Comments on: Remember when you were 16 years old !

By: Mat

Mat — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:47:37 +0000

Mohammed,

What a great ambition to have… I remember knowing that I definately wanted a job in the Travel Industry from a young age, and I didn’t particularly plan on being Cabin Crew especially. Keep your options open to begin with, and if you can get a job with any airline as Ground Staff (they often will employ you at a younger age) back in the UK, it will give you a great basis for an understanding into the industry, so that when you go and apply for a job for cabin crew, you will be able to apply all of the skills you have gained and have great examples for the interview! …also don’t be put off by other people who don’t get in. They just might not have what that particular airline wants on the day. The interview is the ONLY chance an airline can have to see what you might be like when interacting with its customers, and so FIRST IMPRESSIONS are the biggest key!

Good luck!

By: Khelvyn

Khelvyn — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:32:07 +0000

this is impressive, i remember when i was 16 i was full of passion for architecture and design. well, now i’m almost 20. and clueless what i’m gonna do next.. haha..
keep the passion up Mohammed!! you still have long way to go!!

sodwee!! jakarta huh.. i’m so jealous of you! i wanna go homee sooo badly!! i’m stuck here in sydney.. dude, jakarta is not a regular tourist place! but DO explore the city.. you’ll love it!

By: Clauderic

Clauderic — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:53:35 +0000

Hey Mohammed, when I was your age I really did not have much to look forward too having lived in a third world country, but fortunately I moved to Canada where anything you want with hard work will happen, my dream was (and probably still is) to be a commercial airline Pilot, and trust me it is very rewarding, I had the chance to work on my private license (flew a cessna), but this takes a lot of money and time which I did not have or could not provide, the next best think obviously was to work in the air as a flight attendant. I only got to do that at the age of 32 (which is borderline in this business), and this was this year, unfortunately that airline folded, but still got in 2 other airlines + Emirates which I will be joining this year. My advice, UK has a lot of airlines, Europe for that matter, try to get in the charter ones, as they are always looking for seasonal Flight Attendants, and once you have experience flying, trust me, the recruiters will definitely think twice before letting you go. At my Interview with EK, they saw I had experience (less then a year !) and they were all happy because I could relate to the position offered. But most of all be yourself and have an open mind. Good luck.

By: GirlonTour

GirlonTour — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:36:38 +0000

INSPIRING! You go Mohammed! Very impressed indeed. I just fell into this career myself with little preparation but I believe if you put the amount of effort into moving in this direction that have already you are more than halfway there buddy.

Awesome stuff!

By: Mohammed

Mohammed — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:03:45 +0000

Thank you for the post. I would glady accept any advice from crew.