Work as a flight attendant. Duties of the stewardess. How much does the stewardess earn?

In principle, such a profession as a stewardess does not exist. The correct name for it is the flight attendant. What other secrets hides this kind of activity, who can qualify for the vacancy, and what requirements are put forward by the airlines, now we will try to understand.

Requirements for future flight attendants

In the profession of the stewardess there are certain subtleties - requirements for applicants. The basic qualities of the flight attendant should include:

• Foreign language skills;
• Sociability, ability to communicate with people;
• diplomacy;
• tolerance;
• adequacy;
• Ingenuity and resourcefulness (the ability to find a quick and reasonable way out of different situations).

All the skills of applicants and the availability of certain qualities are checked by a specially created commission.

The appearance of the future stewardess also matters - she should always look well-groomed and neat. The flight attendant's weight should be normal (in the literal sense of the word), and the flight attendant's growth is sufficient to get luggage for low-growth passengers (children, elderly people) if necessary.

How to become a stewardess

You can fill up the stewardess ranks in two ways.

The first step on the way to the sky includes such stages:

1. Interviewing. Getting a positive result and approving your candidacy by the leadership of a specific airline.
2. Training. A company in need of a flight attendant sends an approved candidate for training - special stewardess courses. Training takes place in a group of 15-20 people. The duration of the process takes no more than 2-3 months. The school day starts in the morning and ends in the afternoon. The training courses include theoretical and practical parts.
3. Practice. Flight as an intern. At the end of the internship, a special exam is given (flight with an instructor) and a pre-admission for independent flights is issued.
4. Obtaining full admission - passing another check with the instructor.
5. Passage of the medical-flight expert commission.
6. Employment in the airline.

The second method contains the following actions:

1. Courses of flight attendants. The duration of the training is about 2 months. He pays for courses wishing to become a cabin attendant, not an airline, as in the previous version. Training includes only theory, no practical classes are not provided in principle. Lessons are held in the evening time every day.
2. Passage of medical commission.
3. Job search.

Everyone can study for the stewardess, but not everyone will find employment. This is the main drawback of the second method. Yes, and practical skills, even the most basic, independent training is not provided.

Interview: what to prepare for

At the interview questions can be asked the most unexpected and unpredictable. May ask about the size of clothes, registration, hobbies. There are even discouraging questions: do you consider yourself so beautiful to work here? How will you react if the passenger confesses to you in love or looks at a fool? What do you do if you accidentally pour juice on a male passenger and get to the most intimate place?

You will be informed that the work of the flight attendant implies an irregular working day and can provoke a number of occupational diseases (varicosity, chronic fatigue), warn of possible abnormal situations on board (fights, threats, etc.).

Work in the sky: advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of a stewardess profession include:

• The ability to combine work and rest as efficiently as possible thanks to a flexible work schedule;
• Free travel, visits to various countries of the world;
• Acquaintance with interesting people, representatives of different nationalities and statuses;
• The work of the flight attendant essentially expands and changes the worldview;
• The availability of a service ticket - allows you to pay the cost of a flight as a passenger only 10% of the total ticket price, and once a year and at all the flight is paid by the airline;
• The possibility of additional income from the sale of goods Duty Free (while the cost of goods is the same as in airports, and the flight attendant gets a certain percentage of sales);
• Getting a "tip" for providing additional services (transfer of a passenger from economy class to business class, sale of alcoholic beverages, permission to smoke in the kitchen, etc.).

As for the costs of the profession, they are much smaller, but they are palpable. So, the main drawback of the flight attendant's work is excessive stress on human health. During take-offs and landings, the pressure is highly variable. Also, the health of the fair sex is reflected in walking in shoes with high heels - this leads to a disease like varicose veins.

Duties of flight attendants

The main duty of the stewardess is high-quality services for passengers who are on board the aircraft. At the same time flight attendants should monitor the compliance of these passengers with safety regulations, they are responsible for the safety of people throughout the flight, and in the event of an emergency, they must provide first aid.

The boardwriter is the first person who opens and closes the airplane doors, meets passengers, checks out boarding passes and worries about the safety of luggage. Beforehand, the flight attendant must check the availability and completeness of the first-aid kit, the serviceability of fire extinguishers, the oxygen cylinder and other emergency equipment, and make sure that food, drinks, blankets, etc. are present on board in the required quantity.

