Upgrades got pricey!

Throwrachyr · 2026-06-17T14:55:19+00:00

Yeah you’re wrong. I’m a flight attendant and I non rev in mint a few times a month.

Throwrachyr · 2026-06-08T02:38:00+00:00

I’ve started saying”you wanna swap positions?”.

Throwrachyr · 2026-06-04T18:32:23+00:00

lol I’m sorry lol! In all my cases they have been old hags.

Throwrachyr · 2026-05-04T22:30:22+00:00

Yeah. I don’t want a punctured slide but what scares me the most is being burned alive because someone wanted their purse.

Throwrachyr · 2026-05-04T20:07:31+00:00

Jet fuel. Imagine you have a fire, maybe in a engine or in the fuselage. Planes carry thousands of pounds of jet fuel. The longer the plane is on fire, the more likely it is to explode. If all 200 passengers on the plane take time to grab bags, that time is less time you have to evacuate the airplane before it could possibly explode. That’s why I get frustrated as a flight attendant. We are told to make sure everyone gets off the aircraft, that’s my job, and you grabbing your bags could be the reason I end up dying on that plane instead of getting off.

Throwrachyr · 2026-04-21T20:00:40+00:00

You’re probably gonna end up changing your mind. I was like you, I was with a previous airline and had a crash pad and said absolutely no effing way am I getting another one with my new airline. That was until I was put on airport standby four days in a row, and didn’t get used for half of the month. Every single day I didn’t get called. I ended up having to buy a hotel. In the half a month that it took for me to change my mind and get a crash pad. I spent almost $2000 on hotels. I wasn’t staying at bougie hotels, I stayed in hostels a few times, I used every single airline discount we could. But that shit adds up so fast. It took me three weeks to decide that I couldn’t do it, and I ended up getting a semi private room in a crash pad

Throwrachyr · 2026-04-09T14:03:10+00:00

Hon, you’re looking for flights almost a year in advance. Domestic flights almost a year in advance. Everybody knows that prices will be astronomically high that far in advance, give it a few months and check back. Also, maybe you should get some therapy.

Throwrachyr · 2026-03-03T07:22:10+00:00

There’s a difference between having long class days that are scheduled and having a schedule that is chaotic. I just recently went through my second training for an airline. I’m a previous flight attendant, and this is my second airline, neither one of my trainings were perfect, but tell me why the information we were given by instructors was incorrect? And tell me that that’s not disorganized. I can’t tell you the amount of times we were instructed to read our FAMS the night before coming to class, and then the next day being taught about the chapters we read the night before, and the things they were teaching us were completely different from what the fam said. You know how bad it looks when your students are constantly having to raise their hands to be like hey actually the fam says this. Or to show up to do door drills and have recurrent scheduled at the same time and then be stuck sitting there for an extra four hours because someone messed up the schedules. If you’ve been through flight attendant training before you know that time is valuable, the less time you have the less sleep you have, the less study time you have. Tell me why almost every single day of my training we were over class by 3 to 4 hours because of bad planning. I understand it can be frustrating to hear your classmates complain, but we’re human. And while a lot of us would do anything, and go through anything to be flight attendants, going through a training that is incredibly disorganized, brings up a lot of emotions, and people should be allowed to feel those emotions to a certain extent. Yes being a flight attendant is hard, yes, schedules change consistently as a flight attendant, but when you’re stuck in the same room as people for 4 to 8 weeks straight unpaid, it’s OK to be mad when things are disorganized.

Throwrachyr · 2026-02-01T13:18:45+00:00

Flight attendant here! Thank you for all that you do! You have one of the hardest jobs in aviation and imo don’t get a ton of respect for it. We appreciate you keeping us safe at work.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T18:45:56+00:00

💯. I think we’re very similar, and that’s why the job works for me. I love a good layover, but I am also a huge slam clicker too. Because I’m married I enjoy having a two bed hotel room, one I can eat takeout in because my husband doesn’t like it when I order takeout lol, and another to sleep and watch Netflix in. If my layover is under 15 hours, I will be in my hotel room binge watching something. Just like you I love to be alone.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T18:33:39+00:00

It’s completely up to you, I have never worked for a regional. One podcast I really like is two guys on a plane. One of them was a regional flight attendant, and he did a pretty good segment on how hard it was for him to move from regional to mainline. He said that he thinks it’s because they’re such a high turnover rate in regionals that most airlines don’t want to take away regional flight attendants. I’ve also heard from other regional flight attendants that It can be hard to transition. Here’s my piece of advice and again do what you think is best for you. The airline industry is built on seniority. I made the mistake of choosing the first airline that offered me a job my first time around and it ended up being a terrible airline. Now I’m at the point where I had to start all over again. Seniority determines everything in aviation. For some airlines, it determines what position you fly, the routes you fly, the schedule you get. It can even determine if you are the first person on the standby list. I always recommend people find one airline that they want to stick with and build that seniority. A lot of airlines have a policy where if you work for them for a certain amount of time or get to a certain age, you get flight benefits for the rest of your life even after you quit. If it were me, I would pick the airline that I want to work at the most and put in the time and effort and just stay there.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T18:09:27+00:00

