Airline Hostess

[Pucca157]

Ok im in high school and i m thinking about being a airline hostess. What highschool courses should i take? What do i take in uni? How much is the salary of a airline hostess? And btw if you guys mention a website or sumthing can u include a URL. THANKS

[delboy3]

English would be a good start

[Ice.Maiden]

I don't think you need to go to uni to be an air hostess Pucca, but I understand it's helpful if you've got some catering experience, or done a hairdressing/beauty course, etc.
here's a link that may behelpful.

http://www.sristysaviation.com/

[Cakeboy]

Register your self an account at http://www.pprune.org and look for the Cabin crew forums, there is a few threads in there that will help.

Visit your careers library at school and ask them, if they don't have anything then look at airline's websites and check for vacancies.

You don't need a degree, language skills would be an asset. The more languages you can speak, the more useful you are to an international airline.

From speaking to people I know who work as cabin crew, the pay isn't great, but the benefits are good. Assuming you get a long-haul job, then you get short breaks around the world and expenses whilst you're there.

Hope that helps

[Postdog]

Blimey, if them girls on easyjet went to Uni then I guess I could have too....!

[Buenchico]

The first bit of advice has to be to get the job title right. 'Airline hostess' has been 'non-PC' for about a quarter of a century! The job title is now 'cabin crew'.

See here for careers information:
http://www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/helpwithyo urcareer/jobprofiles/profiles/profile118/

There's a great deal of competition to get a place to train as a cabin crew member. Consequently, many airlines pay 'peanuts' because they know that there will always be enough people wanting to do the job. (I met a member of easyJet's cabibn crew team who told me that she had to pay �500 for her uniform, which was taken in instalments from her pay). The work can involve long and unsocial hours in an industry which regards cabin crew as 'the lowest of the low'. (I've met an airline pilot nearing retirement who has proudly told me that he's never spoken a single word, other than required to do his job, to any member of cabin crew. The cockpit team frequently 'look down their noses' at cabin crew).

There are probably fairly few university graduates in the job, simply because it's so mind-numbingly dull and repetitious. However, if you wanted to impress a potential employer with a degree qualification, a relevant language (e.g. French or Spanish) might help.

Chris

[Ice.Maiden]

Lol - I think that cabin crew sounds a lot worse than air/airline hostess! Pc gone mad again. x

[Pucca157]

Ok so basiclly a "cabin crew" is job with a very low pay, no need for brains (probly only looks), looked down apon, great compition to get into, but has good benifits.........Hehe think i need to rethink this job option..

[Ice.Maiden]

Pucca - to be serious now, I don't think the job's all it's cracked up to be. A male friend of mine works as "cabin crew", and he says that although it can be a good laugh, and he gets to meet lots of different people, much of his "free time" abroad, is only whilst the plane's being refuelled and cleaned - not really enough time to have a look round at what other countries have to offer. Mind you, he's on short-haul flights, so maybe that makes a difference, but he comes home tired out, and complaining about his bitchy colleagues!!

[Pucca157]

Hmm i geuss i should rethink it but i was planning to fly like from Canada areas to the U.S. or from Canada to China (cuz i speak chinese) but had no intention of learning french (try that didnt go up very well). And im geussing if you fly international you stay at the country for a few days ?? But still when everyone says "low pay" like what does that supposed to be o.0??

[Buenchico]

We've got a problem with providing accurate information to answer your question because this is a UK-based site and our airlines might operate different careers structures (and pay scales) to those in Canada.

However, this might help:
http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/career/atten dants.html

Take a look at the language requirements on that site. You'll see that Air Canada will give preference to candidates who're are completely fluent in both English and French. However, fluency in English plus either Cantonese or Mandarin is also regarded as an asset, so your language skills might prove to be useful.

If you know the names of other airlines based in Canada, take a look at their websites. Most airlines have a 'careers' link on their home page.

Chris