If you’ve always wanted to become a flight attendant, or maybe this is a new quest of yours, you may be wondering how to begin the process. Below you will find links to each US airline’s application process. But before you begin clicking and applying there are a few things you need to know.
Make sure you have a valid passport. If you don’t have one, or yours is about to expire or has expired, apply for it now. Sometimes it can take a while. Some airlines will still allow you to apply, and even interview, without one as long as it’s in process. So start the process right away. Whatever the case may be, don’t lie on your application. If you have to have a valid passport now to apply, wait to apply until you have it.
You don’t need a college degree but some experience in customer service is helpful. You don’t need medical training because you will be trained on CPR, first aid and AED in training. And you don’t need to speak a foreign language. That said, all of those things certainly can make you an even better candidate . But don’t fret if you don’t have any of those. There is no need to waste money on flight attendant “schools”. I don’t know of anyone that has actually helped and everything you need to learn will be taught in training.
Contrary to popular belief, you’re never too old to become a flight attendant either. You may be too young as some airlines require a minimum of 20 or 21 years of age. But if you’re younger than that, you know you won’t be forever. As far as getting hired, there are some things you need to know. So that’s what this blog is about.
In the old days, only young single women were hired as flight attendants. Some foreign carriers still have these rules as well as weight restrictions. Thankfully that is no longer the case here. As long as you can safely strap into a jumpseat and can reach the overhead bins (some regionals on small planes that have some height restrictions), you can apply. Up until recently most airlines didn’t allow visible tattoos. Many now have changed that and allow tattoos. Some require they be covered at all times, however.
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Right now there is a huge demand for flight crew. Here is a list of US airlines in alphabetical order and links to apply. Shortly I'll be adding non-US and non-Canadian airlines as well.
(Just because it doesn't have 
next to it doesn't mean they're not hiring. Check anyway. I may not have updated in while.)
next to it doesn't mean they're not hiring. Check anyway. I may not have updated in while.)A few things you should be aware of about the flight crew life: it’s actually more a new life style than just a job. With most jobs people go to work, clock in, work their day, clock out and go home. They’ll get paid for all of that time they were at work. Normally they work 8-9 hourd and sleep in their own bed everynight. When you’re flight crew, it’s quite different. Unless you just do day trips, you’ll be spending days away from your home. You’ll be carrying luggage around and staying at hotels between work days. You may be a commuter that has to catch a flight to your base to begin your trips and possibly stay in a crash pad in base during your reserve block. You get paid for your trip credit and the time clock begins when the airplane brake is released and the boarding door is closed. It ends when that brake is dropped again and boarding door reopened. You do not get paid for boarding. That is something we’d all like to see changed but, as of now, that’s how it is. You don’t get paid during deplaning either. You will, however, earn per diem, that is usually $2 or so, for every hour of your trip. And if you’re on reserve you will be paid a guarantee. Guarantee is an amount of hours you will be paid for whether you were assigned work or not (as long as you were available for assignment). Usually guarantee is somewhere between 72-80 hours per month. You can work beyond that and get paid additional for those hours. All of that is depending to the airline you work for.
Also, as you will soon find out, seniority is king. The more seniority you have, the better your life will be. You’ll start getting the schedules and the vacation weeks you want. You can have more choice over your layovers and how your trips are constructed. There is company seniority and base seniority. What your seniority is at your base is the bigger factor in determining how your schedule will be. Obviously you won’t start out with great seniority. But stick around and it’ll get better. Just know going in that, since you’re new, you probably will be working holidays and birthdays and other days you’d like to have off. You can always try to get them off and you might. But initially it won’t be easy. Hang in there, though, and life will get better. Both your pay and your seniority will improve with time!
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