rsa crew help please
 

hi can any1 help me please i just completed my cabin crew course and i got my caa cabin crew license.any charter companies hiring cabin crew with no experience or freeelance work!it seems to be realy dificult to get a job here in sa!any advice would be apreciated!thank you
:ugh:frustrated

In-Flight Purser Interview Questions
 

Hi there

I flown for a while but I'm about to change airlines. The position I am going for is Cabin Manager - direct entry. Has anyone gone through the Cabin Manager interview process recently? and if so, what were some of the questions that came to play?

Although I am very familiar with standard CC interview questions, role plays and assessment centres, CSM interviewing is completely out of my ball game.

Thank heaps everyone.

Medical Examination
 

Hi everyone,

I would like to work as a cabin crew crew but my wrists were broken and therefore I am not able to carry heavy things or stuffs like that. Can you tell me more about the physical requirements? Many thanks.

Edina

Unfortunately this is not the job for you.

You must be able to lift heavy containers in the galley when it's your turn to be the galley operator. Also doing tea and coffe service is sometimes exhausting on your wrists when you are working in economy. Pouring for hundreds of people etc...
Also in first aid cases,if a passenger is incapacitated you must assist in helping to carry the pax to the nearest open spot and some passengers are really huge.
Opening doors especially on the boeing you must have strong arms.
The physical aspect of the job is very demanding.

Can I be cabin crew...
 

hi everyone!!
im only new and all! so please be nice! im currently a student and I really really really want to become cabin crew (especially in longhaul! eg: Qantas!) unfortunatley though I suffer from awfull panic attacks (eg: i start feeling trapped and start feeling like I cant breath!) and being on an aircraft triggers my feeling that I am trapped with no air! I know its strange that I want to be cabin crew and yet have a fear of flying! (like a doctor who is afraid of blood i guess!) can anyone offer some reassurance or does anyone know is there a way i can overcome this problem and fulfill my dream?????

yours hopefully!
Bigbluesky :)

Eyesight Limits for Cabin Crew
 

Hello!

I have a question about the eyesight limits of all the airlines exept Germany and Austria.

I'm short sighted, on my right eye I have about 5,5 dioptres and on my left eye about 6,3.

I already worked as a flight attendant in a charter carrier on ACMI-Basis in Austria. This was my only alternative to work as a flight attendant.
Now I want to apply again as a cabin attendant, but it's not possible in Germany and Austria.

Does anybody now if there are some airlines, with no limits for the eyesight?

bye michi

becoming cc
 

I really want to become a cabin crew member, I am 18 and well thats my probelm do any airlines prefer people 18 or older with experience?
Should I get more expereince and go to university or are my chances still high? As I dont really see many young cabin crew members.

Can any one help me ?

I am so sorry to tell you that wath i know is that the min age for FA is 21 you still have to wait:(

any1 recruiting??
 

hi,

i was wondering if there were any airlines recruiting cabin crew. Also what are the chances of working part time whilst at university.

thanks

aftab - i don't know of any airlines that will accept you to work part time as soon as you join the company. part time seems to be very much a priviledge in this industry and many people who are mothers etc, are fighting for the chance to be able to work part time hours. however, there may be smaller companies who do allow this.
most of the charters will start recruiting in october. while sceduled airlines such as virgin, easyjet, ryanair etc. recruit generally all year round.
i finished uni a couple of months early to start my dream job of cabin crew...there is NO WAY i would have been able to do both at the same time. Even though with home standbys your family will think you are working part-time hours, you will soon find that you don't feel like you are!
good luck though!

thanks for the reply vodkaholic.

i would like to be cabin crew for a few years as it give me a good insight, preferebly whilst doing my degree, but my ultimate goal is to become a pilot. Im quite sure someone has done this before, but unfortunately i have lost contact with this person.

thanks

Tattoo ??
 

I`ve got a tattoo on my leg. And I got an job interview for Novair tomorrow... Will they ask me if I got tattoos? And will that be a problem?

