Category: flight attendant career

Flight Attendants have special needs when it comes to filing taxes and are allowed certain deductions that could make itemizing well worth it.  The airline gives a flight attendant what’s called per diem. It’s like an expense account. A really small expense account. So small in fact that the government allows us to write off  [...]

Jenny asks: “Do you have to possess a college degree or prior flight attendant training upon applying to be a flight attendant?” The short answer is no. Most major airlines prefer a college degree but, do not require one. Since most major airlines now require you to be twenty one before you apply it makes [...]

One of the best things about being a flight attendant is the layovers! Since I only fly domestic these days, I live vicariously through my international friends on Facebook! I especially miss flying to Europe this time of year so I asked my friend Jennifer Mackesy if she would share her pictures of Germany and [...]

After hearing today what American Airlines had to say about their special passenger, I decided to share with you what flight attendants are saying behind the galley curtain: Jake*: After reading about Alec Baldwin being removed from a flight for refusing to turn off his cell phone and verbally berating the crew, it got me [...]

Holidays can be particularly difficult for flight attendants. I just flew with a flight attendant who has been on reserve status for the past five years, usually light hearted and bubbly she was stressed and anxious. Not surprised, it’s that time of year in the airline industry. While most people are gearing up to spend [...]

Ana from facebook wants to know the best way to answer this flight attendant interview question: “Why do you want to become a flight attendant?” The running joke with this question is to say, “I love people and I love to travel!” Ask any flight attendant on a bad day why they’re a flight attendant [...]

Flight Attendants are there to help if you get sick right? So what happens if the Flight Attendant gets sick? Think of all the germs flight attendants are exposed to everyday! A few things get factored in. How critical is the illness? Can the flight continue on? Obviously, if the flight attendant is in critical [...]

How do flight attendants prepare for a hurricane? We hear in the news how many flights are being cancelled and what the airlines specifically do to prepare, but you don’t really get a behind the scenes look at what happens with the flight attendants and pilots. What happens if they commute or they live where [...]

With the recent flutter of activity and airlines finally doing some hiring my friend Elyse, Ms. Foodie International has decided to offer up some reasons why she’d make a great stew.  And although, I don’t recommend you use any of her top ten reasons she’d make a perfect flight attendant to convince any recruiter that [...]

Before you read this post you have to take a minute and read Christopher Elliott’s post, “Do Flight Attendants Really Hate Us?” So go on…and then come back please. When exactly did passengers stop caring about us? I ask for two reasons: First, because of the luscious new trailers for the upcoming TV show Pan [...]