Behind the scenes of flight attendant training

Being a flight attendant is more than just service. Flight attendants are first responders and the face of an airline. CBS News correspondent Janet Shamlian got behind-the-scenes access to see what it takes to become a flight attendant.

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[patricialavallee]

Great to see older folks are being hired! As long as your health is good, why not? Older people have so much wisdom due to life experiences, I believe they would be a fantastic asset to any airline, just by the mere fact that they have seen SO much of what life is and has or doesn't offer.

[Matt]

Probably one of the toughest jobs out there who are paid not enough to deal with douchbags

[johnreid]

I was one of the lucky ones who got out of the biz in February 2020, after 30 years. still have PTSD

[lizhicks]

$62k a year???? I was hired in 2022 & I made $19k my first year as a United flight attendant lol. We’re not paid for boarding, delays, sits between flights….

[davebennett]

I was a flight attendant for35 years, based at four different domiciles. I have flown with and known thousands of other flight attendants and never, not once have I ever met somebody who made $130, 000 a year. Perhaps they exist, but to say that some make $130, 000 a year is like saying some people are multibillionaires. Very few and very far between. It was a great career, but those days are mostly over. Unless you have at least 30 years of seniority at most airlines, the job is thankless.

[patricialavallee]

God bless every flight attendant who flies the skies today. I'm surprised the don't put them through police academy training with the 🤡 cars that are a good number of the public today. Having to deal with that 33, 000 ft in the air, in a metal tube. Not to mention the other responsibilities of the job. It USED to be a glamorous job, back in 60's, 70's, up even in 90's. Society has devolved to a bottom denominator, for most part since those days. All the best to all of them!

[papa_made]

Good passengers should stop unruly passengers

[xtelmay]

Training is tough and extensive but it’s all worth it. You gotta love it for you to stay in this career for the long haul.

[marn]

I hope that screeching trainee (the one that sounds like Kimberly Guilfoil during the Republican convention) during the practice emergency situation will drop out before I take my next flight! It was impossible to understand what she was saying and that voice could send even the calmest flyers into full blown panic.

[Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

American Airlines, on the other hand, keeps their FA trainees chained in cages where they are sprayed with cold water at unpredictable intervals. That goes on until they snarl and snap at anybody approaching, and then they are given their flight assignments. Welcome aboard.

[eucharian]

United Airlines is the worst employer to work for. Run 🏃‍♀️

[khawmtiti]

I think flight attendants are being over paid. Look at their job duty, light and easy with leisure pleasure, plus the traveling and sight seeing are so ridiculous awesome. Why even ask for 60k a years

[saranobutt]

Things are so crazy these days with so many fights on planes and stuff that it must be tough to be a stewardess.