast of approximately 80 flight hours per month, the annual base salary starts at approximately $24,500 and reaches a maximum of approximately $46,500.
Flight attendants are trained by their employers and are required to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Stewards are required to have a high school diploma or equivalent and work experience in the area of customer service.
The dangers of being a flight attendant are exposure to cosmic radiation and ozone, injuries, burns, cuts, bumping into things standing and walking during flight, potential exposure to infectious diseases and many more.
Flight attendants will never be replaced by robots.
There are many flight attendants that retire during their late 50s or early 60s. It is also worth noting that many of these standards and rules may be quite distinct in other jurisdictions.
In conclusion, being a flight attendant has many risks, but is a great job experience that people should understand. It also is a very hard job that requires a lot of wittiness which not a lot of people can have.
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