information required on seminars etc for air hostess's.

[liquidhockey]

Hi
This has most probably been asked an infinate amount of times before but ah well...

My girlfriend is interested in becoming an air hostess and i was wondering if the airlines hold some sort of seminars so she can learn the ins and outs of how to become one, salaries and the job in general etc.

We live in Manchester so it would preferably be in the area.

Thanks in advance
Dave

[747flyboy]

My advise to her is to get some professional photos and a portfolio done, rather than spending between £60-80 for what is basically a luncheon!
When I wanted to fly, I just sent off applications to every airline. And as they say "Ten years later".
Good luck to her.

[liquidhockey]

what quals does she need?
how does she get the training?
is it the same as becoming a pilot in that you have to either apply for sponserships (which is extremely rare you get in) or self fund your training?
If someone could give me ful breakdown as i and she knows VERY little about it.
thanks in advance
Dave

[747flyboy]

Qualifications are not always necessary. Determination and a great personality are most important and above all, need to be at least 5' 2" for most airlines.
A European language is often useful. Depending on what you would like to do, consider all the charter (holiday) airlines or scheduled ones. Very rarely nowadays will you get long haul unless JAL and ANA are recruiting again.
Good Luck!

[liquidhockey]

How does she go about getting trained?
i mean does she have to get chosen by an airline at an intervie or does she pay for her own training like self funded pilots do?

[euroboy]

Cabin Crew are trained by the airline after successful interview. The training course covers safety, first aid, and cabin service plus a few other bits and pieces.
Safety and first aid are tested and past marks have to be high ie 90+%pass mark.
Training courses last between 4-6 weeks.
There are NVQ qualifactions run by a few colleges (believe Reigate do it)but basically this is a life skills course ie how to get on in the world.
If the crew member fails the tests they usual fail the course and the trainee crew member and airline say Good Bye.

[flapsforty]

6£ would it be an idea to look into giving a seminar for wannabe FA's at the next Bash?
Something along the lines of the the wannabe seminars you guys are organizing for aspiring future pilots??

Not sure if there are ebough Brit FA's on site here to make it feasible to get good speakers, but maybe give it a thought??

Dave, as been said already, required qualifactions vary widely from airline to airline and usually it very much comes down to the kind of personality traits are able to display at the interview. And of course THAT can be trained for. What many airlinew use nowadays is "criteria based interviewing". They are looking for practical experiences in the "victm's" past life to show them the prospective FA has the right personality for the job.
Of course all examples can be made up and faked (nor saying that she should fake qualifactions mind, that's another matter), what is important is that the the interviewee is able to show that he or she knows what is required and has the smarts to show the right tricks at the interview.

There are a number of books available of course on how to make good impressions at interviews, also if she has specific questions right here there's people willing to answer them for her as a rule.
Good luck, it's a great job! :)

[sweety]

Try this!<a href="http://www.aviationjobsearch.com/cabincrew.asp" target="_blank">web page</a>

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[Sick Squid]

I'll certainly float that idea when the next seminars are being arranged, Flaps. Looks like current plans are for next December. however. IFR will probably clock this thread himself, I know he pops in from time-to-time.

A lot of the team-skills/CRM stuff I tend to drone on about in mine is relevant to both jobs. The employment market, CV approach and training differ quite greatly. A good format would be a short talk from someone in the know, around the latter part of the afternoon.... flexible depending on how many takers there were.

Yeah, could work.... the benefit of the PPRuNe seminars is they are given by people who have absolutely nothing to sell, are honest and unbiased. Allegedly! <img src="smile.gif" border="0">

£6

[cloud nine]

Yes...I would have to agree with Sick Squid that the best seminar is definatly the "PRUNE SEMINAR".
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[pilots pal]

The best thing to do is to ring the job centre at manchester airport (it's located in commonwealth house), get the number through 192. Then ask them to send you a complete list of the airlines based at Manchester.Then send everyone of them your CV, covering letter and full length photo. You could check out the individual companies web sites for more info.This is how I began and i have been flying now for two years.
Send them in asap 'cos summer recruitment will have started.
Good luck and hang in there it takes time.

[dumiel]

As a recruiter of cabin crew in my past life I strongly suggest spending alot of time getting the CV perfect, lay out etc. There are many books in the library that make this less like hard work secondly practice that covering letter and hand write it, it should make the reader want to go on to read all about you on your CV. I have had covering letters written on scrap paper, smudged and with spelling mistakes that were unforgivable.
I never bothered to read the CV.

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