Do flight attendants make their own schedule?

Do flight attendants make their own schedule?

They can design their schedule: Senior flight attendants often can choose or create their schedules. Though they may not get every request, senior flight attendants have scheduling priority and flexibility, and some may choose to work the same line to maintain a routine.

Can flight attendants pick their base?

Do I need to live on base? You do not need to live on base. Flight Attendants can live anywhere in the world, provided they can get to base for the start of their shift.

How often are flight attendants away from home?

Attendants usually fly hours a month and generally spend another 50 hours a month on the ground, preparing flights, writing reports, and waiting for aircraft to arrive. They can spend several nights a week away from home.

Can a flight attendants go home every night?

Schedules/Hours: Schedules and hours vary greatly since most airlines operate 24 hours. Hours are irregular, determined by the flight assignment and vary per day. Flight attendants may be away from home for several days in a row including weekends and holidays and therefore must be flexible.

Do flight attendants work 40 hours a week?

Most attendants are usually limited to working 12 hours shifts but some are allowed to work 14 hour shifts. Those working on international flights are usually permitted to work longer shifts. Attendants usually spend 65-90 hours in the air and 50 hours preparing planes for passengers monthly.

Is it hard to have a relationship as a flight attendant?

Long says that flight attendants often find dating to be particularly tricky. "It could be difficult I think trying to explain your job, your schedule, and what going out means," she explains. "It's really not going to the nightclub. It's going out to dinner, maybe getting a cocktail, and then to bed."

Do flight attendants get their own hotel room?

Do flight attendants get to pick their layover hotels — and can they earn points? The short answer is no, we don't pick the hotels. At most airlines, there's a hotel committee — made up of flight attendants, pilots, people from corporate security and marketing — that evaluates hotels and negotiates contracts with them.

Do pilots sleep with flight attendants?

Flight attendants and pilots get there own designated sleeping areas on long-haul flights. ... While flight attendants are supposed to sleep on bunk beds in tiny crew rest areas, pilots take rest in separate sleeping compartments, where they can spend up to half of their time on a long flight.

Are flight attendants paid hourly or salary?

A Flight Attendant in your area makes on average $30 per hour, or $0.68 (2%) more than the national average hourly salary of $28.84.

How often do flight attendants get their schedules?

This system is bound by certain built-in constraints, such as a schedule value (that is, how much the airline needs each flight attendant to work in order to cover the entire operation), language qualifications, etc. Some airlines award schedules once a month, and some (like KLM) award them on a rolling basis.

What do you need to know about being a flight attendant?

Bids— the list of potential monthly days off and work days that flight attendants can choose from. Bidding— the act of a flight attendant picking a schedule. Line [s]— When a flight attendant knows when, where, and what days he or she is flying.

How does seniority affect your work schedule as a flight attendant?

Seniority is everything. Your rank as a flight attendant determines what your working schedule will be like. The longer you’ve worked for an airline, the pickier you can be about your shifts. As a newbie, you’re expected to take trips that are less than desirable.

What does it mean when a flight attendant is on call?

Usually, if a cabin crew works for an American company (nationality not airline), getting a line means a flight attendant has ‘seniority.’ Reserve— What all (basically all) new flight attendants go through. Reserve means that a flight attendant is on-call on certain days during a month.