How to Become a Flight Attendant with No Experience
Are you excited by the chance to travel the world? You aren’t alone. Average flight attendant applications for the past 10 years are estimated to be over 1,000,000 per year. You need an advantage to ge hired.
Working as a flight attendant presents many opportunities to travel the world for free, and in overnight cases, get free hotel and meals. Build lasting relationships and develop valuable client service and life-saving skills. Use our handy guide below to learn what you’ll need to do to start your flight attendant career.
Yes, Training Matters! Every day, hiring managers can choose between those who are trained and those who are not. Guess who gets the interview?
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Steps to Take to be a Flight Attendant
Flight attendant jobs are one of the highest demand jobs a person can apply to. There are hundreds of bits of information and steps in the hiring process, therefore, it is best to have the training and a guide to help you successfully gain the experience and get through the hiring process to land your dream job.
Thinking about doing it on your own? It’s difficult and can take a long time.
- Airlines can take 3-6 months to get through the hiring process, that’s if your resume makes it through the first cut.
- Intense Competition. We estimate there are 1 – 1.5 million flight attendant applications for 5,000 – 10,000 jobs.
- Get Hired Fast! Our school provides a fast track program where you can obtain training and job offers in just weeks!
- Our best students obtain multiple job offers before graduation
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Learn the Requirements
Some flight attendant requirements are universal. These include:
- Are you at least 18 years of age?
- Flight attendants spend a lot of time on their feet – are you able to stand for long periods of time?
- Do you have any visible tattoos or piercings beyond 1 earring per ear lobe?
- Can you pass criminal background and pre-employment drug tests?
- Do you have, or can you get a United States passport? (for international flights)
- Do you have a high school diploma, or GED?
Keep in mind that each airline has its own set of guidelines. If you have your heart set on a specific airline, look up their job postings or careers page to find specifics on that carrier. Learn out more about flight attendant qualifications here.
Assess Your Personal Skills and Experience
Do you have flight attendant training or experience?
- Airlines hire those with flight attendant training or experience first.
- Airlines prefer to hire people who have lived a travel lifestyle.
- Our school provides the training you need to get hired and offers crew quarter accommodations to simulate life on the road.
Training, age, experience, maturity, personality, education, location and foreign language skills are all factors in the hiring decision.
No experience? Complete our Flight Attendant Training Program!
If you don’t have any prior experience, then a flight attendant training program can help you get a foot in the door.
Flight attendants do so much more than just serving food and beverage. A lot can happen in the air and you want to be prepared to deal with anything that may come up. You need to know flight regulations, job responsibilities and airline standards.
Flight attendants are trained to handle emergencies and keep passengers safe. You need to be skilled in first aid, security, evacuation methods, and aircraft safety procedures.
Having training or experience with a flight attendant training school gives you a serious advantage over your competition and shows airlines that you’re committed to your career path.
Search and Apply for Flight Attendant Jobs
This step may not be as easy as it sounds. Thousands of applicants without training never land an interview with an airline. Moreover, once you enter the interviewing process, the competition is fierce. That is why you must be completely prepared for your interview. Our school specializes in training you for interviews and airlines will often interview students while they’re still in class.
Being skilled at training isn’t the only thing to consider when you’re applying for work. It’s just as important to know how to make a positive impression on your potential employer during the interview process. Competition is tough and you must know everything from the proper way to dress for the job to the best way to answer hard interview questions.
The Application Process
- Delta receives 270,000 applications for only 2,000 positions, only the most qualified candidates even make it to an in-person interview.
- Many airlines use a computer screening process to reject a large number of candidates solely based on their résumé.
- The Travel Academy provides the secrets to help you get past the computer screening process. We shortcut the hiring process from months to just weeks, many of our students are interviewed while they are still in class and receive multiple job offers.
The application process for most airlines is intense. It can take 1-2 hours to complete a single application and questions may feel confusing or intimidating. Always provide a cover letter and résumé with your application. Since airlines receive thousands of applications, cover letters, and résumés, yours really needs to stand out.
Interviewing
If you are one of the lucky ones to get a call for an interview, you will arrive and likely find many people in front of you and a new group waiting to interview when you leave.
Experienced airline representatives interview thousands of people and has probably decided if you’ll be offered a position in the first 5 minutes. They look at your professionalism, manners (airlines are “old school”), how you talk, how you sit, eye contact…everything is judged.
The Travel Academy runs you through multiple practice interviews to help you master the in-person interview. This gives you real world practice, that will help you get hired fast.
FAQs
How long does it take to become a flight attendant?
