Flight Attendant Instructor

Also called: Inflight Training Instructor, Cabin Crew Trainer

Trains new and experienced flight attendants in evacuations, firefighting, first aid and service, using cabin mockups and ditching pools.

A day in the life

You fill a mock cabin with fake smoke and shout "Evacuate!" as trainees pop the doors and slide down the chute. Next you teach CPR, how to restrain a violent passenger, and how to swim to a life raft in the training pool. You also run yearly recurrent training for senior crews.

Pay over a career

Starting
$50k
Typical
$68k
High
$95k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. High school diploma plus years as a flight attendant; airlines train instructors in-house.

Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.

Outlook

Growing about average. Grows with airline hiring.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Low risk for 10 years. E-learning covers some theory; hands-on evacuation drills and coaching under pressure stay human.

Start now, in high school

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Official data: O*NET occupation 13-1151.

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