Jobs / Physical work / 53-2031.00
Flight Attendants
Monitor safety of the aircraft cabin. Provide services to airline passengers, explain safety information, serve food and beverages, and respond to emergency incidents.
- US jobs
- 131,650
- Median wage
- $63,580 a year
- Job family
- Physical work
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- Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
- Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
- Monitor passenger behavior to identify threats to the safety of the crew and other passengers.
- Walk aisles of planes to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to takeoffs and landings.
- Direct and assist passengers in emergency procedures, such as evacuating a plane following an emergency landing.
- Prepare passengers and aircraft for landing, following procedures.
- Administer first aid to passengers in distress.
- Determine special assistance needs of passengers, such as small children, the elderly, or persons with disabilities.
- Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
- Reassure passengers when situations, such as turbulence, are encountered.
- Check to ensure that food, beverages, blankets, reading material, emergency equipment, and other supplies are aboard and are in adequate supply.
- Prepare reports showing places of departure and destination, passenger ticket numbers, meal and beverage inventories, the conditions of cabin equipment, and any problems encountered by passengers.
Other job titles for this occupation (20)
Flight Attendant · In-Flight Crew Member · Inflight Services Flight Attendant · International Flight Attendant · Purser · Aircraft Cabin Agent · Airline Attendant · Airline Flight Attendant · Airline Hostess · Airline Stewardess · Airplane Flight Attendant · Cabin Attendant · Door and Arrival Attendant · Flight Crew · Flight Crew Member · Flight Hostess · Flight Steward · Meal Attendant · Ramp Flight Attendant · Steward