Can you become a flight attendant at 40? 50? 60?
Can a man become a flight attendant?
Where can I apply to become a flight attendant?
Is becoming a flight attendant worth it?
Can I become a flight attendant with a DUI?
Is becoming a flight attendant difficult?
How to get a job with a certain airline?
Where can I study to become a flight attendant?
What does it take to become a flight attendant?
Do flight attendants make good money?
Do you need training to be a flight attendant?
Getting the Offer
Congratulations! Your hard work paid off and you’ve been hired by an airline!
Once you pass the pre-employment screening, the airline will require you to go through orientation and be trained on their own aircraft under their own FAA approved policies.
Many first-time flight attendants aren’t aware that, when you’re hired with an airline, the offer may be temporary until permanent. It is still possible to be fired at this stage. About 30% to 50% of new flight attendants never make it on an airplane. The most common reasons are tardiness, attitude, lack of flight attendant training or aircraft knowledge.
Most airlines have a probationary period where they test your skills and training.
Complete Airline Orientation & Aircraft Familiarization
All airlines require that new hires complete an orientation training program. In addition, flight attendants must complete orientation on each specific aircraft for the airline, very few airlines have the same aircraft.
Get Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency
After orientation, crew members working on a plane with more than 20 seats need an FAA issued Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency. Flight attendants receive this certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Flight Attendant Benefits
The flight attendant benefits are one of the top reasons why people choose this type of job. Specific benefits are different for each airline and may be different depending on how long a flight attendant has worked for their airline. The most popular benefit for flight attendants is just the job itself. Many flight attendants use their layover time between flights to explore a new city or country. There are times when a flight attendant job allows for a several day layover, which provides plenty of time to watch the sun rise or set over the ocean, explore historical places, or just sit and sip a cup of coffee on a cobblestone sidewalk.
Other benefits include:
- Your job takes you to other cities – can explore on overnight trips
- Family and sometimes friends can fly for free
- Do not need a college degree
- Many advancement opportunities
- Schedule can be flexible
- Ability to pickup extra flights to increase hours
- Opportunity to meet new people
- Per Diem – extra compensation to cover your meal costs (add: $1.70 – $2.15 per flight hour)
- Medical, dental, and life insurance
- 401(K) retirement plan
- Long-term disability coverage
- Performance-based bonuses
- Paid vacation and holidays
- Discounts on cruises, car rentals, hotels, and other hospitality services
Apply Online or give us a call at 952-854-7161 and see for yourself how much of a difference we can make in your career and help you realize your greater potential!
Flight Attendant Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to become a flight attendant?
Can you become a flight attendant at 40? 50? 60?
Can a man become a flight attendant?
Where can I apply to become a flight attendant?
Why become a flight attendant? Is becoming a flight attendant worth it?
There are additional monetary benefits including performance-based bonuses, paid time-off/holidays, travel per diem for free meals, 401K retirement planning, insurance, and more depending on the airline.
Can I become a flight attendant with a DUI?
Is becoming a flight attendant difficult?
Statistically speaking, it is harder to get hired by Delta Airlines than it is to get admitted into Harvard University because Delta receives over 270,000 applications per year and uses strict automated screening software. It is estimated that up to 60% of flight attendants fail their initial training and are released before getting hired because of the rigorous nature of their on-boarding. Anyone interested in pursuing a flight attendant career should fully prepare themselves as much as possible and consider pursuing an education and resume tutoring before applying in order to gain a competitive advantage during the recruitment process.
How to get a job with a certain airline?
Graduates of the Travel Academy have successfully landed jobs at the following airlines:
- Delta Airlines
- United Airlines
- American Airlines
- Sun Country Airlines
- Southwest Airlines
- Frontier Airlines
- Omni Air International
- Norwegian Air Line
- Caribbean Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Trans State Airlines
- Emirates
- Flight Services International
- Air Canada
- SkyWest Airlines
- Envoy Air
- Mesa Airlines
- PSA Airlines
- Endeavor Air
- Compass Airlines
- Allegiant Air
- Republic Airways
- GoJet Airlines
- JetSuiteX
- Contour Airlines
- XOJET
- Jetblue
- CommutAir
- Alaska Airlines
- Air Wisconsin
- Westjet
- Spirit Airlines
- And more!
Where can I study to become a flight attendant?
What does it take to become a flight attendant?
Do flight attendants make good money?
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We hope you’ve enjoyed our guide on how to become a flight attendant! Ready to get started on your journey? Contact us today online here or call us at 952-854-7161