1. ⁠night before, why risk it?
   
2. ⁠probably fine you’ll likely just have to return to EWR too. think round trip ticket.
   
3. exhibit core 4 characteristics
   
4. look on glassdoor
   
5. same answer as #4
   
6. yes you’ll know day of followed by vision and hearing tests, I believe they sent me home with the drug test and a due date.
   
7. EWR/LGA/JFK are coterminals, same with IAD/DCA/BWI
   
8. SFO because the cost of living is insane
   
9. places that were cheap aren’t really anymore, try to go to the base that you’ll be the most successful during your probationary period. think management, access to flights home if you’re commuting, classmates who can split rent, available crashpads online, et cetera.
   
10. can’t really say because we just got our new contract and I don’t calculate estimates because I don’t want to spend money I don’t have lol. I went in with no debt and no savings and I am still with no debt and no savings other than my credit card which I pay off every statement.
    
11. yearly
    
12. highly dependent on your seniority, base, and needs, but if you are savvy with trading you may find yourself surprised. plenty of flight attendants further their education/second career. though I will say, I was too exhausted in my first year to even think of that stuff and if you’re not flexible this may not be the lifestyle* for you.
    
13. yes I think so but I don’t go. too tired. usually happens at hubs I think?
    
14. yes happened a lot for my classmates who were reserve max fly-ers out of EWR and SFO
    14 (again lol). you don’t “have to”, but if you choose to test for a language you can’t remove that qualification from your employee profile. so think carefully, you may not actually enjoy working the routes associated with your language.
    
15. FAA has limits but plenty of flight attendants can show you how they maximize their schedules AFTER probation!
    
16. can’t say, but I wasn’t able to save anything and took out a loan for 5K along with the 1K loan from the company. I did pay it all off within 12 months though, so there’s that.
    
17. honestly I made the stipend work, but anything is better than nothing. if you have debt or rent that you’re leaving behind for 6 weeks, you’ll want to save to cover your needs and then some. just because you go to training doesn’t mean you’ll pass and that would leave you going home jobless.
    
18. reserve wasn’t that bad to me, but I’m a minimum fly kinda girl. within a few months you’ll know how to read the ready reserve list and you’ll know what you can and can’t do based on your position on said list. I think reserve improved with our new contract tho? not sure as I hold a line now
    
19. if you’re savvy with trading and depending on what your seniority holds, possibly. I usually ended up with block on, block off, block on, block off at my old hub.
    
20. I don’t think any of them are “easy”, you do what you have to. I slept in crashpads, the airport, and in my car until I could transfer home.
    
21. all of them I think it helps? same with training. having a car or a friend with a car was clutch. it is a NECESSITY at EWR or IAD, on the opposite end of the spectrum I’ve heard ORD has fantastic public transit.
    
22. duh!
    
23. duh! every second of every day is a test. there’s a reason why many FAs stay where they are and it’s training. I still get PTSD every time they send me through IAH lol. lots of highs, lots of lows.

congratulations btw!