How to Become a Cabin Crew Member :

Do you enjoy providing excellent customer service? Do you want to travel for a living? Do you feel like you’re in the sky?

Then becoming a cabin crew member is something you should do!

If you are serious about following this exciting career path, then you will come to the right place.

Below you need to start, develop and progress all your career, which you can see as air stewart or storage.

Research the profession :

The first step you need to take to become a cabin crew member is to get a clear and thorough understanding of what the role is.

Here is an overview of the profession, including what to expect on the job and how much money you can make.

Job description :

Cabin crew members or flight attendants are tasked with taking care of airline passengers and ensuring their safe, comfortable and enjoyable flight.

As a flight attendant, your tasks vary depending on whether it is a short or a long flight, as well as the size of the team you are working in. However these tasks are included in your day to day duties.

Attending pre-flight briefings about the flight and its timing (you will also be given information about passengers with special needs, for example: diabetic passengers) or whether someone has any other illnesses. Information will be given.
Performing pre-flight duties including ensuring adequate supplies on aircraft and emergency equipment are functioning properly.
Greeting and welcoming passengers on board and directing them to their seats.
Carry out safety demonstrations
Ensuring all hand luggage is stored safely away
All seat belts and galleries are safe to check before take-off
Ensuring that passengers are comfortable during the flight
Serving food and refreshments
Selling duty-free goods to passengers and advising them on any allowance restrictions
Making announcements on behalf of the pilot
Answer passengers’ questions
Assuring passengers in an emergency, and ensuring safety procedures are followed properly
Give first aid where necessary

The role of a cabin crew, a flight attendant, is not only to make passengers feel at home, but also to maintain their safety and decorum of the flight.

This is a career that gives you an opportunity to meet countless people and have a great journey with them.

There are a total of 7 best airlines in India including Domestic and International, out of which you can act as cabin crew in any of the airlines.

Below we have given the list of Almost All Top Airlines –

Air India – Government undertaking
SpiceJet – Private
Jet Airways – Private
IndiGo – Private
GoAir – Private
AirAsia – Private
Vistara – Private

What is a cabin crew?

Cabin crew means a cabin worker. Where you board a flight is called a cabin and the team that takes care of the entire cabin and passenger is called the cabin crew.

Cabin crew are those who provide services and comfort to customers on flights or in airlines.

The main responsibility of cabin crew is to take care of the safety of every passenger coming on the flight.

Meet the passenger’s needs, explain flight rules and procedures and take care of passenger’s needs.

Cabin crew is called by different flights and different names in every different country. Such as flight attendent, steward, stew, airhostess.

Most women who want to get into cabin crew jobs are called air hostesses and mail cabin crew are called flight attendants.

Eligibility Criteria to Become a Cabin Crew Member :

Cabin crew jobs are quite interesting and fancy jobs, but you will be happy to know that the minimum qualification for this job is very less

If you are a twelfth pass, irrespective of your stream, ie science, arts or commerce you can apply for cabin crew.

Even if you are a graduate, you can apply for this job. But as we said, the minimum qualification for this job is twelfth.

Apart from the qualification, the airline has different eligibility criterias or a requirement of say, such as minimum age, minimum height, body mass index yani BMI, languages, vision, speech quality etc.

Below we have explained what your minimum qualification and eligibility should be in order to apply as a fresher in cabin crew.

Minimum qualification	12th Pass (Any stream)
Age	18 – 27 year old (Male/Female both)
Height	170-172 cm (Male)
Height	150-155 cm (Female)
Body Mass Index (BMI)	According to height
Vision	20/30 or better
Languages	English and Hindi (Any more languages known is preferred)
Speech quality	Clear speech, no stammering (Haklana)

The eligibility information given above may vary from airline to airline. The exit information of these requirements will be found on the official notification whenever you go to apply for an airline.

Cabin crew is a job that demands your personality along with the rest of the requirement. For this, you must have some skills.

Sense of responsibility
Pleasing personality
Habit of taking presence of mind and initiative
Good physique
Patience to work long hours
Your systematic approach to duty
Good appearance
Good communication and interactive skills
Pleasant voice
Team spirit
Positive attitude
Sense of humor

If you have all these qualities, then you too can make a great career in the cabin crew.

Many times people also take a course to go to the cabin crew. If you want to take a course, then below are some courses for which you can apply, such as –

Diploma in Cabin Crew Services & Hospitality Management
Diploma in Airline and Travel Management
Diploma In Aviation & Hospitality Management
Diploma in Airline Cabin Crew
Certificate Course in Air Hostess/Flight Purser

You will find all these courses in all the best institutes in India. Duration of these courses is different from different institutes.

Course durations can range from 3 months to 3 years depending on which course you do.

Note :- Let us tell you that many institutes will promise you that after training, they will also give you jobs, but there is no guarantee. You can do these for your skill improvement but if you are a self-confident then it is not necessary to get certified from these course institutes and if you get selected in any airline then you also get training from the airline itself.

How to find and apply for cabin crew jobs :

So now let’s talk about how you can find your job if you are eligible for every cabin crew job and how to apply for it.

To find a job, you can apply for a job on any online job portal like naukri.com where the details of the airline’s cabin crew are given.

Apart from this, you can also see from the official website how much vacancy has come.

Generally a new person will have to follow three rounds to get the job of cabin crew.

Round 1: Face to face Interview :

In this, you have to go to the date and schedule of the interview and there you will have to sit round to face interview face to face interview.

In this round, he will mostly ask you such questions that your confidence will check your personality and your speaking skills.

If you can clear these three criterias, then you can easily clear this round as well. Keep in mind that you must take your resume in the interview.

Round 2: Physical and medical test :

In this, you have to go through some physical tests and medical tests. In which your BMI, i-site, height etc. will be checked.

This will be according to the recruitment of the test job. Apart from this, as we told you that there is no visible tattoo on your body, it will also be checked. If you also clear this round, then your next round will be.

Round 3: Group Discussion (GD) :

In this round you have to join a group discussion with the selected candidate. You will be told the topic and all candidates have to actively participate in GD.

This will test you how confident you are in talking to people. You can calm down and listen to the opinion of others and you don’t get angry quickly or you get irritated.

These three rounds can be completed in 1 day, whatever time or date you give to the recruitment, round will be conducted on that day.

As soon as you clear all the rounds you will be given a joining letter. In this, you will get date and joining and all other details.

Note :- Keep in mind that whenever you go to interview an airline, that airline will never demand money from you. If there is any interview, whether it is from the airline or from any other field, the company seeking money from you is fraud. Return from such interviews, never make the mistake of giving money.

Salary Details And Benefits :-

Cabin crew gets very good salary but it is never fixed. The salary of cabin crew varies from factory to factory, depending on which airline you are working for or what is the base of your job.

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