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Air hostess means playing hostess in the air. Air hostess is a profession that attracts young and smart women with glamour, hard work and lot of traveling. It is the right career to be pursued if a person loves to travel, meet new people and love to work hard. Air hostess are the key link between the air line management and its passengers. They play a key for passengers continuing to use their service.
Qualification
Graduate from a recognized university or class 12th pass or equivalent examination under the 10+2.Three year’s diploma in hotel management and catering from a recognized institute; with age below 25 years and with minimum height of 157.5 cm. There are a number of private institutes also offering training for students aspiring for future in airline industry.
Duties and Responsibilities
Duties of an air hostess are aimed at safety, comfort and well being of the passenger. The air hostess welcomes the passenger on board the air craft and ensures that all passengers have boarded the flight before the plane take-off. They provide health, safety and emergency information to the passengers before take-off. Air hostess is the face of air line hence they are required to excel in customer service. The main responsibility of an air hostess is to keep everything running smoothly on each flight. They have to deal with various pleasant and unpleasant situations and handle each situation respectfully to keep the ambiance nice and calm for all passengers.
Personal Attributes
Common sense, sense of responsibility, initiative, friendly outgoing personality, politeness, physical stamina and the aptitude to work for long hours on one’s feet, ability to react quickly in times of emergency and presence of mind, proportionate figure with charming carriage.
Career Prospects
An air hostess has every chance to be promoted to the post of senior flight attendant and then head attendant. This career lasts for about 8-10 years. After an air hostess can also move on to the ground duties including the job of ground hostess, check hostess.
Remuneration
International
Air hostess: Rs.60, 000/- to 1, 20,000/-
Domestic
Air hostess: 30,000/- to 80,000/-
It is an opportunity for those young aspirants who want to serve people through courtesy.
