well guys intersting stuff reading your posts about the days of the Virgin blue school yard...only joking
A few morsels od advice:-
dont get too carried away with being the exam queen/king with 100% pass rates etc...in the end it is an attempt to get you motivated to be competitive, and too make sure you are good little
vb children who do things the
vb way! when you get out on line no one remebers who got 100 for this and that.. it's what you put in that is important and the attitude you have to your new role and what it involves that is important.. it is soo different out there on line - ie a lot more relaxed..as long as you understand what you are learning that is the most important thing! dont get too hard or down on yourself if you get a 90 or 89 etc ..it's a bloody tough environment in training let alone pushing yourself for perfection every inch of the way! remember you are there to learn as much as you can and the best way possible for YOU to be great flight attendant who pax will appreciate. Just be dillegent with a postive outlook and compassion for your fellow teammates ( b/c yes it is hard for some of them! we are all different ,esp in a pressured environment) and you will get thru just fine..who cares about a few measly little points ..you are all adults!
..and remember you will often see a different side to your team mates once the pressure is off after training --..just wait till Wings night!
remember that the people you bitch about on here are the ones you will fly with on line, and there is no bigger gossip land than the one of cabin crew! it will always come back to bite you on the arse big time, no matter how nice or sweet the people you gossip to seem! better still it will often get distorted in to a range of varied rumours that are nothing like what you have gossiped about in the beginning! i dont mean to scare you but there are some very fake people in this industry and they are the ones to watch out for ....no mater how good it seems to have all these new friends who air kiss you at every turn! you will make some great acquaintances and even better real friends who you KNOW you can turn to - usually you will make them on line when you start flying and if your lucky keep in touch with a few from training (as everyone goes their own way) ...it's a job where you have to work at freindships as you are always changing hours and shifts and often too tired to socialise...give yourself some time out too..you will need it...
be realistic...it all sounds amazingly exciting and it is ..at times!.. remember your health is number one and it will,at some stage cop a battering BIG TIME! the reaosn you are going to be dragged out to an aircraft at all hours of the morning to do drills for EPS is also so they give you a taste of just how buggered you will be at times.. even for the most fabulously fit crew it is a physically demading and emotionally taxing job! you wiill have days where you will be exhausted and days where you are jumping with joy after a pissy two sectors! you will have overnites where you feel like you Peter Allen form the Boy from Oz and on big holiday, and four day trips with the CS from hell and the crew who cant talk about anything but thier latest lippy! haha only teasing! ..you will have a ball no doubt just keep it all in perspective and remember to stay YOU, not the
VB clone they sometimes like you to be - they recruited you for you... not for who you can be by their terms! remember that and your fellow crew and pax will not only love you but appreciate you wholeheartedly!
finally know your EBA - you probably wont have much exposure to it before you go out on line, but it is very important that you know you have a right to ask qus and understand your new & very unique working environment! IT'S not like working on the ground ,and yes it does need to be heavily regulated as you are in a tin can at 40,000ft for often up to 10-11hours at a time!
Ask qus and show interest and find out who your union reps are- join the union as soon as you can as it will be the best protection you can have for your life as crew you never know what situations you could find youself in out on line- FAAA membership is fully tax deductible so you get it all back at tax time. just know your EBA back to front and hopefully you will have new and better one very soon ..it's your life that is dictated by the hours you work so know what is reasonable and legal and not !!
well guys good luck - from an EX CS and flightie of many years ! you will have a ball and dont forget to remain true to yourselves! remember to PM mer if you'd like a chat or ask anything -i'll do my best!
Wingletts