Advantages and Disadvantages of being CC
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Hey guys, I will be starting (hopefully, I am waiting for the approval of my medical exams) with Emirates next month. My husband and I were both selected. Has anyone been in a similar situation? I know this is going ot be hard, but its one of both of our dreams and I think it will be great doing it together but I am afraid that there wont be a ´together´anymore. What do you guys think?
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Hey guys, I will be starting (hopefully, I am waiting for the approval of my medical exams) with Emirates next month. My husband and I were both selected. Has anyone been in a similar situation? I know this is going ot be hard, but its one of both of our dreams and I think it will be great doing it together but I am afraid that there wont be a ´together´anymore. What do you guys think?
If the relationship is strong you both can survive it. Is he true to you? Are you true to him ? You will be apart a great deal, and there is always temptation to stray, there is no doubt about that. But you may get enough seniority eventually to bid the same work schedules together.
One word of caution: you both work for the same company. That's fine if the company is strong and doesn't go into bankruptcy--it's awful if it has financial problems. Be prepared to "bring your job home with you;" you guys may have to avoid talking about work while at home.
The airline industry is fickle, VERY sensitive to economic ups and downs, fuel expenses and management that can make terrible financial mistakes (expanding too rapidly or buying too many aircraft).
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If the person puts on his/her uniform on their DAY OFF to go food shopping, they are mentally ill.
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Advantages/disadvantages
1. Seeing the world
2. Free or reduced travel, major discounts for airline employees at hotels, car rentals, resorts, shopping around the world, etc.
3. Flying to sunny destinations on a whim during the winter months.
4. Being perceived in a glamourous career.
5. Knowing that you have the ability to administer first aid, do CPR, get a heart pumping again, put out a fire, inflate a life raft, and evacuate an airplane in 90 seconds or less.
Cons:
1. Seeing the world with no friends or family to go along, but with other crewmembers, some of whom you would rather push off of a cliff sometimes. Trips with friends and family need to be planned for, they can only go when everyone else in the world can go (weekends and holidays), and travel is on standby--you may get on the flight or not. Does not work well with more than one other person going with you.
2. Free or reduced travel, discounts for employees, shopping around the world, WITH NO MONEY IN YOUR BUDGET TO DO SO, because of the low pay.
3. Flying to sunny destinations on a whim during the winter months, when everyone else is and the planes are packed.
4. Realizing that the glamourous part of the career only consists of walking through the airport in uniform with your crew, or doing the emergency demo (if the aircraft doesn't have a video).
5. Knowing that you have the ability to administer first aid, do CPR, get a heart pumping again, put out a fire, inflate a life raft, and evacuate an airplane in 90 seconds or less, BUT NO ONE IN THE CABIN RECOGNIZES THIS.
6. After two or three years, the same-old, same-old. How many times can you tolerate someone responding "what do you have ?," after you have asked politely "would you care for a beverage?" and have 200 other passengers to get to.
7. After two or three years, no longer being thrilled by a free hotel room on layovers and you don't care if you are at a five-star Sheraton, Hilton, Crowne Plaza, Marriott, DoubleTree, or whatever, you just want a room that doesn't smell like smoke, has decent pillows and isn't near the ice machine.
8. Many airlines don't serve much of anything anymore, taking away a lot of "challenge" you may have had from providing good service. Pillows, blankets, magazines, full meal service, after-meal mints, kiddie wings, etc. have all gone away. The airlines just care about making money any way that they can during flights.
Finally, the job is not for those who want to learn more educationally, you have to do that on your own outside of work.
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To Vodkaholic--cleaning up after sick and restocking toilets
Why are you working for an airline that requires you to do this ? STOP ! Let the airline hire some people to do that...like aircraft cleaners. HELLO?
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stop? just like that?
my airlines policies require me to do the above.. cleaners onboard are a last resort and forms have to be filled in an signed for if the cleaners are called.
i would love to just 'stop' and wait for the company to bring in cleaners.. but it aint gonna happen.. more than likely i would end up a cleaner somewhere else if i lost my job for not doing my job.
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stop? just like that?
my airlines policies require me to do the above.. cleaners onboard are a last resort and forms have to be filled in an signed for if the cleaners are called.
i would love to just 'stop' and wait for the company to bring in cleaners.. but it aint gonna happen.. more than likely i would end up a cleaner somewhere else if i lost my job for not doing my job.
my airlines policies require me to do the above.. cleaners onboard are a last resort and forms have to be filled in an signed for if the cleaners are called.
i would love to just 'stop' and wait for the company to bring in cleaners.. but it aint gonna happen.. more than likely i would end up a cleaner somewhere else if i lost my job for not doing my job.
1. Find another company to work for where the flight attendants don't have to do that kind of work ... c'mon restocking and cleaning a lav, or cleaning up vomit doesn't make sense for someone who is supposed to be serving passengers with their hands and sleeves.
2. What would happen if you DON'T restock a lav ? Seriously. Is there some quality control person who comes on the aircraft with a clipboard ? Set the supplies in there for the passengers and let them get their own. They are big boys and girls.
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NEVER EVER being granted annual leave at christmas or during the summer school holidays, but your other half works in education and only ever gets his leave during christmas and summer school holidays.......
NEVER EVER being granted annual leave at christmas or during the summer school holidays, but your other half works in education and only ever gets his leave during christmas and summer school holidays.......
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of course the cleaners CLEAN the toilets, but when you're 39,000 feet in the air it's a bit difficult to just call a cleaner to call up other peoples sick! lol
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I havent cleaned up vomit yet in the three years i have been in this job, but that is just pure LUCK that i haven't been in the wrong place at the wrong time (which of course no one can predict this!)
And when i have noticed it in a toilet we just block off the toilet for the rest of the flight. Of course if someone does it in the middle of the galley (happened to me, i dodged it and got out of the way JUST in the nick of time!) of course it has to be cleaned then and there. Yuck
And when i have noticed it in a toilet we just block off the toilet for the rest of the flight. Of course if someone does it in the middle of the galley (happened to me, i dodged it and got out of the way JUST in the nick of time!) of course it has to be cleaned then and there. Yuck
