There’s only one way to get started on becoming a flight attendant, but what is the process like? I asked some of the most popular influencers on TikTok and Instagram, Hannah and Destanie you can find their socials on the “Introducing the Influencers” post! Check out my previous post to learn about the influencers I interviewed! here’s what they had to say.
Most people don’t know what the process for becoming a flight attendant is, I sure didn’t. You may assume you have to go to school, pass some tests, maybe even get a physical. But what else?
Hannah explained that airlines only open applications at certain times for short periods, once you apply, assuming they liked your application you will get a callback for a phone interview. If they still like you after that, they will fly you out to headquarters for an in person interview and hopefully receive an offer! After you get the job training starts, for Hannah it was 4 weeks focused on airplane safety and how to evacuate an airplane in an emergency situation. Destanie said the whole process took her about 6 months due to applying, interviewing, and graduating training.
Hannah and Destanie talked about two different perspectives of training, both super informative and helpful! Hannah said her training was a blast! You get put into a hotel with all of your other classmates for the 4 weeks, they had to get up super early in the morning and they would finish around 3 pm. After the day was over they would go back to the hotel to study for exams and on the weekends they had a break so they were able to explore the area (in Hannah’s situation she was in Dallas) eat lots of food and build friendships! Destanie talked more about how intense it is. She assumed, a lot like others that once you make it to training you are set to go unfortunately thats not the case. Destanie says that a good amount of the students get sent home due to their test scores, behavior, etc. She also said that its really stressful because there are 12 exams and you are only able to fail 2. So if you fail one and then fail the retake, pack up your bags.
The next question I asked them was if everything was worth it. It was an easy yes for the both of them. I hope after I graduate college I am lucky enough to be in the same situation as these two. Learning the process and sharing with you makes me excited to see what happens in the future! I hope you stick around and see what else is coming!
After interviewing two more flight attendants, I’ve come to realize that each flight attendants experience is very similar. Between their personal feelings about it and the time line these four flight attendants have very similar answers. Below will be Rosie and Alys’s answers. Once time goes on and I get the opportunity to interview more flight attendants I most likely wont add anything else to this post unless I get a different story!
Aly’s process took about 4 months, she applied in October of ’23, got an interview in January of ’24, and graduated in March of ’24. Her training experience, she explained, was very good, although it was a difficult month for her. If you study and pay attention, you will be just fine. Aly said she met some of her best friends in training and she even misses training sometimes because she made such good memories. Since Aly is so young, she went through her training at 18 and there were only 2 (including her) 18-year-olds in her class!! She said training was exactly what she expected, but was actually a little harder than she expected. Despite it being hard, the job is 100% worth it and the best decision she has ever made, she told me.
Rosie applied online and had two interviews, one over the phone and one in person, which was a 10-hour day for her that consisted of 3 interviews in total. After she got her job offer, she went into training for 5 weeks. From sending her application in up to the moment she graduated training it was 5 months. With her training experience, she said it almost felt like being back in college. She had to tap back into her studying skills because of the number of exams. She said it felt like learning a foreign language because it was all so new to her. And I know we aren’t surprised by this, but I asked her if it was worth it… the answer was obviously a yes!!