Flight Attendant Friday: What’s Training Like?
January 30, 2009 by Mary Jo Manzanares
Filed under Air Travel, Flight Attendant Friday
I am frequently asked what Flight Attendant training is like, so today I’ll give you a little peek at what goes on. There are variations among the different airlines, but this is generally what happens.
Depending on the company, training usually lasts 4-6 weeks. It includes classroom and hands on training, and may be at a variety of odd hours of the day or night. Classroom training usually occurs during business hours, but time spent on the plane has to be scheduled when the plane isn’t flying – and that’s often in the middle of the night.
Most training starts of …read more
