Do you have to be able to swim to be an air hostess?

[ChoseCake]

And if so, how well?

I don't see why, you're a long way from the water

Hopefully :)

I’d think so because you’d have to able to help during an emergency water landing

I believe most airlines require you to be able to swim around 50 meters confidently and tread water for a certain period of time. It differs between airlines though.

Thank you. Better cross that off my list of potential jobs then.

Or you could take swimming lessons?

Yeah get swimming lessons. Knowing how to swim is a handy skill.

I agree, sign yourself up for some lessons. It's a good life skill to have anyway, regardless of what job you do.

I'm really surprised by this 🤔 but there we go!

OP, I couldn't swim. Like properly couldn't swim. I don't know if you've found the same, but when I used to tell people I couldn't swim they always assumed I meant just not very far or well or just lacked confidence. But I mean properly couldn't float and had never swum a stroke without a float.

I started lessons in July and can now most definitely swim ☺️ so I'd echo PPs who say to have lessons. I honestly would never have thought I'd be able to do it, so if I can then anyone can.

Even if you did have to I bet they won't check

Just lie

One of the test requirements is to escape through a fake plane door and in to a swimming pool, swim 2/4/6 lengths then tread water. It's pretty obvious if you lie!

Yes most if not all airlines require a confident swimming ability. It's forms part of the initial training course you need to pass in order to qualify.

Yes lie, because I can’t imaine that a plane or anyone in it has ever actually survived a water landing.

My comment was aimed at @LaurieFairyCake

Ohyesiam yep, not as though they made a whole film about a real life situation just like that.

Yeah obviously you can't lie if they actually make you do the swimming

@Ohyesiam you mean you couldn’t believe this happened? I guess it’s fake news edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/09/28/air-niugini-micronesia-plane-lon-orig.cnn

AutoFilled Ha ha. Yes I can imagine falling short of a runway and ending up
In the water, just can’t imagine falling out of the sky from a few thousand feet and it all going swimmingly!

Yes. You have to swim a length and climb out of the pool into the raft to pass your course.

That said, there was a girl on my course that really wasn't confident in the water and the coaxed her through it.

Of course you need to be able to swim!

The actual hostessing is only a small part of cabin crew training; the rest is preparation for emergency situations. You need to be fit and healthy; it’s very physically demanding.

They’re not waitresses in the sky; it’s not a glamour job. They’re there to keep you safe, and make it pleasant while they do so.

Ohyesiam there was the Hudson River landing - from almost 3000 ft. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549 It was a US Airways flight (so a major airline) with 155 people on board, all of whom survived - I'm sure it helped that the crew could swim. It's very rare, but really not unheard of.

A lot of runways are next to water. Even Heathrow has a huge reservoir right next to it.. You don't have to land on water - just slide off the end of the runway into it. I can't count how many landings I've done around the world where it's felt like we were about to land in water, and then the runway suddenly appeared. It's so common to land and take off right before water.