Rebecca* works for a luxury international airline and is new to the industry I started as cabin crew in the last few years. My plan is to do a year or two and see the world a little bit, and then leave. Some people don’t even last a month, though.
It’s a really challenging job — I’m used to hard work, but it’s very demanding on every level. It is very bad for your health. There’s always someone who’s sick.
But I absolutely love it. There’s no other job in the world that would give you this experience. What I do find tough is the fact you’re always flying with a different crew.
Sometimes you’re on a flight and you get on so well with your supervisors, but then you have other times that your supervisor might be a bit too intense or a bit too lackadaisical. And that can mess with your brain. When you first qualify, you do these supervised flights that are very intense.
I remember right before we landed, the supervisor sat us all down and went around us one by one to give us feedback in front of the whole group. You need to be immaculate on a flight. I’m one of those girls who doesn’t give a s*** about make-up; I’m terrible at it.
I’ll roll out of bed like 30 minutes before a flight and just do a quick little bit of foundation, do my hair up and away I go. And then someone else would be off for like two hours before a flight, getting the flick of the winged eyeliner just right. But your supervisor will tell you if you need to touch up your lipstick .
