Cabin Crew thoughts - UK
 

hello people.

I have recently flown on holiday and have been doing some thinking.

I am tempted to enrol for cabin crew program for an airline/
Reasons are that I really love people, love to travel and the aviation industy really does interest me.
I am in the UK, so would prefer to do training and work for an airline within the UK.

my questions are;

- Who has any experience with any airline cabin crew training
- What are the airlines like to work for
- Who do you work for (PM if u'd prefer-will b kept secret)
- What airlines operate the best for promotions etc... (getting higher up the food chain)

Any information would be useful and if anyone has any recomendations they would be very gratefully appreciated.

Yours

David

(ps i posted in the wrong forum)

Hi David,

I work for British Airways and personally think we're the best to work for. We're very well paid for what we do, we get heaps of great night stops (my September roster is only trips), progression from short haul to long haul is quite quick now (I've been there just under two years and am going to Heathrow long haul in October) and also if you're not interested in going long haul you can stay at short haul, and progression to purser takes about 3 years now.

Also the trips we get don't go on seniority, it's all done fairly, on short haul there's a bidding system where you can bid for what you want, and if you get the hang of the bidding system you can practically write your own roster. On long haul they just give everybody a fair share of the trips, and there's a sort of bidding system as well, where it allows you to bid for 2 days off a month in the UK.

I think the airlines are great to work for. I've had soooo much fun in the last 2 years. It's just great! I highly recommend it! :)

thanks for the reply

whats training like and also the wages?

Flying_Sarah747
Are you part of BA management?????

Luc I am def not part of BA management and agree with everything that Sarah has said about BA.

It is without a doubt the best to work for in the UK!!

Nope, I'm definately not management, I'm cabin crew!

Wages can vary depending on what sort of flying you bid to do. Usually if you like to do only there and backs you'll earn less than if you like to do trips.

It can range between 1300-2100 (That's short haul, after tax, not sure about long haul yet) 1300 being a month full of there and backs, and 2100 being a month of trips with some overtime done on your days off. It usually averages out to be 1700-1800.

The training is a lot of fun too. They're really helpful and supportive with training issues, and personal issues you may be having eg. I'd just moved from Australia 2 days before training started and needed a place to stay, so my trainers helped me out with that, and one of them took me around Windsor on one of our days off just to show me some of England and help me settle in...It was really sweet...As you can imagine, they don't want you to fail, so they help you as much as possible. It's 6 weeks, and yes, you are poor while in training, but once your second month of flying starts, you'll start earning a proper pay packet!

sarah

that sounds like a pretty good wage :)

well i love OT so they better be ready for me :p

A tip about overtime...Don't do more than 2 overtime days in a month because they'll just tax you too much otherwise and it'll defeat the purpose of doing it!

"A tip about overtime...Don't do more than 2 overtime days in a month because they'll just tax you too much otherwise and it'll defeat the purpose of doing it!"

I lose count of the number of times I hear that said! It's simply not true! You only get taxed at the higher rate on what you earn over the threshold!

Say the threshold was £2000 and you earn £2100 by doing OT, you only get taxed at the higher rate on the £100 excess, not the whole lot. Do as much OT as possible, you'll never lose money!

On the other hand, you could limit it to 2 days a month and leave more for me! :D

who do u fly with chewy?

I fly with BA but with the current problems with Gate Gourmet I don't know if they'll be around to fly with much longer....

Hi David,

just a small tip. When you get an interview perhaps have something other than, " i really like people and i love to travel" ready for why you want the job as they've heard that phrase too many times.

i can't think of anything more appropriate myself right now but i'm sure you or someone else on this forum will!!

good luck it is a fantastic job and well worth the effort.

regards,
H

cheers for the advice.

its quite good at the moment i am supervisor in a store so customer service experience is being gained :p