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I know this is rather off at a tangent to every other work related thing I've posted here, but anyway..
I'm currently job hunting and have applied for quite a few admin/clerical jobs (like I do now) and am currently waiting for replies. Meanwhile, there was an ad in this week's local paper for Cabin Crew with KLM. I live near Humberside airport (about 15 drive away) which is where KLM have a base, with daily scheduled flights to Amsterdam and Aberdeen.
When I was younger (am 21 now) I looked in to becoming an air hostess (don't laugh!) but when I found out the minimum age was 20-22 for most airlines, I put it out of my mind and got on with something attainable. After school and college, I worked as a waitress for 11months (a kind of "year out") in a top local restaurant and then started doing what I do now two years ago.
Now that this chance has come up, I'm going to fill the forms in and send them back, asap, and hope that I get invited to the open/training day on October 5. As far as I can see, I meet all the requirements.
Now, I know we probably haven't got many air hostesses amongst us, but I was wondering if anyone else had ever looked into it and/or knew of any good resources I could find on the 'net that would tell me more about the job? Any good or bad points, etc?
I'm currently job hunting and have applied for quite a few admin/clerical jobs (like I do now) and am currently waiting for replies. Meanwhile, there was an ad in this week's local paper for Cabin Crew with KLM. I live near Humberside airport (about 15 drive away) which is where KLM have a base, with daily scheduled flights to Amsterdam and Aberdeen.
When I was younger (am 21 now) I looked in to becoming an air hostess (don't laugh!) but when I found out the minimum age was 20-22 for most airlines, I put it out of my mind and got on with something attainable. After school and college, I worked as a waitress for 11months (a kind of "year out") in a top local restaurant and then started doing what I do now two years ago.
Now that this chance has come up, I'm going to fill the forms in and send them back, asap, and hope that I get invited to the open/training day on October 5. As far as I can see, I meet all the requirements.
Now, I know we probably haven't got many air hostesses amongst us, but I was wondering if anyone else had ever looked into it and/or knew of any good resources I could find on the 'net that would tell me more about the job? Any good or bad points, etc?
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cosmic radiation is cool though
LOL, no joys of cabin crew-ing you have to share then? Thanks for the above. I'll send off the forms and get in touch if I get invited for interview
No, it's just that that's what's on offer with KLM from my nearest airport. When I looked into it when I was younger I didn't want to move away from home, and if I'm honest, I still don't want to right now - wouldn't make any sense to move somewhere else at the minute. In a couple of years time, when I move with my bfs job, I'll be near Birmingham and East Midlands so I guess I'd have to look for a similar job with an airline based at either of those.
Can't see that bothering me - I work with an office of self-confessed "dirty old men" already! :rolleyes:
Theres always a lot of people and generally they aint the down to earth chatty types. nobody really spoke to anyone, and if they did theylooked like they knew each other already. I dont think anyone smiled for fear of cracking their caked on make up.
Im sure some of them are very nice, and i still think itd be a cool job. Maybe i just didnt fit in as such.
And the money is shit.
You get dry skin aswell. :crying:
I can remember one interview for virgin (i went from nottingham to crawley for the bloody thing) and there was a really pretty girl from devon there. Everyone else gave really good intelligent answers as to why they wanted to be cabin crew. When they said to her "why do you want this job" her reply was "Cos devons boring and i feel like i need to get out of there". :chin: Funny enough they picked her to go through to the second level interview so i packed my bag and felt bloody relieved when i walked out of there :yes:
I don't see that much of my bf now and, although we're strong, I wouldn't want to do anything to risk causing us a problem. He's all for it at the minute, but in reality it might not work out like that! As for what Carolina just said, I admit I'm not the prettiest girl in the world - have a fairly good figure, but I don't think I'm textbook pretty if you know what I mean. And plus I don't wear makeup religiously now, it's only a "when I can be bothered" thing.
Hmm.. do I sound like I've just talked myself out of it? :chin:
I work for United Airlines and there are some very average (I'm being kind) flight attendants that work for us. I agree that the industry has changed a lot sice 9/11. I think passengers are a lot more concerned now with safety and how competent flight attendants are than they used to be.
It's always nice to have eye candy during a flight, I realize, but I think that there are more important issues now.
On a different note, there is a very good DVD that just came out came out about flight attendants called "The Aviary." It was written and produced by a flight attendant and is an interesting insider's percpective on the world of aviation.
You can check out the FA's website and watch the trailer at: www.theaviarymovie.com
Also, here is a review of the film with some production photos and a good plot synopsis:TheAviaryAnvilandSprocketreview
Dude. Thread. Dead.
And this is a UK based forum so I can't see anyone being able to answer your question, tbh.
Just to finish it off, I got a letter back after my application saying I met all of the criteria but by the time I'd applied they had filled all the places on the assessment/training day.
In July this year I got a letter from KLM offering me a place on their next assessment day (I think it was on Aug 3rd) but I turned it down because I'm settled in the clerical job I'm doing now.
You weren't saying that eleven months ago!
I don't know what the salary was that they were offering, but I'm earning just over £16k without any great upheaval and without putting a lot of effort into my job (I do less than half the work I did before for £6k more!) - I'd be nuts to risk losing that!
I'll probably one of the things I regret in life... I'm 22 now, even going into it in a couple of years time (once I'm secure wherever I move to) would be too late in life really, wouldn't it?
I dunno what flights you do, like... but I don't want to do short haul. If I'm going to do it, I want long haul baby! Also, my mate has a pretty average basic wage - but she pretty much lives off her allowances. So it isn't all bad - and you get on some amazing trips. She texted me today from Dubai where she was on safari - and next week she'll be doing a Grenada flight then passengering to Barbados - 5 days altogether. Can't go wrong - in my eyes anyway.
Thanks for that I guess I'll see how I feel in a couple of years time. I still haven't decided on a definite career yet anyway so I guess it's never too late to change my mind to something else (again!). So far it's changed from esatet agents, hospitality, insurance and now human resources - and they're only the ones I've actually done, never mind the ones I've just thought about!
No need for that tbh.
It was a dead thread, if you are that interested (and like littlemissy said, there wont be overly many people to help you) start a new thread.
This is a reply to the person wanting to know about becoming an air hostess, well i am intrested in becoming an air hostess in two years time when i finish a travel and tourism course in college. I bought a book online which tells you everything about becoming an airhostess....things like what to put on your application form and what to say in an interview etc etc. I know this book would come in very handy, so the website i found this on was....http://www.travelvocation.com/soyouwanttobeaircabincrew
I hope this has come in use to you and you have a very succesful career in the travel and tourism industry, Good Luck xxx
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