| A commercial flight is never complete without flight | | | | eligibility for cabin crew job descriptions in commercial |
| attendants coming in to direct you to your seats, or | | | | training centers. Training sessions usually go from 6 |
| serve you drinks, or perform the standard air safety | | | | weeks to 6 months, depending on what kind of training |
| precaution routine. Flight attendants have always been | | | | is actually being given, the airline company giving it, and |
| fixtures of the aviation industry, and pop culture has | | | | the collective skills of the group of trainees at that |
| certainly afforded them with so much attention that | | | | moment. |
| TV shows, movies and songs are created with them | | | | What are the qualifications for potential cabin crews? |
| in mind. | | | | The number one qualification for potential cabin crew is |
| However, if you think that their job is simple and | | | | of course, completion for basic cabin training. These |
| glamorous, you had better think again. Not everyone | | | | may include, but not limited to: CPR and other medical |
| who applies for aviation training can actually meet the | | | | tools and procedures; crew resource management |
| eligibility for cabin crew job descriptions. (When we | | | | and security; desert, ice, jungle, sea survival skills; |
| say, aviation training, we actually mean for the cabin | | | | decompression emergencies; emergency passenger |
| crews and not the pilots themselves.) And even for | | | | evacuation (using evacuations slides, lifesavers, life |
| those who do pass cabin crew training, there is a | | | | rafts, etc.); and passenger assistance. More specialized |
| stringent hierarchy for trained professionals. Many | | | | training involves food preparation like a certification in |
| successful trainees do not really rise above the level | | | | alcoholic beverage preparations and coffee |
| of cabin crews for domestic puddle hops. | | | | preparations. In light of fairly recent happenings, some |
| Depending on the hiring airline companies, many | | | | flight attendants are now trained in bomb-detection and |
| potential flight attendants have to go through very | | | | other potentially hazardous looking objects that may |
| rigorous trainings for airplane safety measures, medical | | | | be used to high-jack a plane. |
| emergencies, and of course, passenger care - among | | | | The need for multi-lingual and articulate cabin crews is |
| many things. Flight attendant training does not end | | | | largely dependent on the airline company as well. For |
| there. There are also additional trainings and | | | | many, English and the local dialect are standard |
| certifications needed for those who wish to cater to a | | | | requirements. However, some airline companies do |
| more select group of passengers like for those who | | | | train their cabin crews to speak the language of |
| patronize business jet flights or private planes. | | | | whatever country their planes land in. Some of the |
| There are a number of flight attendant training centers | | | | more prominent languages being taught are: |
| in the country. There are some that are privately | | | | Cantonese, Filipino, French, German, Italian, Japanese, |
| owned, which means that potential cabin crews have | | | | Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish. |
| generalized education. Flight attendant training centers | | | | Height and weight requirements are mostly for |
| that are commercially owned are those run by airline | | | | aesthetic value. And still, this is dependent on what |
| companies themselves. Often, non-city people train in | | | | image the airline company is trying to promote. |
| private centers first before can meet the application | | | | |