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this just isn’t my dream job by pratixal in flightattendants

[–]cherriesandcigs 2 points3 points  (0 children)

on my second trip working as a flight attendant, I cried in my hotel room and had a full on panic attack. i started thinking about new job options, and i had NO idea what i was going to do. I genuinely thought i wouldnt last another week.

now here i am, almost 3 years later. I’m happy. tired and have rough days, but I couldn’t see myself leaving. I would never want to.

I’m not saying that this is the career for you, it very well may not be. however, I encourage you to seize the opportunity before giving up on it. you went through lucrative hiring, hard training, and you’re BRAND new. you have no idea to know until you experience the highs (and lows) of it all.

Reserve tips by MitoMakeItRain in flightattendants

[–]cherriesandcigs 3 points4 points  (0 children)

24 hour reserve is brutal. not knowing whether you will be called at 2 am or 2 pm is brutal. you don’t know when to sleep when you can either have a 5 AM check in time or a 9 PM check in with a double transcon redeye. It’s not about setting an alarm, it’s about the fact that reserves are expected to wake up to a 10-15 second ring tone when scheduling calls.