Cabin Crew Jobs FAQs

If you want to join an airline cabin crew, but are not sure if the job is right for you, here are some important points to bear in mind before you apply for a job.

Q – Do I need a degree or foreign languages as a flight attendant?

A – No, language skills are a plus, but most airlines like cabin crew to have a good, basic education, passing at least four C grade GCSEs including maths and English.

Q – Does age and height matter?

A – Age alone will not rule anyone out of applying for a cabin crew job, but applicants have to be taller than 5’ 2” but shorter than 6’ 3”; fit enough to lift luggage and to help passengers and will need to pass a swimming test.

Q – What training will I need?

A – Each airline has a training programme for cabin crew that includes health and safety issues, dealing with an emergency and in-house customer service procedures. The course runs for around six weeks.

Q – How much do cabin crew members earn?

A – Airlines have their own pay scales and benefits, but as a rough guide expect a starting salary of £14,000 a year. Benefits include flight discounts, overnight stay allowances and commission on duty free sales. Senior flight attendants can earn around £22,000 a year.

Q – Is the job easy?

A – If you like people and enjoy travel, then working with cabin crew is easy – but expect to work hard, especially on long-haul flights.

Q – What do airlines look for in cabin crew?

A – Airlines look for cabin crew with people skills – this job is all about people and if you find it hard to communicate or get along with others, then you are unlikely to succeed.

Working as a airline cabin crew team member is great if you like travel, meeting people and new challenges every day, but these need balancing against the unusual hours and living in hotel rooms.

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Finally an update

It has been a long time coming, but in the next few weeks the site will have a complete redesign with the latest information and advice on jobs in Cabin Crew, Holiday Reps and Cruise Ship’s

Keep checking back for more updates

Travelvocation New Site

Welcome to the new Travelvocation site. Its been a longtime in the making but its finally here.

The new site will be more of what you wanted, it will be an information portal dedicated to the Travel industry. Specialising in information for Cabin Crew, Holiday Reps and Cruise liner careers.

We will have a full listing of current recruiters for each section along with course information and books. Industry experts blogs will also be a regular feature on this site allowing you to have the latest info and insight into the world of Travel.

Our team will be developing the site over the next few weeks and adding anything that we believe will help you in your career choice or career moves

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

So You Want to be Air Cabin Crew?

‘So You Want to be Air Cabin Crew?’ gives detailed information on what it is like to be a cabin crew member, what the basic qualifications are, how to apply for and complete application forms and most importantly, how to prepare for the interviews – just look to the left for the full contents!

Written by a former air cabin crew member, he gives his honest opinion of what it is like to work at 30,000 feet and how to get through the complex recruitment process.

This book is currently used by colleges and universities throughout the country as extra resource material for Travel and Tourism courses – and as if that is not enough, it is also endorsed by easyJet!

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So You Want to be a Holiday Rep?

Have you ever dreamt of working with the UK’s tour operators as a Holiday Rep but didn’t know how to go about it? Well here’s a book from Travelvocation which will not only help you through every stage of the recruitment process and give you all the information you needed to know but is also backed by the fact that it is endorsed by Thomson Holidays and is used by Colleges and Universities throughout the UK who run Travel and Tourism courses.

‘So You Want To Be A Holiday Rep?’ has been written specifically for new comers to this industry, so there is no complicated jargon and no stone is left unturned. The book gives a full description of the basic qualifications needed, what the job entails, how to apply for application forms and complete them, how to prepare for interviews, how to succeed at interviews and a full section on ‘Tour Operator Information’ which details facts and figures relating to specific UK holiday companies. There are complete welcome meeting and coach transfer transcriptions, examples of day-to-day problems and most importantly, recollections of the job from the people that actually do it themselves, the reps! Also included are addresses and contact details of all the Colleges and Universities currently offering Travel & Tourism courses.