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Anybody here been an airline flight attendant (or known someone who has)?

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dderidex

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Wife has an interesting opportunity to do this, but...well, it's a risk. She passed the interviews and was invited to the 4-week training. Thing is, they say that 75% of those who are accepted into training for it wash out.

Is that legit? Are 3/4 of those who make it past the interviews and background screening washed out of the training? Is it because many of those who somehow get past the interviews are still not really into it? Or, is it just INSANELY hard to pass?

Anyone with any experience on this?
 
http://www.airlinecareer.com/press_releases.htm?article=102
"The failure rate at new-hire training is quite high, so we set out to create a web-based solution that addressed this problem. The Testing Center will pay huge dividends for serious applicants who want to successfully prepare for new-hire training?


That is from a company that "sells " training for FA's, but they DO have a horrible rate of failure/washing out from the programs. Starting pay is quite low with most airlines, althought he benefits are pretty good. The FA training can be pretty rigorous, (coffee, tea, or ME?) and what they get trained to put up with from passengers is attrocious.
 
Originally posted by: BoomerD
http://www.airlinecareer.com/press_releases.htm?article=102
"The failure rate at new-hire training is quite high, so we set out to create a web-based solution that addressed this problem. The Testing Center will pay huge dividends for serious applicants who want to successfully prepare for new-hire training?
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Well, yeah, but they are trying to sell you something, so how honest do you expect them to be?
 
I don't know anything about the training, but have they told your wife how often she will be away from home or anything about how her schedule will be structured?

I had a neighbor who was an airline steward and he was usually working for about two weeks at a time and then home for about one week, but sometimes they'd call when he was home and he'd have to leave again for several days to a couple of weeks.
 
Originally posted by: montanafan
I don't know anything about the training, but have they told your wife how often she will be away from home or anything about how her schedule will be structured?

I had a neighbor who was an airline steward and he was usually working for about two weeks at a time and then home for about one week, but sometimes they'd call when he was home and he'd have to leave again for several days to a couple of weeks.
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Well:

#1) She is a retail manager right now, so "long, unpaid overtime" is already something she is used to - but, perhaps, maybe the extent of this might be off-putting.

#2) OTOH, I've been living/working in Portland for 5 months now, while she is still living/working hours away. We only really see each other a couple days every few weeks right now, so this can't be any worse than *that*. (And the carrier only services the area, anyway - so she won't ever really be that far.)
 
Watch out. Stewardess' are notorious for sleeping around.

Rich businessmen + stewardess = bow bow chicka bow bow
 
Originally posted by: Passions
Watch out. Stewardess' are notorious for sleeping around.

Rich businessmen + stewardess = bow bow chicka bow bow
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Long boring flights wiht hot guy in first class that obviously has money? Cue mile high frequent flyer miles card.

Aside from that, isn't there even a tv show coming out about flight attendant training?
 
Originally posted by: dderidex
Originally posted by: montanafan
I don't know anything about the training, but have they told your wife how often she will be away from home or anything about how her schedule will be structured?

I had a neighbor who was an airline steward and he was usually working for about two weeks at a time and then home for about one week, but sometimes they'd call when he was home and he'd have to leave again for several days to a couple of weeks.
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Well:

#1) She is a retail manager right now, so "long, unpaid overtime" is already something she is used to - but, perhaps, maybe the extent of this might be off-putting.

#2) OTOH, I've been living/working in Portland for 5 months now, while she is still living/working hours away. We only really see each other a couple days every few weeks right now, so this can't be any worse than *that*. (And the carrier only services the area, anyway - so she won't ever really be that far.)
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Well local area carrier probably wouldn't be bad at all. This guy did cross-country flights and I always wondered how flight attendants with families could handle all that time away from home.

Good luck to your wife with the training!

 
Originally posted by: Passions
Watch out. Stewardess' are notorious for sleeping around.

Rich businessmen + stewardess = bow bow chicka bow bow
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Altogether too old for that, but thanks for confirming stereotypes about the helpfulness of the typical ATOT'er. :roll:
 
I have never heard the 75% deal. My company used to require a college degree (and probably still does), so that would already weed it down. I have recommended and vouched for two folks that were hired on and made it trough. One is still flying for sure, and lost track of the other over the years.

Your friend will be doing a very important job. The drawback is that some folks do treat them like a waitress making minimum wage. Sitting in that metal tube, you want the guy who fixes and the gal who flys the plane to be happy. When they both screwup, it is the flight attendent that gets your butt out of that tube in a hurry.
 
Originally posted by: dderidex
Originally posted by: Passions
Watch out. Stewardess' are notorious for sleeping around.

Rich businessmen + stewardess = bow bow chicka bow bow
Click to expand...

Altogether too old for that, but thanks for confirming stereotypes about the helpfulness of the typical ATOT'er. :roll:
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Don't come back crying about how your marriage is in the rocks now. 😉
 
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