Does anyone have any information on Horizon Airlines flight attendant training class?

Question

I was recently hired with Horizon Airlines as a flight attendant. I start training soon, and was wondering if anyone has any information they can send my way. Thanks

I will be paid 7.63 an hour for training M-F 8-5pm for 4 weeks. And I am also paid $20 a day for food etc. Pretty nice. And once I graduate from training I will be making $19.00 an hour plus $1.75 per diem!

Answer 1

Horizon Air/ Alaska Airlines (im sure you already know but, Horizon and Alaska Airlines are affiliated) will probley send you some sort of brocure in the coming weeks on what to expect with there training.

My sister works with a major international airline, and when she started they gave her a package with all sorts of information on the airline and the training. Not all airlines do this though.

I did a little research, and I found a job opening for a Flight Attendant with Horizon Air. In the 'job requirements' section, it says: "ability to attend four weeks of paid training"
The link is here: http://horizon.recruitmax.com/MAIN/careerportal/Job_Profile.cfm?szOrderID=680&szReturnToSearch=1&szWordsToHighlight=

So you will have 4 weeks of paid training (lucky, not all airlines pay you for it). It will basically follow all the FAA guidelines. You will probley sit in a class room type environment with other new flight attendants. They will teach you the basics on how to operate items inside the aircraft, how to deal with rude and dangerous passengers and of course, what to do in an emergency, wether it be an emregency landing or a ditch in the ocean (horrible to think of, but it's a reality).

Most airlines do terrorism type training as well, and how to handle a dangerous passenger who is attempting to hurt the aircraft, passengers & crew or enter the cockpit area of the plane. Unfortunatly it's a reality that things like this could happen in this day and age, and the airlines want to prepare there crew for this type of situation. Some airlines do a "fake hijacking" scenario in the training center on a model plane, were the crew will take what they learned from the class room into the scenario.

You will also have to do an emergency practice at the training center that includes evacuating voulnteer passengers from the model plane, and using the slide/raft.

I was browsing on YouTube and I found a picture video of a JetBlue Airlines training class that an employee uploaded. Different airline but it may give you an insight into what sort of stuff airline do for crew training.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3zTadAJB0I
Another Training video of the slide evacuation practice. Also from a JetBlue employee on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNeiRbPEOfI&mode=related&search=

I hope this helps, and good luck and enjoy your carrier with your airline. :-)

Answer 2

Horizon Airlines

Answer 3

You need to be available basically all the time.
They dont make that great money, trust me I am one, And the average carrer time of a FA is 1-6 years.
2-3 months of training paid or unpaid. Mine was paid. 15.51 an hour. (regional airline)
with a 70 hour monthly gar.
A FA isnt a glorified waitress in the air, it is ALOT of FAA regualtions and rules you must know and have down by memory.
You must know how to save the lives of hundreds of people is need be.
Good Luck.



You only stand when passengers need something, or when you are serving them, which yes is for the most part.


I am a flight attendant for a small regional airline.
This is our pay

15.51 a flight hour (only while in flight)

on overnights or when we are signed in, but not flying, i get 1.27 an hour.

Pay is Bi-monthly

Its is approx, 1300 a month, but all airlines are different.

I rather work for a small regional airline, (because it isnt such a terrorist target)

Training is unbelievably difficult, harder than college for sure! You must know EVERYTHING. And I had 3 years prior experience as a GSC gate agent!




Hope this helps, good luck

all airlines are different, but all FAA rules and regulations (you will hear that alot) are the same anywhere. Good luck with training, its not easy thats for sure.

Answer 4

For almost all airlines, you have to pass some prerequisite screenings and interviews first. If you've made it far enough that they invite you to flight attendant training, they will explain the ins and outs. You usually do not pay out of your pocket to be there but you also usually do not get paid anything... they will cover your hotel and a small allowance for food, etc (and I mean small!) while you are in training but you're not going to cover the mortgage on it!