Thanks guys!

anyairline with air stewardess job less strict on height?
 

Hi I aspire to be a Flight Stewardess but was too short to fulfil my dream. I am just 5Ft tall, about 152cm. :=

Flying is my career dream and I really really hope I get a chance to fulfill this dream. :)

A lot of airline require minimum of 158cm or 208cm arm reach but I definitely fall short.

May I know if there is any airline which is less strict on height? http://www.singaporeexpats.com/forum...s/icon_eek.gif

I don't mind moving to another country shall there be a suitable airline which I can apply

Please advise me, thanks so much and greatly appreciated!!!

sir.pratt

:= who knows one day if i really join cabin crew, and i saw you operating metro, that will be cool. :)

audrey_ling

I have looked on google for crew jobs 5ft or under, and the only one I found was Air Wales which has now gone bust.

Maybe you should google jobs for cabin crew under 5ft 1 and have a long search through.

Best of luck.

thanks Airbourne-Adamski ! :)

you are so sweet and your help is greatly appreciated. i know for airline job, height is a major factor and i am lacking :ugh: but i won't despair, i will keep trying, perhaps i will stretch taller and at least try for budgeted airline.

worst, if i never make it..i will just be a happy passenger then. i still wish you ladies fly to the sky soon!! :)

Bigbluesky - have you sought help? A doctor might recommend medications or hypno-therapy or something. I'm not a doctor, but certain people close to me suffer from panic attacks, and have had some successful treatments.

If flying is your dream, do whatever you need in order to overcome your obstacles. The end will be so much more rewarding!

Getting my foot in the door
 

Ok so i've put an application into easyJet to hopefully start the career ball rolling, so far 1 day gone by without a "Yes Application accepted/No Sorry" e-mail yet, but i can't seem to find any other airlines based at NCL that are accepting application at the moment ive tried:

BA - Not taking on at NCL
easyJet - still waiting
ThomsonFly - Only taking on at LGW
Thomas Cook - Done for the summer
Monarch - Not sure if NCL is a base
FlyBe - NCL not a base
FlyJet - Done for the summer
Excel - Done for the Summer
KLM - NCL not a base
Ryanair - Dont even go there!!
Jet2 - Done for the summer

what else can i do, just wait??

i know the best answer would be Move to London, fact is i can't afford to im only 20 and i dont have a good enough income at the moment to move out my parents house in Newcastle let alone london.

With regard to easy, If you have sent in a application you will most likely be held on file and when a position becomes available they may then very well contact you.
I know we are (easy) pretty much fully crewed in the UK however things change very quickly. Keep your eye on the web site.
Also it may be worth considering relocating to find a job as cabin crew.

EG What about an airline that is based in NCL but has no positions there but does somewhere else, if you can get into another base you can alwasys go for tranfere to NCL.

relocating is not an option i don't earn enough atm to be able to relocate, as much as i want to i just can't :(

as for taking a job with an airline at another base then transferring, possible but still means relocating and i wont be able to transfer imediatly would i?

What about flying from MAN? I think if NCL is the only place you can fly from, you'll find it very hard to get a job.

again i can't relocate i just can't afford to at the moment, there are quite a few airlines with bases at NCL.

i think i may just have to wait till the winter when they start taking on for 2008?

Join Emirates, we are starting the NCL route in September, and you can bid fot the flight if you want to. Think about !!!!

It almost sounds like you want the airlines to come knocking on your door!!! Maybe they could invite you out to lunch at some fancy restaurant and you could dictate your terms and conditions.

Airlines are not going to bend over backwards for you hun. You have to bend over backwards for them.

Be more flexible and you might, one day, end up flying.

