Is 38 too old to become cabin crew?

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Live in Europe and looking to go back to work full time now DS3 is 2.5 this is one of my options. Other is remote work of some sort.

My mum is retired. DH works self employed and his client in the uk would give plenty of notice.

Friend did it at 50 and is loving it!!!! She reckons she has a lot more patience than some younger crew with passengers, older ones in particular. As long as you’re fit enough to pass the physical training, why the heck not!

I know people who did this when they had young kids and it worked very well for them. When they were away downroute they had the head space and full night’s sleep that people often crave when in the thick of the toddler years. When home on their days off (which were very generous in those days -I’ve no idea how much that’s changed) they had full days to focus on their kids.

They had rock solid family help at home though to cover when they were away. E.g. one lived with her retired mum, the other had a partner who had a fully flexible part time job who could choose his hours.

Sounds like a terrible job for OP's family life, regardless of her age

I'm not fluent in the language. Our kids will be but we won't.

I have lots of friends who were cabin crew for Virgin and Emirates. They all gave up the job as soon as they had children. It just wasn’t conducive to family life.

The perks of the job were having rest days in wonderful places and seeing the world for free. It was great when they were single but just didn’t see it working with a young family.

My sister did this until she had 2 DC and she’s now retrained.

What’s the remote working option?

Some bat shit and rather nasty responses to the OP.
She merely asked if she was too old to be cabin crew, not advice on child care, whether she should have moved or not. I'm sure as a grown adult and mother of 3 she can figure all that out for herself.
And those going back over her other threads, get over yourselves 🙄

I'm not fluent in the language. Our kids will be but we won't.

Surely you'll need to be fluent in the language your local airline uses?

I have a friend who has just given up a career else where to become cabin crew - she is nearly 50

To be cabin crew based in the country you live I'd imagine they'd expect you to speak the language?!

I've just left teaching this Christmas to become a flight attendant at 40. My youngest however is 9 (and eldest 21) and I feel more confident in not always being around for bedtime etc. I'm not sure if I would do it with such a young child and would definitely only consider short haul where I am back home each day.
Most airlines as you live no more than 90minutes away as well.
I mean, by all means go for it, you only know if it will work for you if you try it. And if it doesn't you just leave and find something else. Good luck

No. It will keep you fit!

Well I'm exploring that option also. Used to work in call centres when I was younger but most remote jobs I see are either a scam or a profession of some sort.

I think your distance from the airport is probably a dealbreaker. Sorry op. A three hour drive home after a long shift (especially night flights) is a bad idea.

Yep. MN at its worst.

You are clearly not too old OP so go for it if that's what you want.

I wouldn't do this with such young children, there's always an illness they pick up that you either need last minute childcare or stay off work for. It's worse when they start school and mix with other kids and pick up more illnesses.

Surely, there are other more family friendly careers you could train for? Have a look at tour airport jobs page and see what ground based operational roles there are.

No, it's a British one.

No, it's a British one.

Do they definitely recruit locally to you?

One of my friends is cabin crew and went back to work when her youngest was this age. She worked part time and was assigned short haul flights only. Once she knew her husband's working pattern, then she'd sign up for standby and do extra shifts that way, short haul only again.
She had previously done long haul and did miss aspects of that, especially as a couple of days with nothing to do in a hotel in a hot country is probably even more appealing when you have young DC! Her youngest is now at secondary and she has started doing some long haul flights as well as short haul.