17/08/2020
What is the lifestyle of air hostesses?
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It depends on which airline you fly for as a flight attendant. Depends if you are flying a budget airline which is a low cost airline or a premium one.
I have worked in 1 budget airline and a few premium airline so will try to give you perspective of it.
When in budget airline, I would only fly within the country or maximum a few international destination with a very short stay. Flying hours would be about 120 which meant that I am super busy and flying non stop almost everyday. Would only get 8–9 days off in month which was mandatory and pay scale was also relatively low.
In premium airline and the airline that I currently work for I fly around 70 hours and have 12–14 days off in a month.
My airline provides me plenty of roster scheme to enjoy a healthy and balanced lifestyle. We have schemes such as high hour (maximum hours and more pay), preferred scheme (flying to only one destination every month) WEL scheme (1st 15 days off and last 15 days flight) high density scheme (working only on day return flights like a 9–5 job) and unpaid leaves.
Besides this we get 5 swap quota in a month. Which means that whatever flights I have I can swap it with another crew as long as the legal requirements as met. So every crew has their own preference like the destinations they want to fly, days off that they need, flying only short haul flights or flying long haul flights. I usually do European flights since I like football and watch some matches in the stadium or do Australian flights since I have some family members there. So we use these swap quota to manage our roster as per our convenience.
Talking of family members, I do not get much time when it's festivals or celebrations and have missed 2 of my friend's wedding this month. I will be working on Christmas and New years eve so that will also be taken away. This part of being a crew is a bit difficult to accept. But I was able to take 2 months unpaid leave and got some time off so I could travel which was just last month.
One part of lifestyle we really enjoy is travel and shopping. I stopped counting after I reached 50 countries and every year I make sure to add a few more to the list. The crew are always aware of what shopping to do in which destination. We know exactly what to buy in which city and which place will give us the best deal. Global economy doesn't effect us at all since anything we want to buy (even groceries) we just swap in to that flight and get our shopping done in Outport.
It does depend on each airline and the way they treat their crew but this is how it works in the airline that I currently work.
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It depends completely on the person and more specifically the age and location of the flight attendant. I'll give you more details. In the beginning of you career lots of flight attendants live in crash pads with other flight attendants. This is particularly true if they are living in NYC. A crash pad is an apartment where many flight attendants live at once. It's easy to do because you are always on the road. Trips are often the worst trips because you have no seniority. That means you get the trips that no one else wants. I highly recommend being a language speaker because then you can hold better trips. You can be gone for days at a time. Then when you are not working, you can still travel to see the works. You can have a boyfriend or girlfriend wherever you want. Location is not really an issue because it's easy to visit them. You make lots of friends on the job as you can spend days on a city with your co workers. The actual time on the plane is not so much, but the time away from home can be significant. Remember, you get paid not only for time on the plane but also for time away for home. That's why flight attendants like long haul trips. Also, instead of going back and forth many times, you can spend days in a city. That is way more fun.
