Some of her coworkers bought their own supplies to feel safer, especially because they had to reuse N95 masks for weeks at a time. Lauren, a flight attendant based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, mentions that many other crew members took a page out of the supermarket toilet paper hoarders’ book and panic-stockpiled all the masks, gloves, and hand sanitizers from the crew base where they check in before the flights. Her airline was more than stocked on gloves and antiviral wipes to clean any surfaces before the crew touches them, but other airlines have been running low on PPE since the beginning of the pandemic. “Masks are mandatory on board, and flight attendants and passengers must wear them,” says Maeve, a flight attendant based in Dublin, Ireland. You need to wear an N-95 mask and gloves all the time on the airline, and there may not always be enough. Cosmopolitan spoke to real-life flight attendants Kat, Maeve, Lauren*, and Rita to find out what you really need to know before spreading your wings during a global pandemic.ġ. If you’re still set on flying the friendly skies, especially once social distancing restrictions start to lift, look no further. Luckily, if you stick around long enough to rise up the ranks, you might just find that your schedule and salary get much more manageable. And your starting hours aren’t exactly desirable, so prepare to (temporarily) kiss those weekend plans goodbye. Becoming a flight attendant takes lots of prep work-as in weeks of unpaid training-and is likely putting you at a much higher risk of contracting the coronavirus on top of that.Īdditionally, you’ll have to work multiple flights per day while getting by on a modest paycheck (which may take a dip due to the lack of travel right now). While you’re basically guaranteed to fly anywhere for free, the job doesn’t come without sacrifices, especially during COVID-19.
Being a flight attendant involves more than jet-setting all over the world.
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