hello everyone, its nice to here different stories from people about career changes, i'm having my 40th birthday this year, i will be moving to orlando shortly looking for employment as a luv f/a. This is a job that i hold near to my heart because i worked as a f/a with other airlines. Only one is still in bussiness. Once flying gets into your blood it will be there forever. I stopped flying in 2004 because of the effects of sept 11 ,company money cut backs, my domicle phl closing and my airline filing for chapter 11. After being put out on the street from the airlines before that i was scared that the same thing would happen and i quit. That was truly one of the biggest mistakes that i made in my life, the airline is not longer in chapter 11 and is still flying. i miss it very much. So your saying what is he doing now? are you sitting down, i sell car radios at a major electronic store. from flying and seeing the world to getting somebody a radio for there car, what was i thinking when i did that. I currently live in west palm beach florida and will be moving to orlando in december to be near a large f/a domicle, its time for me to start flying again. I keep my eye on the website everyday to see when the flight attendant position opens and when it does i'll be buying a ticket to the open house, on southwest of course, haha. so wish me luck and just mybe i'll be able to spread my wings once again. michael
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james thank you for your time, it nice to here from a f/a that works at luv. i was a f/a for many years with other airlines i work at a retail store and miss flying very much, if you can keep in touch with me and let me know if you see any changes to drop me a quick note, i realize that your probably very busy flying. james let me say thank you for taking the time for sending me this information. and have a great day, michael
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hello everyone, i have a quick question, i will be moving to orlando in december and thinking about becoming a swa flight attendant., the question i have is how senior are the different f/a domicles. i realize that there is no guarantee on knowing what base you would get but a little insight would be helpful, the last question i have is mybe it would be better to become a ground agent first (kmco) and get some insight from flight attendants there on postions available at that location and then move from ground agent to f/a postion, thanks for your time and have a nice flight. michael
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My story is similar, I was a flight attendant for a number of years, not just with United, but others which include,Tower air, Carnival airlines , Winair, and then United, the last airline I worked for. Fear of losing my job when United filed for chapter 11 , and my domicle closing in PHL, I decided to call it quits, my current place of residance is West Palm Beach Florida, I'm currently employed in sales at a local Bestbuy store, I think about flying at least once a day and miss it , I will be moving to Orlando because Southwest has a large flight attendant domicle there, I will also be seeking employment once again to fly the friendly skys, David good luck and i'll see you at Southwest.
Mike H
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