Trishaturbulance

ehi guys..a policeman better paid than a cabin crew????

where do you live? in my country I earn the double of a policeman's salary

Shinners - in England a policemans starting salary is £20k approx per year, rising to approx £24k within a couple of years after training, and before being promoted. Compared to my pay as a junior crewmember of approx £15k a year, that is much better pay! Although I guess I would be working full time hours instead of the 25-30 per week that I work at the moment.....
However as crew in my airline I'm never gonna earn any more than around £28k per year at the highest rank. I could be getting more than that after my first promotion in the police...

airnzuniformlover

Find something that you enjoy doing as a hobby and turn it into a career. For example I decided to start writing a book - which will take a while to get going but I also teach piano to kids at $30 and hour - not too bad! Good luck

snapper41

So let me get this straight; your friend is only 29, has a flying qualification and doesn't know what to do in the future???

I suggest he counts his blessings!

Bangkok Layover

Well, This is a bit of a survey to find out,as well as to assist fellow flyers who wish to persue a career away from Aviation industry using the experience gained from all areas of cabin crew role.

Have you ever thought about this?

Do you have any bright ideas?....or perhaps friends who have been there done that?..If you do,what are the options?

Thank you for taking the time.

bababe

well after flying for 5 years I now work in a boarding school!!! very different but it's great fun and the holidays are amazing!! The shool thought I was crazy at interview getting excited about having 3 meals a day - all at meal times!!! getting up at the same time every day, and finishing at the same time!!!

homesick rae

Set up my own aviation consulting company which took me into many other areas of the industry. Now in aviation recruitment and I am also assisting a disaster management and response sevices company. All good!

firstchoice7e7

i worked as a holiday rep for a few years, after leaving that and wanting to put down some roots, i joined the police service as a control room operator for the metropolitan police. They have 3 sites ; Lambeth, Hendon, Bow. Ive been there for 5 years and my salary is aprox £31,000 per anum for a 37 hour week (12 hour shifts) . I do however do overtime and my salary last year was aprox £53k (yes i worked bloody hard for it) also your eligible for a key worker flat in a cushty development) and theres always drama going on on the floor!

I work with a couple of ex-crew. One loves it (hours suit round her family life), the other wants to go back to flying, as she misses it to much. Saying that she can afford the wage drop as she's just married a rich police sergeant!

whitebits

I flew for 6 years and now work for a helicopter company in the operations department. There is life after a flying career and loads of opportunities out there.

smi006

Another option to consider which is what I would try, perhaps working as ground-staff for a foreign airline at your local airport, esp one that has out sourced their ground handelling.
ie at Melbourne, United is handled by menzies ground services, but they still have United Reps who supervise and manage the station, I beleive they are paid more as out station reps than most normal ground-staff. It's an opertunity to stay in the buisness combined with potential to move up the chain faster than if you were with a 'home airline' as such.
just my two cents!

BRL

I am rich, anyone want to marry me!!!

Seriously though I would look at the training/instruction/ground school side of things. Consultancy is also a good option, although quite limited the rewards are good financially.

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adsSW

Just read through this thread and found a lot of people are considering the Police Service when they end their cabin crew careers.

I find this quite ironic really, I am currently a Police Officer in the UK, joined at 19. After 2 years I have decided to leave and apply for Etihad Cabin Crew. Guess I did it all the wrong way round

b747 flightboy

After a days flying I normally go home. Think twice about jacking it in. where else are you going to earn such good money for so little hours. Yes it can be hard work but it's a nice job that generally pays well. Why not consider some unpaid leave and a break? If your manager values you she/he will approve it and you can come back to it all refreshed.