BEING FLIGHT ATTENDANT SCHOOL WORK DONE BY:

- IVA LEÃO. Nº15. 10ºD.

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• Being Flight Attendant……………………………………………………………………..dia.3-7

• Benefits and harms of being Flight Attendant………………………………….dia.5

• Minimum Requirements…………………………………………………………………..dia.6

• Flight attendants formerly………………………………………………………………..dia.7

BEING FLIGHT ATTENDANT

• Being a flight attendant offers many advantages over other careers, including that it is always interesting. However, the job is not without distinct drawbacks. In a sense, it's a matter of high risk/high reward, in that for all of the exciting perks that the career has, there are also concessions that you'll need to account for that other, more traditional professions don't have.

• Airlines select and train their commissioners. Once phases of selection and training are finalized, the flight attendant enters directly into the labor market.

• The access to the profession is difficult, the selection includes several proofs of access as language tests, psychotechnical tests and interviews.

• Health conditions are also evaluated through rigorous medical examinations. As a crewmember of the aircraft, the flight attendant collaborates directly with the chief cabin, in a work always directed to the welfare, comfort and safety of passengers. This is a very competitive market, so companies increasingly give preference to candidates who possess a degree (in the fields of Languages , International Relations and Human Resource Management, among others).

BENEFITS AND HARMS OF BEING

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

Benefits: Health Insurance and

Retirement Plans; Training; Travel Perks; Food and Housing; Meeting new people, of

different cultures; Opening your mind to

new horizons.

Harms: The gravity and the

atmospheric pressure of the airplane;

Compressed Work Schedules;

No time for family or friends;

Not getting enough sleep.

“It is also important to be rational and analyze well your profile before leaving for this career.” In http://www.cursocomissariodebordo.com/pros-e-contras-de-ser-comissario-de-voo/

• MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum age - 18 years;

• Minimum education - 12th Year;

• Knowledge of English;

• Good appearance / Display;

• Ability to swim 25 meters;

• Excellent physical and mental state for the future role of Cabin Crew attested by a medical certificate.

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS FORMERLY

“Ellen Church (standing in the doorway, on the left) became the world's first stewardess on 15 May, 1930, on a flight from Oakland to Chicago

for Boeing Air Transport”. (AP/Life.com)

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