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Flight Attendant Career

The route into the cabin: airline requirements, applications and assessment days, safety and emergency training, life on rosters and layovers, pay and probation, and promotion to senior crew.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Flight Attendant Career, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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Starter tasks

🧰 Professions & Trades

Flight Attendant Career

Becoming a flight attendant: requirements, applications and assessment days, safety training, life on rosters and moving to senior crew.

  1. Honest look at cabin crew life before applying
  2. Airline height, reach and age requirements check
  3. Swimming test readiness for ditching training
  4. Passport and right-to-work check for crew roles
  5. Five-year history for airside security vetting
  6. School subjects and languages that help applications
  7. Customer service experience airlines recognise
  8. Paid cabin crew courses and recruitment scams screened
  9. Airline shortlist by base, fleet and contract
  10. Pre-employment medical and vaccination record
  11. Cabin crew CV and application photos
  12. Airline careers page and open day watch
  13. Recorded video interview practice
  14. Behavioural interview story bank
  15. Assessment day with group task, reach test and role play
  16. Final panel interview with recruiters
  17. Conditional offer to training start checklist
  18. Initial safety and emergency procedures course
  19. Aviation first aid and in-flight medical events
  20. Aircraft type exits, doors and emergency equipment
  21. Security and disruptive passenger handling
  22. Dangerous goods and lithium battery fires
  23. Galley, trolley and premium cabin service
  24. Cabin announcements in a clear PA voice
  25. Second language practice for crew roles
  26. Roster bidding and leave request routine
  27. Flight time limits and duty hours log
  28. Sleep, jet lag and fatigue routine
  29. Crew bag and layover kit checklist
  30. Back, shoulder and fitness routine for crew work
  31. Pay slip, allowances and per diem check
  32. Training and document expiry calendar
  33. Safety and incident report habit
  34. Standby and commuting readiness plan
  35. Short-haul or long-haul flying choice
  36. Base relocation and crew housing decision
  37. Contract, probation and seniority read-through
  38. Savings buffer for probation and low-pay months
  39. Union or crew association membership decision
  40. First supernumerary flights and line sign-off
  41. End of probation review
  42. Annual recurrent training and safety exam
  43. Applying straight from school or after a degree
  44. Moving from the Caribbean to an overseas base
  45. Career change into cabin crew from nursing or hospitality
  46. Rosters and childcare for crew parents
  47. Returning to flying after a break or redundancy
  48. Promotion to senior cabin crew or purser
  49. Corporate and private jet flight attendant route
  50. Moving into crew training, recruitment or safety roles

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Honest look at cabin crew life before applying

Cabin crew work looks like travel and hotels, but most of it is early report times, short turnarounds, standby days, missed birthdays and being the person who handles a medical emergency far from the ground. Speaking to two working crew members and reading a real roster before you apply means you choose the job with open eyes, and you will interview better because your reasons are your own.

First tasks

  • Message two people you know who work, or have worked, as cabin crew
  • Ask each one to walk you through a typical month of their roster
  • List what you would gain and what you would give up in the job
  • Write down your decision and the reason behind it

Airline height, reach and age requirements check

Airlines set physical and personal entry rules for safety reasons: a minimum age, often 18 or 21, the ability to reach overhead emergency equipment, a swimming standard, vision limits and rules on visible tattoos. Checking your target airlines' published requirements now saves the disappointment of being turned away at the reach test on assessment day.

First tasks

  • Copy the entry requirements from three airline careers pages into one table
  • Mark your tiptoe reach height on a wall and measure it
  • Check each airline's policy on visible tattoos and piercings
  • Note any requirement you do not meet and what you will do about it

Swimming test readiness for ditching training

Safety and emergency training includes ditching drills, and many airlines require new crew to swim a set distance unaided and tread water before they can pass. Adults who never learned to swim, which is common even on islands, need a few months of lessons, so starting now keeps a missing skill from cancelling an offer.

First tasks

  • Find the swimming standard on each target airline's requirements page
  • Do a test swim at a public pool with a lifeguard on duty
  • Book a block of adult swimming lessons if you fall short
  • Swim practice lengths at the pool @recurring(weekly:sat)
  • Practise treading water in clothes during a supervised session

Make it yours.

Install Flight Attendant Career, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.