It all depends on what country you live in as to how you go about the process. No offence to the UK citizens but from what I have seen on tv all you need is the right attitude and you are in. No offence to you Nav 1 but I would hardly say that at 18 you had the customer service experience to be able to handle a drunken footballer at 35,000 feet which is probably where your girlfriend who is still at school got her pathetic teenybopper views on airline employment.
In Australia, for lack of a better word " impossible " is the term. I have every one of the credentials I posted earlier and still can't get hired purely because of my age. Qantas cabin crew tell me they would love to work with me compared to some of the new " mature aged " recruits who at interview stage didn't even know what a 767 was ! , and can't handle the lifestyle compared to someone like myself who can ,but, in the eyes of the recruiter think that I would not be "mature enough".
Eventually my persistance will pay off and I will be deemed the right age to offer my services to an Australian airline.
Cabinboy
p.s - Sorry Tarantella, don't mean to insult your employer but it just ain't fair !
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[This message has been edited by cabinboy (edited 03 January 2000).]
[This message has been edited by cabinboy (edited 03 January 2000).]