The stewardess explains to passengers how to behave in the event of an emergency, what emergency equipment to use, and how to do it. During the flight the flight attendant offers passengers various drinks and food products, sells printed publications (newspapers, magazines).

Proficiency

After the barrier called "stewardess courses" is overcome, and the work is already "in your pocket", you can relax a little. In the future, professionalism must be systematically confirmed. To this end, the company will take exams every 6 months.

There is also such a thing as refresher courses. Each flight attendant must visit them every 24 months.

What determines the salary of the stewardess

The size and calculation of the flight attendant's salary are different and depend on a number of factors. The flight attendant's salary is determined by the following criteria:

• Country of employment;
• State and level of development of the industrial sector;
• Scale and degree of authority of the airline;
• The company's social policy regarding the state;
• The type of flights and features of the route;
• The presence of a certain education;
• Availability of skills and experience of flight attendant.

Salary of the flight attendant in Russia

Wages in the labor sector under consideration can vary considerably, and the minimum and maximum limits cover a fairly wide range. The amount of wages is calculated based on the number of hours spent in flight.

The monthly salary of a stewardess who has only just begun to learn the basics of a romantic profession, as a rule, varies from 15 to 20 thousand rubles. Gradually, depending on the quality of work, acquired skills and experience, the amount of wages increases and can reach 50-60 thousand. The work of highly qualified employees of the airline is estimated from 80 to 100 thousand rubles a month. In addition, for bona fide and high-quality performance of work, additional payments and additional payments to the basic salary are provided.

Depending on the total number of hours spent in flight and the knowledge, skills and experience obtained on this basis, the employee is assigned a certain rank.

1 rank - flight attendant of the 3rd class.

2 rank - flight attendant of the 2nd class (assigned after 2000 flight hours and passing a certain knowledge check).

3rd rank is a flight attendant of the 1st class (after 3000 hours of flight and passing the exam).

4 rank - instructor.

Rank 5 - Chief of Service.

The average salary (according to the results of February 2014), which the stewardesses of Russia receive, is 54 thousand rubles. And there is a visible tendency of growth of this indicator. So, in March of that year the average salary of the flight attendant increased by 5 thousand rubles and stopped at the level of 59 thousand rubles a month. If we consider the average wage index by geography, then Moscow and the Moscow region are leading. Stewardess in Moscow earns 64 thousand rubles.

The possibility of additional earnings is not ruled out . Maintenance of charter commercial flights is a tangible extra charge to the salary!

How much do stewardesses earn abroad

The amount of the flight attendant's salary abroad, as well as in Russia, can vary significantly depending on the determining factors (discussed above). If you take newcomers to the profession, the payment of their labor is about 1.5-2 thousand dollars, and professionals of the "heavenly business" receive 7-8 thousand dollars.

Tariffication of wages depends on hours spent in flight. The average pay per flight hour can be from 20 to 60 dollars.

Based on the statistics provided by the US Labor Bureau, the average monthly salary of an airline employee of the flight attendant profession is 3.5 thousand US dollars. Almost at the same level are the salaries of flight attendants and the United Kingdom, Australia. There, the flight attendant's work is estimated at 4 thousand dollars a month.

How much do stewardesses earn In the largest commercial and reputable private airlines? Here the salaries of flight attendants are the highest - reach 10 thousand US dollars. These companies include US Airways, Southwest Airlines.

"There are only girls in jazz", or Can a man be a flight attendant

Flight attendant - a profession that does not put forward any specific requirements concerning the gender issue. The flight attendant can be both representatives of the fair sex, and men. As practice shows, female stewardesses are much larger - this has always been, is and will be! However, there are situations when only stewards are taken on a flight. So, if an airplane for the flight of a football company is ordered, then a man will take on board as a conductor.

A heavenly angel or an earthly man?

Work stewardess is considered uneasy, but, despite this, the demand for it does not fall. Moreover, the flight attendant's profession is a competitive activity. When announcing a contest for one vacant stewardess seat in the first two hours, the airline-employer receives about 13 summaries.

How can you explain such an agiotage, than the profession is so attractive to applicants?

Firstly, it is a flexible work schedule and a long vacation. Secondly, the work of a flight attendant is a great opportunity to see the world (and for free!) And to make shopping trips in different countries.

Tell me, at least one other earthly profession gives such opportunities to a person ?!