Do flight attendants have the same coworkers?

Not that you will work with the same team again, but with one or two other co-workers that you flew with before. In all the years that I have flown, I have never worked with the same team, ever. I have flown with a couple of co-workers that I have flown with before. But this doesn’t happen that often.

Can flight attendants choose who they work with?

The tradeoff, though, is getting to see the world and not having to take your work home with you. Flight attendants submit their monthly scheduling choices in a process called “bidding,” and the more seniority they have, the more they’re able to determine which routes they fly and days they get to take off.

Do flight attendants work for one airline?

Flight Attendants typically do not move from airline to airline. Scheduling, pay, vacation are usually based on seniority, and therefore, it makes sense to stay with one airline for an entire career.

Do flight attendants stay in nice hotels?

As you can see, flight attendants can stay at some nice hotels on their layovers. When it comes to earning hotel points, and stay credit, it can be hit or miss. Most of the time, their discounted rates aren’t eligible but at some hotels the points will post, and elite members will even receive lounge access.

Do flight attendants wake you up?

In most cases otherwise they will attempt to wake you up in a gentle way. But if you don’t wake up, they will skip you. If you wake up later, and ask for a meal to be served to you, and there is still time for a meal to be served, then they will serve it to you.

How many days a month do flight attendants fly?

It also depends on your airline and the base. On average, most flight attendants at the beginning of their working career fly about 18 days a month, but this is different for each case. That’s how a lot of people can work in one city and yet live in another city or country.

Do airline flight attendants live in the cities they fly to?

Just because an airline is flying to a destination (e.g. Paris), it doesn’t mean that they permanently keep aircraft there and so hire local flight attendants in that destination. The company just flies there so the onboard flight attendants might sleep in that city for one or two nights, but they certainly don’t live there.

Do flight attendants bring their luggage into the airport when flying?

Not usually. The flight attendants usually work in different routes. Every time in the airport when I travel, I always notice some flight attendants bring their handbag and their trolley bag when they are walking. They move flights by walking to another gates while bringing their belongings.

How do airline cabin crew schedules work?

That’s because most airlines, at least in the US, use a bidding system, which means that cabin crew can bid on their monthly preferences – which days off they want, their preferred routes, etc. And most senior staff will be given priority on these scheduling choices.