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I do all videos about beauty, travel and how to get the job as a flight attendant.
Today's video, I'm very excited. it's a question that came
from one of you guys who are watching my videos.
It's from Miss Keisha Christy. "Hi K, thanks for making this video thanks for sharing
could you do a video about the advantages and disadvantages of being a
flight attendant. Anyways thank you so much for following me on my twitter account
You're very welcome Keisha! I thank you for this question it is a very valid question.
I'm excited to answer this for you and if you are also wondering
about the advantages and disadvantages of being a flight attendant?
Stay tuned!!!
I have thought about this question. I have listed down everything that
what I think is an advantage and disadvantage of doing my job as a flight attendant.
Let's go for the...
Disadvantages
1. Adjustment.
If you're somebody who's not comfortable with changes, always meeting new people
being in a new environment, if you're a very stiff kind of person then you will
have a hard time adjusting to a new place, new people and new environment.
That's what I think is a disadvantage for some people.
It could also be an advantage for people like me who doesn't like to be bored.
2. Sleeping pattern. Usually being a flight attendant you
work different hours
It's not a 9am-5pm job. It's not one of those jobs that you do Monday to Friday.
You work at night and also you
the morning, just like nurses right?
Your sleeping pattern can be distracted because of this.
If you are working long flights for example I have to go to Manila and i'm
going to stay there for two days then my time clock is different and when
I go back to base in the Middle East. I have to catch up
my sleeping pattern is always disrupted
but for me it's not really a big deal because i'm so used to it by now
Disadvantage number three. For me this is for people who are married or for
people who doesn't like to go and spend some nights away from home
You have a mother you have to take care of or your grandparents. Your family time is
definitely limited especially if you are an international flight attendant.
You have to spend three days away from home.
This is one of the challenges of being a flight attendant.
There is a work around, it depends on which airline you are working for.
Disadvantage number four.
Homesickness
If you're the kind of person who can cope with homesickness
then it's gonna be a disadvantage for you because if you become an
international flight attendant, You have to move, just like what happened to me.
You will be away from home. You'll be leaving everything behind to move to
this new land and try to make a new life for yourself.
No cure, but what they told us in the seminar before you leave the country
a homesickness is natural and only way you could cope with it is
to let it pass. Don't deny it, don't indulge in it.
If you feel it just let it flow.
Let the feelings process naturally. You don't have to hold on to
it too much. Some people they don't have coping skills
so this can be one of the things that may lead you to quit your job if you
become a flight attendant and you are so homesick you can't bear it.
Disadvantage number five.
Holidays and Special Occasions. Just like nurses and other professional jobs
out there like doctors
we don't usually have our time for ourselves.
We don't really own our time.
We do rotation job, 24/7. There will be times that it's Christmas and
you're working in the air.
There will be times that it's your birthday and you have to work and this
is kinda sad but for me. It's a matter of planning because
in my current flight attendant job right now, we can request for our annual leaves
one year ahead
If one of your friends know that they're getting married next year they
should inform you right away. You could request your leaves around those
wedding date and then you'll be able to still be a flight attendant and become
your best friend's maid of honor!
What I have notice is, for every disadvantage that I have there is always
a workaround about it for me. This is just the way I think
Disadvantage number six
The tendency to stop learning.
You just want to focus on your job and you don't want to learn anything new
If you want to do that, you can definitely do that in this industry.
You can just focus on flying and study your latest memos,
everything about flying and just do that.
it's a disadvantage for me because you can stop growing if you want but the
thing is it is your choice if you want to keep on learning
you can definitely do and you definitely have the time to do it just like me
I started blogging before I was an International Flight Attendant and right
now I am an international flight attendant and what fills my days is
aside from flying. I tried to learn about videos, how to make them. I tried to learn
about YouTube. For me it is an exciting place because I still try to
learn to grow but the disadvantage is for some people who are lazy they don't
tend to grow and they would complain by the end of the day.
"Oh I feel so stupid right now I'm just pretty and I feel like I don't know anything!"
Some people are like that but it's your choice.
Disadvantage number seven
Actually I don't know if this really is a dis advantage, but I would
like to cite or make a point that you, as a flight attendant you have a lot of
Temptation!
Temptation to shop. :)
Everywhere you go. You get to go to different places
new cities, new countries
You tend to go and shop from different countries.
Some things are cheaper in certain areas like Prada is
cheaper in Milan or Louis Vuitton is so cheap in Paris. You would be tempted
to spend your money on these things because they are so much cheaper when you are there
Not just branded bags. You tend to shop more clothes or shoes
food, if you're into food. We have so many foods in this industry
Every time they're on this country, they try to hoard a lot of food from there.
I think that's a minor disadvantage because if you're weak and
You don't stick to your budget you can easily go overboard and go shop away.
Disadvantage number eight
I would say it's a disadvantage because most people think of it as a
disadvantage and most people hate it. For me it really is not an issue but I will
just write it because for the sake of other people it would be a disadvantage
for them to work in a "Customer Service" kind of job
Being a flight attendant, You are a Security and Safety person.
The face of the company. You have to be glamorous and pretty at the same time you
are the Customer Service Representative of that airline that you are working for.
If there are any complaints of the passenger.
They complain about the food.
They complain about the temperature. Complain about the delay, You're the first person to be
receiving those complaints. If you are the kind of person who can't handle these stuffs,
this could be quite tough for you. This is a service industry kind of job.
We do service and at the same time we do safety for our passengers
It is part of the job to handle complaints.
To make it better for them when these complaints come up.
Most people I get comments from my facebook or on the video
"Oh I don't want to be a flight attendant because they said
it's difficult. You will be the one to handle the complaints of the passenger"
These are just negative thinking guys! This is actually the job that you
applied for. You didn't apply for a job to become pretty and to travel.
The real job that you are doing is representing a company.
You are an ambassador.
You have to be able to represent their line very well.
You have to be able to do your job well and if there are complaints you have to be able
to overcome those complaints and to handle them
the professional way. We have trainings for this.
In the Airline which I work for, they train us how to handle complaints.
I think it is very much a "rewarding" kind of job.
I was a call center agent and a food service stuff for KFC.
This is what I do every day. I serve food and
there's a complaint
I tried to manage those complaints which I knew before I even started to
become a flight attendant.
It's rewarding for me when somebody has expressed their
complaints because that means that they're giving a chance to correct it.
To make it better. If somebody was
complaining about me or somebody else complain, I tried to correct it.
I was successful in doing.
The feeling is so rewarding!
it's one of those things that people do the job because they love the job.
My personality is, I love try to win somebody.
When they initially thought that my service
is bad and then if I make that customer happy.
Its priceless..it's really is priceless!
That's all the disadvantages that I could think of.
1. The adjustment with new people & environment
2. The sleeping pattern 3. The family time that you get
4. Homesickness 5. Holidays and Weddings tendency to stop 6.Tendency to stop learning
7. Temptation to shop / shop around the world and 8. The customer service
Disadvantages if you are going to be a
Flight Attendant