Air Hostess As A Career Option
Are you willing to fly? Do you have dreams higher than sky? Love travelling? If you do, you can plan being an Air Hostess.
Aviation is nowadays becoming one of the most desired jobs in the minds of young girls. Flying high, meeting people, travelling across the world and most importantly- a good pay, all these fantasies are now coming true with the growth of aviation industries in India. ‘Dress well, walk well but talk really well’, this is something you should know if you’re looking forward in aviation industry.
Mainly women look forward for being an air hostess, men looking for the same are termed as ‘Stewards’.
Well, with great power comes greater responsibility. Being an air hostess is not that easy as it seems. One should have n number of qualities for being an air hostess. As a flight attendant rightly puts it, “I am much more than a pretty face, and don’t you forget it. I might save your life one day.”
Girls get attracted to aviation as it seems like ‘a job i.e. vacation.’ Well this is just partially true. An air hostess welcomes every passenger, she greets and guides each one them to their seats, help them getting settled and stays on constant call all the time.
Being an air hostess is a difficult task as one has to be calm and patient, plus daring and strong. She herself has to be fierce to make the passengers believe that they are secured and safe. One has to ensure the passengers a comfortable trip and guide them the safety measures. With odd duty hours, one has to be committed for learning various technical perks of aircraft operation and different skills to tackle various situations.
Well for being an air hostess, your personality is far more important than education. An air hostess is promoted as senior flight attendant, later to head attendant. The average career span is 8-10 years. Later she is moved to ground duties including check hostess, training of air hostess, ground hostess or somewhere at managerial level. To know more about the requirements click on the next page –
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