| Are you caught in a dilemma of whether to choose | | | | legs, some route structures or working hours may |
| international flight attendant or domestic flight | | | | allow for 5 or even six leg days. 'Legs' are airline |
| attendant work? Try to decide what airline to apply | | | | speak for describing a single flight from point A to |
| to based on the work you will do and the conditions | | | | point B and involving one take-off and one |
| you'll work under. Ultimately it's about lifestyle and | | | | landing.This can be tiring work but the major benefit |
| while the actual work is similar, the type of work | | | | is that you maintain a normality of lifestyle and as an |
| differs and the lifestyle you'll lead is in rather stark | | | | airline employee you of course reap the rewards of |
| contrast between the two options. | | | | great holiday travel discounts and other airline |
| One you get to see family and friends with | | | | employment benefits in your downtime. |
| predictable regularity, the other not so. One you have | | | | International flight attendant work is starkly different |
| to learn to sleep on a plane, the other you'll probably | | | | to the status quo of domestic flight attendant work. |
| be sacked if you do. One you fight the clock, the | | | | Particularly with intercontinental and trans Atlantic |
| other you'll find that the clock fights you.Yes, | | | | work or in essence, anytime you have to do more |
| international flight attendant and domestic flight | | | | than one service on board in one leg. Two or more |
| attendant work has its differences. The basic | | | | services automatically mean that you will be a long |
| requirements to be either an international or domestic | | | | time in the air and won't be seeing a new lot of |
| flight attendant are of course the same. | | | | passengers until you've landed, said goodbye and |
| You have to meet the same educational standards | | | | gone to your hotel for a sleep and specified rest |
| of leaving or GED equivalent, be of sound physical | | | | period, sometimes being several days.Yes |
| health with correctable vision, be able to swim 50 | | | | international work is much more a lifestyle or rather, |
| metres (150 ft) fully clothed and hold a first aid | | | | jet-setting option. It can play havoc on your personal |
| certificate. Of course you need to be a great people | | | | home relationships although some wouldn't have it |
| person with great customer service skills and | | | | any other way because they can make it work for |
| preferably have significant past customer service | | | | them. And while North and South flying is relatively |
| experience in the 'real world'. Then there's the ability | | | | easy on the natural and normal circadian rhythm of |
| to study, be a team player and be able to adapt to | | | | your body, East and West flying exposes you to |
| flying requirements such work a 24/7 roster as well | | | | great time changes relative to your 'home body |
| as the need or willingness to relocate to a base | | | | clock'. |
| directed by the needs of the company if required. | | | | Again, this can be managed to a certain extent and |
| For some however, the passion to experience either | | | | for many, the sheer thrill of travelling to and seeing |
| International flight attendant or domestic flight | | | | new places particularly in the first one or two years |
| attendant work sees the requirements as mere | | | | of flying overcomes much jet lag.Obviously there are |
| incidentals or stepping stones to achieving their | | | | pros and cons in the finer details of international or |
| dream to fly.Domestic flight attendant work provides | | | | domestic flying such as the preference of flying on |
| great challenges and will give you a lot of satisfaction | | | | single or wide bodied aircraft, the willingness to live |
| provided you have the core attribute of a great flight | | | | out of a suitcase or be home at the end of your |
| attendant and that is, you really are a people person. | | | | shift, receive fantastic duty free allowances and for |
| You will be saying hello and goodbye to perhaps 1000 | | | | that matter travel allowances or simply forgo most |
| or more people in a days' work depending on the | | | | of them and save them for your personal travel time. |
| aircraft size and type you happen to be operating on | | | | Largely however, it's the type of work and lifestyle |
| during your duty. | | | | that you'll lead that is the major difference between |
| And while a typical working day would max out at 4 | | | | the two options. |