Good luck

Would you consider commuting? A lot of crew commute from further afield to London\Man etc? It can be tough in your first few months but after a while it get a little easier.

i fly with so many crew who are from NCL, who would love to be based from there, so chances are you will have an extremely high standard of experience applicants at any NCL based airline. I used to work for easyjet, and they generally only recruit for LON bases. You have to transfer into other bases when they become available.

you serously need to think long and hard about why you want this job. alot of people on this forum have been in far worse situations than you, and managed to find a way.

it actually quite annoys me when people look for an easy way in. It took me 13 interviews, years of studying foreign languages, and years of working in customer service jobs, just to get in! you want to work from your home town? imagine not even being able to work from your own country, or hemisphere for that matter, and only being able to go home twice a year cause it takes so long and costs so much. :ugh: (sorry been a bit homesick lately:{)

I moved to the UK from the other side of the world. after paying for my flights i barely had enough money to eat. but i found a way, and lived on bread and cheese through training and well beyond.

if you are not willing to do whatever it takes, then please wait... let someone who IS have the opportunity now, and you can always try again at a later stage after you have saved up enough money to move down to LON.

Well said I Just Want To Fly.

These young people (not that I classify my age of 32 old!), just think its so easy to just get a job as cabin crew. And then to want to have everything layed at their feet!

All I can say is: 'Reality check' :rolleyes:

cabin crew training
 

hello, i am hoping that someone can help answer my questions i want to become cabin crew but i have 2 children and i fear this may hold me back what i would like to know is how do airlines work around this problem i am thinking that maybe a short sector airline like easyjet from liverpool airport for a start till the kids are older. What is expected from the interview process do i have to have the right qualifications i am diesting like mad at the moment and i am wondering if i have to all in proportion... what are the hours generally and the traning....

Hi Claire
 

Firstly good for you for following your dreams :-)

For interview info I would suggest you check the easyJet recruitment thread.

As for family matters etc I should be able to help, I'll tell you my story and see if it's any help...

Basically, I always fancied becoming CC but it was always out of reach (or so I thought) I always thought I was too fat or just basically didn't think I could do it.

At 19 I got pregnant with my first child, me and the dad didn't stick together so at 20 I was a single parent working part time in a shop (oh and very overweight). One day I decided I didn't want to be fat and joined weight watchers, I lost a lot of weight, I was still overweight but a million times more confident. I started seeing a wonderful man too, nothing serious but we went out a few times, he lived quite far away from me, which was fine as I didn't want to get too involved too soon, or for my baby to be around a strange person.

One day, I was watching day time TV and airline came on, I don't know why, but I decided I could be cabin crew and so filled in an online application there and then.

A few days later I got an email back asking me to go to LTN for an assessment (I live in Bedford so not far from LTN). I was very excited, but very nervous about how it would affect my life, single parent, no family close by, nothing.

Anyhow, I went ahead with the assesment day, after trying to get an idea of childcare etc. I was offered a position with easyJet a couple of days later.

I didn't drive so had to get the train too and from work, I had problems with baby sitters, had to rely on friends a lot and remind my childs father that although we were not together he still had a responsibility to his child.

I did get through the training, however, despite being intellegent (i have 12 GCSEs anyway, i just didn't carry on with my education) I really struggled emotionally as I felt guilty for leaving my baby (he was 10 months at this point), I had housing problems etc etc. I almost failed one of my exams, I wasn't aware at the time, but no one thought I would last long.

I spent 18 months flying as CC with a baby, commuting to work via train at all times, it was absolutley exhausting but I loved it. For my little boys 1st birthday present I took him to Portugal for a week (a bit selfish in a way), but it was just the 2 of us and we had a fantastic time, spent some real quality time together, and I vowed I would bring him up with lots of travelling and let him see there is more to the world then Bedford.

After 18 months I passed my driving test so could now drive to work, which took off tonnes of pressure. And the guy I met when my little boy was young had moved in with us. I then found out I was pregnant with baby no 2 (whoo hoo). easyJet were fantastic and offered me a fab maternity package. I went back to work when baby no 2 was about 10 months old and applied for a promotion, which I got.

