Career roadmap
How to become a Flight Attendants
What you would actually do
The tasks Flight Attendantss spend real time on, weighted by how central each one is to the job.
- Inspect aircraft or aircraft components.
- Monitor patron activities to identify problems or potential problems.
- Monitor activities of individuals to ensure safety or compliance with rules.
- Maintain surveillance of individuals or establishments.
- Assist others during emergencies.
- Provide first aid or rescue assistance in emergencies.
- Resolve issues affecting transportation operations.
- Receive information or instructions for performing work assignments.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Speaking4.1/5
- Active Listening3.9/5
- Monitoring3.9/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.8/5
- Service Orientation3.8/5
- Coordination3.6/5
- Reading Comprehension3.1/5
- Critical Thinking3.1/5
- Active Learning3.1/5
- Time Management3.1/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Flight Attendantss are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Conventional4.6/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Realistic4.3/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
- Social4.1/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising3.5/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Investigative2.0/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Artistic1.1/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
