Flight Attendants

What the work involves

• Direct and assist passengers in emergency procedures, such as evacuating a plane following an emergency landing.
• Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
• Walk aisles of planes to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to takeoffs and landings.
• Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
• Administer first aid to passengers in distress.
• Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
• Prepare passengers and aircraft for landing, following procedures.

What to study

The fields of study the Department of Education links to this occupation, most widely taught first.

• Air TransportationSee 119 colleges that teach it

Who it suits

O*NET scores every occupation on six interest dimensions. This one leans hardest on these three.

• Organised and precise

• Helping and teaching

• Hands-on and practical

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