I now work as a senior, me and my otherhalf work the nursery run between us, if I can I drop the kids off at nursery and him at work (he can't drive) sometimes I go back to bed, sometimes I don't get the chance. Usually if I can't do the dropping off I can do the picking up, sometimes I can't do either, or I get delayed so have to phone my other half and let him know he needs to pick the kids up. Sometimes (like today) you get delayed and don't get home 'til 2am, but still need to get up at 6am to do your motherly duties before work. But if you love your family and your job it's so worth it.

I try to take the kids away at least once every couple of months, to either a city or a nice beach, they love flying and seeing new cultures, it also gives my other half some time to himself at home too.

If you really want to do it you can, however I can't tell you how hard it will be. You will have to go to LTN for your 4 weeks training which will meen missing your kids (I don't know how old they are).

And I'm sure days you'll feel guilty for not seeing them (leave the house before they get home and get home after they've gone to bed).

However the money isn't bad, you meet fantastic people, and the sense of achievment you'll get from managing a family and a great job is amazing.

I don't know you're exact circumstances, like the age of your kids (I now have an 15mth old and an almost 4 yr old), nursery/school situations etc.

Also bear in mind easyJet is a business, it's not acceptable to expect special treatment because you have kids (IMO). They will give you emergency dependancy leave etc if you need it, but don't expect to be given shorter days, nicer hours or to be excused for being late etc.

If you're happy to deal with the responsibility and you really want it, go for it.

Best of luck, please let us know how you get on.

Ezy

Male cabin crew question
 

Hi,


I wanted to know if male cabin crew can have long hair or is it obligated to have short??
my hair is a bit long. If I take my front hair it reaches my chin is that to long or not?

thanks

Honestly, what do you think?, I think that you are kidding!

So long as you go skin-head at the back and walk backward it shouldn't be a problem.

Depends on the airline, I guess. About 1 month ago I flew with BA and the CSD/purser, who seemed to be from Jamaica, had long rastas. I find it good that airlines arent so strict anymore regarding hair cuts. As long as you wear it in a clean manner...

Waiting for written confirmation
 

Hi All

Is there anybody else out there who completed selection process for Virgin in June had an email saying congrats got CC position and has yet to hear anything else. Should I be chasing or is the following normal.
Was told at interview training may be in October. How soon should I expect hear anything? Will I get confirmation in writing, does this happen once security checks have been completed. Was requested not to go away until all had been confirmed but I really have to take two trips one at end of Sept. Help or advice accepted. This site has been fab saving me lots of questions although I still have a million more.

Hey
I just read your insert. I am 43 married with two grown up kids, one who works abroad and a devoted husband. I always wanted to be CC but was to small 5'2. After a holiday six weeks ago with my daughter in the resort she works in and being told by all the reps I would make a fab rep and then meeting a 50 yr old lady who had just got a job with BA CC i went for it.
I have a position with Virign, waiting for training etc. I now will face a two hour drive LGW one way:D, six weeks away from home training and I have to learn to swim properly. You know what I will do what ever I have to do, this has been a dream and now it is hopefully about to become reality.
If you want it bad enough you will do it.

Cabin Crew jobs in the Caribbean
 

Hi,

I'm currently cabin crew in the UK. Can anyone tell me what opportunities there are for cabin crew in the Caribbean ideally Turks and Caicos or Grand Caymen. Or if it is possible to operate out of Miami?

Cheers :ok:

well they dont currently travel to those islands but LIAT is recruiting for cabin crew

Thanks I'll look into that.

yes, you can be cabin crew book
 

For any newbies applying for airline cabin crew jobs there is a copy of this gospel by Sonia Davis for sale on the famous auction website, can I say Ebay here??

Anyway, it's a good read and helped me.

Cabin Crew Advice
 

I would really like to apply to be cabin crew and give excellent customer service in my current job, however would it be unadvisable to apply as I often suffer from a sore throat and ears?