How to get a job as an air stewardess (pref at Leeds or Manchester airport)?

Question

What is the best way to do this? So far i've tried to search for the jobs and there isn't many about. Do anyone know of a good website that advertises air stewardess jobs? Also...what do employers look for? I have no experience...any tips on what to do or how to impress? Thanks!

Answer 1

Last time i was on an Easyjet flight i read the magazines they give out and there was an add for cabin crew, salary was over £15k i think, try them.

As long as you don't mind orange he he.

Answer 2

Firstly you could approach airlines directly without waiting for a vacancy to be advertised. Advertising jobs costs money and there may already be a vacancy somewhere. You can write to managers with an impressive CV document and photos and express your ambitions. Rod Eddington is the top man of British Airways, writing to him usually gets a response and will get you noticed. Get other names and addresses from airline websites.

Invest £20 getting a nice quality CV document and colour photographs of you, with your educational background posted out. Your specific ambitions should be clearly expressed, keep it brief!! Stick to the facts that you really want to follow your dream and this is your way of getting those top managers to see your name first, and impress. A local printer would be able to do a professional four page portfolio for your purposes. Which may be a wise investment.

Write to airports too, as they often have schemes whereby you can work there for a few weeks and try varying job roles within the airport setting. This might provide some skills and advanced prior learning to help later.

In the mean time you could take a first aid course as a starting point.

Now most airlines will train you to do the job! When they need to recruit they recruit in small groups, some candidates fail, you need to have certain qualities to start with.

These are mainly the ability to deal with situations, be an excellent communicator and have confidence. You also need to offer good customer service and accept equal opportunities policies and be of a smart appearance. You would need to undertake first aid skills and fire rescue procedures during the training, along with a sound understanding of the aircraft layout and safety devices.

This type of job is very exciting, and sought after (surprisingly), considering the poor pay and often bad and unsociable working hours and necessary skills. Also you should consider the distances and necessity to stay away from home in hotels for odd nights at random, and the possibility of delays and strike action by airline staff and air traffic controllers, which may mean extra hours waiting around without pay in another country.

Also there is the small risk of terrorism or disaster, and some uncertainty within the industry too, as I am sure you are fully aware that the government is trying to reduce the number of flights we take annually per person, by taxing us . Which may affect the workload and profits of airlines and subsequently the job vacancy numbers.

Once you have approached all of the airlines you can think of asking them to pass your documents to the recruitment and training departments, you should accept any offer of the training available, as it is not normally a college based course. You should consider that the company may want you to sign a contract of employment before they go to all that expense of tutoring you.

Definately go for it if you really want this! Don't be persuaded to do a job you will find mundane, and go with what you think is right.

Dont be put off by the issues I have raised, it is better to be prepared, and understand the job role as well as possible.
Mainly I would like to wish you good luck.

http://www.aviationjobsearch.com/search.asp

http://www.manchesterairport.co.uk/web.nsf/Content/Recruitment
http://www.cabincrewdirect.co.uk/

http://www.how2become.co.uk/cabincrew.htm?keyword=|googlecabincrew|flightattendant

Answer 3

Airlines employ cabin crew (air steward/esses), not airports. You might be on the Leeds-Canary Islands flight one day and Gatwick-Moscow the next.
I suggest you check out the websites of airlines that use airports in your area: just type the name of the airline into Google/Yahoo and you should see the website you need.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

you used to have to speak an other language i dont know about that now it might only apply to international flights