06-16-2006
02:53 AM
4 Loves
I love reading about what pilots and flight attendants workdays are like, and hope more of you folks post your stories here. It may seem routine to you, but you serve several purposes it serves.
I never realized how much training a flight attendant went through until I buckled down and studied career books, read other airline employee blogs, talked to FA's on every carrier I could and watched Airline and Flight Attendant School. A great thing happened. I realized that safety is really job one for Southwest employees, and I realized I am in excellent hands when I board a Southwest jet. I feel so much safer knowing that the employees are highly trained for their job!
I've always wanted to be a flight attendant, and finally got serious about it. Every time I was in an airport, every time I looked up in the sky and saw a jet gleaming in the sun, I thought "I should be on that plane!!!" I researched for quite a while, asking every airline employee who would talk to me, who is the best to work for and why. Continental, Delta, United, Aloha airline employees all said without pause "SOUTHWEST!" Amazing, no? Then I spoke to Southwest employees about how they liked their job, FA's LUV'd it, grounds ops LUV'd it, in fact all of the people I spoke with cited the great way Southwest treats their people, and I was sold that this was who I want to work for. I did some digging in to the history of the company and found the stellar profit record. Reading this blog drives home how much I really wish to work for such an outstanding company, so these blogs will also help drum up more possible future employees for your great company!
Another good reason for the FA's and pilots to post here is that it illustrates what the typical challenges are for people in these career fields. Many passengers have no idea how difficult it can be to do these jobs, good FA's and pilots make the job look easy. The idea of posting how your time goes at work is a wonderful way to show how happy employees at Southwest are, and that is good public relations. Something I admire about Southwest is that they are not afraid to put it all out there and show the good and the bad, as on the series Airline. I find the problem solving skills of the employees on the show to be quite inspiring.
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