Air hostess wage??

[frogprin1]

Hi

Hope you are all good ladies

Anyone know what average wage is monthly for air hostess

Thinking a career change but would like to keep my place :/

Thanks girlies xx

My DD is cabin crew for easyJet so rarely gets a stopover which is what you're describing here. She has to be 90 mins from her base airport but they can taxi her to another base if they need her. Her monthly take home pay is pretty decent tbf, it's made up of basic salary, sector pay (per flight) and commission.

The training is hard, the first few months are a massive learning curve and passengers can be 'interesting' but she loves it.

i am so over adults telling other adults to be kind .

I know a retired air hostess and she did 40 years with the airline. She gets one free business class flight a year and free standby economy flights. Whether this is her contract due to her age (she's a pensioner now) but do look at "benefits" like this too.

It’s a good point but it’s worth looking for the devil in the details and there are big differences across companies.

For example as a retired employee of a very big UK airline I’m entitled to standby economy flights at my old outfit but they’re certainly not free, and of course standby is risky. TBH if I’m traveling outside peak season and can book well ahead it’s often cheaper to pay for a bog standard commercial ticket than risk the standby.

I also get a couple of business class tickets per annum but whilst the fare element is gratis I have to pay all the taxes and fees … and the killer is if the flight fills up you are the first to get bumped back from business and if it really fills up you end up on standby and potentially not travelling at all.

Air hostess sounds accurate enough, for a female example of the "crew" that brings a cup of tea.

What's wrong with it?

Oh for goodness sake, it's not Air Hostess!!

I believe the proper term is Cart Tart...

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Now you’ve started something….

FWIW as I recall things Air Hostess had gone out of fashion to say the least even before I started at the airlines in the late eighties….the general terms were Steward and Stewardess back then, though our friends across the Atlantic have, I think, always gone with Flight Attendant.

Trolly Dolly?

I'm thinking not.

That's a bit judgmental.

The men are stewards; the women are stewardesses or hostesses. Keep it simple and correct.

If you're keeping it simple and correct, it's actually cabin crew. Stewardess and hostess are now old fashioned and sexist.

And cart tart was a joke. It's what we called ourselves. As a joke.

Correct & current terminology in the U.K. civil aviation industry is ‘Cabin Crew’. In North America ‘Flight Attendant’ is used. Both terms are gender neutral.

The primary responsibility the role is passenger safety. Not ‘cups of tea’. That’s why there are regulations covering the minimum number of crew required to operate each specific aircraft type.

If you require further explanation of the importance of properly trained cabin crew, read this & learn :

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/jal-a350-crash-emergency-evacuation-analysis/

"Bet half of you wouldn't comment if you had to show your face :)"

Thank you for cheering me up tonight OP 💖🤣🙌

Why is it so competitive though? I have heard that it is hard work for low pay.

Methinks zapss is just being provocatively misogynistic for shits and giggles.

However, your reply is spot on.

I suspect it's because many people still to some extent view airline flying jobs through rose tinted glasses and maybe aren't aware of some of the current realities.

Objectively it can still be a pretty good job, certainly compared with others out there, but it has certainly changed from the days of legacy contracts.

I think it is attractive kind of alternative path. You don't need higher education, prior specialization, you just need to like flying, be healthy and be time flexible (to apply, much more is needed to do it, but that comes in the training). Very easy to sign up for selection process and change your life through that.

I suppose the security training and passenger management experience will lead to some serious people skills

Thank you everyone who is helpful x

made me think of this