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.

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OP- aren’t there any other jobs you could do that are more family friendly?

Not to old
my friend did it into her mid 30’s 2 kids supportive husband and family to call on but the hours and the shifts didn’t fit and she found it very difficult to manage

I don’t think you would make much money from this after you have paid for accommodation for 5 days out of 8 unfortunately. A layover is when you fly from your base to somewhere else and aren’t able to get back to your base. RyanAir doesn’t normally do this as it’s expensive so you will end up paying for your accommodation yourself 3 hours away from home for the vast majority of the time you are working.

Not at all. I'm a regular flyer on both British Airways and American Airlines and at just 38 you would be one of the youngest cabin crew that I would see.

I will eat my words if it is, it only says on the application that you have to be proficient in English language 🤷‍♀️

^^ this!!

Sorry but I don't think you have done your research properly. Ryanair don't do layovers (or at least very very rarely and more in the event of delays). Short haul companies such as Ryanair, wizz, easyJet etc do turn around flights where you fly to the destination and then fly back to base when your shift is then over. You are expected to return home each evening and you will have to fund you own accommodation and that would mean either a 6hr daily commute OR you paying for a room in a house share etc which doesn't make a lot of financial sense. You only get layovers on long haul.
Are they not recruiting for the base that's only 90minutes from you?
I'm around 70mins away from my base airport, but could easily be 90minutes with traffic. There are Facebook groups you can join who will give you more advice as my experience only relates to easyJet and British Airways. I'm sure there's a Ryanair cabin crew group

Wow lots of replies deleted. I did feel like lemondreamer was stalking me if I'm honest!

Thanks for your reply, it's given me some food for thought.

Baffling that anyone would emigrate to another country presumably for a better quality of life, but then the only employment option being to regularly go away from your young children for 3 months at a time to be a live in carer.

To be fair it is good money, I just couldn't do it myself.

i think when you calculate how much you’re earning per hour being a live in carer (and that’s putting aside the emotional cost to you and your child by being away for 3 months regularly)… it won’t be so “good”

Have you applied to cabin crew yet Op? or took on board the last post from @fiddleleaffig namely that they don’t do layovers for your commute would be 6 hours a day five days a week (and usually there’s a 90 min limit as to how far you can live from the airport)

I used to know someone who did one return flight to Europe from the UK per day as cabin crew, so she dropped her DS to nursery and her DH picked up, but she was home for dinner time. I'm not sure how long she had worked for the company though, to get that kind of convenient schedule.

To be honest I considered it more as a last resort. Would much rather WFH but it is slim pickings.

so you’re not going to apply?

op lives 6 hours round trip from airport

what are the wfh options?

I'm not sure.

i think it’s been ruled out surely?
unless you (and the airline) are ok with you doing a 6 hour round trip five days a week - then it’s off the cards?

what’s the WFH option? only beauty or anything else?

Those with very very long memories will recall BEA….which some in the airline industry reckoned stood for “Back Every Afternoon”.

I think back in the olden days at some airlines there were contracts that allowed some very senior to have that sort of lifestyle but it’s rare as hens teeth these days, if it exists at all.