Sorry about that, I did correct it later to £1200ish.... I went snd dug out some old payslips to double check.
Font pay any attention to some of these posts. I've happily referred to myself as ex crew, ex air hostess, ex wagon dragon and ex trolley dolls among others.
You have to be within call out time from the airport so if you don't live within that distance you'll have to get accommodation. There are crew flats where crew share and have the beds for their stand bys then others have them at different times. It's part of your contract to get to the airport within call out time (that time will depend on thr airline and can differ between an hour and two hours).
You may need to do airport standbys also. This is where you have to be at the airport and ready to go to cover flights/ trips.
You may have to work as a seasonal member of crew to start off with covering the Summer with the winter off. During this time you'll need to make sure you have a reference to probe where you've been and what you've been doing.
You'll need five years worth of complete references in order to get your passes.
You can't have a criminal record.
You have to be available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I left after my maternity leave as I didn't want to miss important milestones with my child/ren.
You cannot drink within a reasonable time of duty. You cannot have alcohol in your blood stream..... yes I'm aware crew drink before duty but you shouldn't.
Training is usually about 6 weeks. You have to memorise where every piece of equipment is, how to check it, how to use it and who is responsible. You will learn standard and emergency procedures including advanced first aid and fire fighting (practicals included). In the air the crew are every emergency service, there is nobody else to call on. You will also have to do your ditching drill and if longhaul/etops trained how to put up rafts etc.
You will have exams, lots of exams and have to pass these exams at regular intervals. You will with most airlines have a preflight briefing where you'll need to answer a safety and a first aid question before the flight.
You have to deal with the best and the worst of the public in an aluminium tube at 35000ft.
You have to do all of this and maintain the image of the airline. You have an example usually on uniform standards too. Eg height of cabin shoe heel, height of dress shoe heel, what side to carry your bag, how to wear your hair. The airlines I worked for also had training on make up although I'm aware not all airlines do this. One airline even gave us a pen which had a pull out of reminders how to wear your uniform. I'll see if I can dig it out and take a picture (I know roughly where it is).
I have flown both long haul, short haul and a mix of the two. I would never work for Jet2, easyjet or Ryanair. They are shorthaul only and work multiple sectors.
Some airlines offer sector pay.
It is an amazing job. I've visited some fantastic places and had many wonderful trips. The crew are the best. You'll make some life long friends.
There is little job security even with a permanent contract, airlines go bust or make redundancies all the time.
Best of luck