In corporate flight attending, turbulence means something other than what you’re probably thinking. There will be difficult clients, picky eaters, flight delays and cancellations, cultural differences, spills, broken heals and a host of other problem situations you’ll have to deal with gracefully. How will you handle all of these challenges? Unless you want to experience…
Rule number one in corporate flight attending is to make certain your clients and other passengers are comfortable and that you’re meeting all their needs. The best way to ensure you’re accomplishing this is to have above-average communication skills. This means not only being able to get others to understand you, but also that you…
Taking risks is scary. You may already have a job as a commercial flight attendant and are wondering what corporate flight attending can offer to make it worth a career change. Some people are more conservative than others with their jobs and while the pay is better in corporate flight attending, you also become an…
Being a private flight attendant is a unique profession, but the one thing it has in common with every other job out there is that you have to get hired first. The resume is the key to first landing the interview – at which point you’ll dazzle your prospective employer with your sparkling and can-do…
Life changes can be difficult. Are you newly-divorced? A fresh empty-nester? Did you recently lose or quit a job? All of these events have the potential to throw a person into an emotional spiral. They’re raw, difficult times, regardless of the surrounding circumstances. The question on every mind during such times is: What do I…
It takes a special kind of person to be good in the field of customer service and an even more special kind of person to be great at it. Now imagine having to be that special kind of person thousands of feet in the air while hurtling hundreds of miles per hour through space! Beyond…
The biggest perk of being a private flight attendant is traveling the world while getting paid instead of paying for it yourself. We’re at the beginning of a new year with a clean slate and nothing but fun and adventure ahead. Everyone else is making resolutions, but you’re already on the path to something (somewhere!)…
It’s a common misconception that flying is dangerous. Why not stay on the ground – drive or ride in a car to get where you need to go, that vehicle that won’t fall out of the sky? The reality is, statistically, you’re far more likely to arrive safe and alive at your destination if you…
Stereotypes, unfortunately, are a fact of life. Some are positive, some negative. Sometimes they’re even true, but they’re rarely universal. The aviation world is no exception. What do you think of when you think of flight attendants? Young, pretty women? Perhaps just out of college, just beginning their lives and looking for adventure? Of course,…