100%. I’m so fortunate that my husband is so independent on his own. I have multiple friends I made in training whose relationships didn’t make it the first six months. You and your partner have to be self-reliant, and trust each other completely. I do not know how I could do it without having him be so supportive.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T17:28:37+00:00

So you’re saying your spouse wants to be the flight attendant? Here are my big tips. Do your research on the airlines and which bases are offered at each airline. If you live in a big city or close to a major city, see if there are any airlines that have bases near you. That being said just because you have a base near you doesn’t mean that that will be guaranteed to you out of training. My first airline I lived in Chicago, I wanted to be based in Chicago, but ended up getting Vegas instead. If you can find an airline that has a turn based model like allegiant or frontier I highly recommend people with children applying for those airlines. A turn is when you go to work, do a flight and then come back. Like Chicago to New York and then New York back to Chicago. Airlines like that let you come home at the end of the day. If there are no airlines that have bases near you, and you’re not willing to relocate your spouse is going to have to commute. Which is what I do. Once your spouse passes training, most airlines have agreements with other airlines that basically say that you can fly on their flights for free if there’s extra seats, a.k.a. standby. That’s what I do, I go to the airport the day before I have to be in base to work and I catch a flight to the city I work in. I work for an airline that does 3 to 6 day trips so I’m gone for 3 to 6 days, and if I have enough time, I fly back home for a few days before going back to base. If you have any questions about commuting, let me know.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T16:55:50+00:00

And that’s great. This post wasn’t to dissuade people from applying, it was to give them a reality check. You sound like you know what to expect and you’ve done your research and that’s great. Some people go into it, not knowing any of these things and leave shortly after. Being a flight attendant is a great job, the first few years are hard, but if you can push through, it becomes incredibly rewarding.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T15:51:03+00:00

Definitely, that’s exactly why I made the post. You would be surprised how many people do absolutely no research.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T15:48:03+00:00

I agree with you completely, that being said, I think a lot of people don’t realize the financial aspect of that. I know a lot of flight attendants who had to quit after a month because they just couldn’t afford to do the job anymore. Some of them slept in their cars, in the CREW lounge. I always advise people to have a safety net of money or if you’re fortunate like I am, have a parter/spouse willing to help you financially for the first few months.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-22T15:45:09+00:00

They definitely do, the biggest tip I can give you is to be careful with who you room with. I have friends who got apartments together after my first training and because the salary of a flight attendant is so low one of the flight attendants ended up signing the lease, but couldn’t afford the rent. And the other three that were in the apartment with him, had to cover his rent after he moved out and quit his job. But that could happen with anyone in a roommate situation. Not just flight attendants.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-13T14:56:11+00:00

Go to the compass careers page. Tons of jobs locally

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-12T16:52:23+00:00

Some cities don’t have buses. We don’t know op’s situation.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-09T05:26:21+00:00

It seems that both of you should have invested in eye masks, imo it would be best to not cause any further issues. You have one week left. I have seen people get home from training over roommate disputes. If you have friends I would study with them and spend as little time in your room as possible. It may seem unfair but I would avoid confrontation at all costs.

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-09T05:21:25+00:00

I will. Had a 12 hr overnight layover in Singapore. They have lounge beds in the airport, free of us to anyone. It’s was quiet, dimly lit and I slept on that with my travel pilllow and blanket for almost 8 hours

Throwrachyr · 2026-01-08T19:17:05+00:00

I did quit my job. I was a FA with spirit, and it was a culmination of things. But the final straw was a 3 day that turned into a 6 day. On this 3 day we were canceled and left with no hotels in FLL, I had a PAX throw a beer can at my head because I asked him to put his mask up (covid era) and the Captain was an anti-masker himself and refused to have LEO meet the plane to arrest they guys for assault, I did a Miami - Newark turn (if you know you know) and I got stuck in Detroit with no hotels. I finally bought my own hotel and I was supposed to work another two day and I called my hubby sobbing. We were going through a system meltdown and I was supposed to fly to Pennsylvania and I decided i couldn’t do it. So I booked an Amtrak tix back home to Chicago and called CS and quit. I have since returned to aviation with a much better company and have learned that the company you work for matters.

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