Category: flight attendant career

I lucked out this year and got a great schedule for December. So great that to hold the schedule I got you’d normally have to be flying about thirty years to get anything like it. How did I get it then, you ask? I bid what is called a vacation relief line. A vacation relief […]

As a final step in training, I had to complete my line indoctrination. For those of you who don’t know, a line indoc is a government requirement for any flight attendant trainee before they can receive their competency card and operate a flight. Usually what happens is the airline will put 2 or 3 FA […]

This week has been a fun and easy week indeed! Since my class has officially graduated, there has no longer been any need for exams or stress. Most of our classes have finished early and it’s generally been a much lighter work load. (No homework! Yay!) That being said it has still been an educational […]

The time has passed so quickly! Can you believe it’s been 4 weeks since I began training?  The week started on Sunday. The company (with permission from our class) decided to give us a short weekend so we could graduate in time for the company Christmas party. Sunday’s class was a refreshing one in the […]

This week has passed by so quickly I can hardly believe it! Friday was an exciting experience as we hit the water for our pool drills! The pool drill for my airline went as follows: First, we identify all the features of the life vests. Next we don the life vests and inflate. Only half […]

I’ve very much enjoyed myself since training started. Which is good since as I expected, FA Training has indeed killed my social life. In the last week I’ve seen my partner twice, and only for a few hours each time. Outside of class we get a lot of homework, so when I’m home I’m either […]

When I got the google alert, “Five Reasons Flight Attendants Should become Wal-Mart Greeters” a post by Tom Johansmeyer on Gadling I decided, I’ve read enough articles and posts claiming how poor flight attendants are and how bad we have it! Everywhere you look there’s an article on how horrible the job of flight attendant […]