Spanish flight attendant???

[shinners]

Are there some flight attendant that work in Spain???
I'd like to talk with them to have informations (I can speak spanish)

[maija]

Hi,

me myself. Do you need any help?

[apaddyinuk]

I believe there is a little airline based somewhere in spain alright, i think its called Iberia and I think it has a couple of aircraft, they may even have some cabin crew in those planes too!!!
Hehehe, ignore me, Im having a sarcastic moment!!!

[cavortingcheetah]

Well, you could try the Spanish Forum. A bit thin there at the moment or perhaps: www.extracrew.com
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[maija]

For those that speak/understand Spanish I recommend www.tcpforo.st You need to register -a bit long registration- but it's worth it. The forum is quite well organized and people are very helpful.

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[bmibaby.com]

From what I've heard Iberia is an absolutely horrible airline to work for if you want to be cabin-crew. The management are constantly getting crew to sign new contracts (one Ryanair purser told me that she avoided Iberia like the plague as it seemed almost every month a new contract had to be signed).

However, I'm sure there are a number of benefits for working with Iberia. The crews mostly seem to be friendly & approachable (albeit almost all of a certain age) and it must be nice to work for a symbol of national pride.

Other airlines that hire Spanish crew-members (or Spanish-based crew) are; Spanair, Air Europa, Futura, Hola Airlines (Palma), Air Madrid & Ryanair. I'm sure some international airlines also hire for Spanish-based crew.

As a general point of interest EasyJet seem to have a lot of Spanish crew members at Luton.

[maija]

Iberia it's not horrible to work for, what it is horrible is to stay there. I rather think that the purser that told you so, didn't pass the assessment, since they are a bit strict with the assessments, since there are a lot of people wanting to work for them (and when I say a lot I mean more than 10000 wannabies from which they just took about 355 people last december'2003).

And that's why they ask, for example, to be minimum 1.64 m for the ladies and 1.74 m for men (sorry, I don0t know it in inches, but just take into acount that BA asks for 1.58m minimum height). And they really measure you! And even check if you have something inside your socks to make you higher. But htere are also some other tests (swimming, English -as a plus Italian, German and French-, psycometric tests, and finally a personal interview, where you sit in front of 4 people). So it's not that easy. But it's really worth it, even if you have to sign a 1-month contract every monh until they offer you longer ones and finally a fixed term one.

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[ABird747]

I got a job with Air Nostrum and Iberia when I applied about 7 years ago. As it happened I got a job with BA at the same time so didn't take up the offer. People were amazed that a Brit got a job with Iberia when so many Spanish nationals apply and don't get through. It was a really tough day with personality tests, maths tests and language exams. For me they grilled me in Spanish both during the interview and in a side room. I didn't have to do the English exam as well though.

Back then you had to pay for your own licence that covered the safety aspects of a flight attendant's job and you only got a 6 month contract first of all.

[maija]

Just to say that in Iberia you don't have to pay anything but your own expenses during the course (not in AirNostrum, by the way, where they even pay you the hotel and meals, appart from the course... the only thing is that thay just accept girls and the max age when applying must be 26).

Abird747, at that time when you attended the interviews, it was just (and still it is like this, unfortunately) AirEuropa the company that "offered" you the possibility to obtain the licence (by paying around 2500.- Euros). Nowadays there are also companies here that just take you if you already have this licence, so many people go to private schools to get that license (and pay for that!).

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