HOW MUCH MONEY DO FLIGHT ATTENDANTS ACTUALLY MAKE? // Flight Attendant pay explained
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2023
- Have you ever wondered how much money flight attendants actually make? In this Flight Attendant Vlog, We will take a deep dive into how Flight attendant pay and how much money you make as a flight attendant
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You guys should get paid for boarding. And all of the safety checks. Maybe not the full amount. But something is better than nothing. Especially with some of them obnoxious folks that love testing your patience.
I agree! One major Airline just started paying a small rate for boarding, so hopefully my airline will follow the lead
The pay breakdown does not add up; for ex, making 80 hrs monthly with two weeks off, even with per diem is measly.
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The only people i see working this are married ones with extra income coming from their spouse.
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It will take about 3+ years, from what ive read, before you start making decent money.
How much do you get paid when you are on reserve?
@ladonnanorman9812 let me save you some trouble. Unless you've from decent money or living with a significant other whose working, youll barely survive as a FA the first 2 years...on avg, you're only working 15 days per month, and even that wont really cover tour bills
@theawkwardflightattendant which airline?
Yay! Been waiting for a new video. Glad to see you back!
Aw you're so sweet, thank you!
Great video - very informative!
I always wondered how that works ,I really like your channel it seems pretty easy going.😊
Thanks for sharing. Very interesting.
Hi Kelly, new subscriber here, and looks like I stick around for longer. wow, 9 years as a FA, you must have passion for this job :) I work in food science but always had weak spot for aviation and customer service and I hope to change my career. I will dig in your videos for tips :) Anyway, I watch few more American's FA blogs and your way of talking is the most understandable for non native English speaker like me. Very nice, clear speaking :) Thanks, Maciej
This was so thorough thank you so much
Aw thanks, I try to be as informative as possible even though it's complicated
Flight attendants are angels to put up with all the stuff you have to deal with, including the pay!
You are too kind
Next time you’re in Nashville, The Merchant Bar on 4 th and Broadway and Joe’s Crab Shack on 2nd and Broadway are worth checking out. The Melting Pot on 1st and Broadway is pretty decent. I would,like to suggest McNamara’s Irish Pub on Old Lebanon Road as you head north along on Donelson Pike by the Airport. They prepare Steak and Guinness pie,Bangers and Mash,Shepherd’s pie,Scotch Eggs,Scotch Broth ( Scots migrated south more so than Irish ),Grilled Salmon plates,Sligo Salmon patties,County Clare Chicken.Dublin Pork tenderloin.They have a Bailey’s cheesecake and used to serve a bramble cobbler. A nice crew works there.
I really like the way you explain things about the airline and I really think it's cool that you take us wherever you go you're very cool lady and I like you it's nice to know that somebody tells the truth about being a flight attendant
Thanks so much for sharing this information, Kelly. You did a great explanation of the very complicated pay system! I do think you should be paid for boarding and prepping the plane for flight -- otherwise it seems like you're working for free.
That's the way I feel too! Fingers crossed our airline will start doing it soon
Murderer check was hilarious.😂 Thanks for all the info!
Hey Kelly, first year pay is actually $30.35/flight hour :)
Whoops you're right! I guess I had chart fatigue from trying to figure out all the pay haha
The perks weigh out the pay for sure!
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
Hope they pay for lodging! I don’t do turbulence , customers or air waves so thank you so much for all you do for us🥰❤️👍
When I'm on a work layover the airline provides hotels for all the crew
Flew on the A321T in Business Class. Great service.
That's a nice seat!
Great vlog, Kelly. I wonder, though, has Kevin ever came on any of your trips or crashed any of your layovers?
He has! But maybe on only only 3 or so, I think? Only when it's really worth it for him. They were fun, though!
Wish you had more time to explore Nashville
Thanks for the information. What about reserve or stand by the 1st or 2nd year?
Apparently there are two (or more) kinds of hours. Flight hours (basic pay in the $50 range) are just while the doors are locked and parking brake released. Right? Per diem seems to be based on total clock hours from when you arrive at airport for the trip until you return to that airport at the end of the trip. Right? All those other categories of pay seem to be based on trip hours, or are some of those based on "doors locked" hours? Thanks in advance for splaining this.
lol run to Nashville??? Good expressions 😂
2:11 the face you made, the smirk followed by you saying….no murderers 🤷🏻♂️ :)
It’s funny, yes it was funny ha I guess depends on one’s sense of humour….I got smiles
Can you just do straight reserved that first year and no other flights ?
Do they give you airline cards and they pay you for your hotel and can you go out to see cuntry you travel like normal gusst
Hey, do you have to qualify to work on a particular aircraft? Like, say if you normally work on the 737 variants can you also work on a 321 or do you have to have training for that equipment?
You have to qualify for each aircraft separately
You should be from sign in or pre-flight briefing time.
I've always wanna work as a flight attendant. ✈️
Is it hard getting a position as flight attendant?I plan to one day become one and possibly make it a career…How much do you enjoy being one?
I have my first international flight coming up, I leave from Portland Oregon and have one stop in Minneapolis St. Paul and then onto London. In your opinion what is the minimum layover a person should have to not miss international flight. Is one hour sufficient?
Better leave 2 hours just to be safe
I have a burning question for you: it seems that American flight attendants can wear their hair down. Us Canadian FA’s must have our hair up/tied back at all times in uniform. Is this the case? Thanks in advance for your response 💕
Well, that was easy....
I was wondering.... Don't you get paid something on reserve when you're at the airport??
When you bid for schedules, do yall bid for positions?
We kinda just find out at the gate.
Usually, seniors get first choice, and then reserves go wherever.
I love bumpy and NO SERVICE 😅
We bid for our positions when we bid for our schedule
@The Awkward Flight Attendant I like that. So no big surprises. Lol
Can flight attendant choose when to work ?
Thanks for the video it’s very informative, do you get to choose the days you fly? And your destinations?
Don't you get destroyed by the timezone changes if youre doing international flights with fairly short breaks?
It's not ideal, that's part of the reason I stay domestic 😂
I see you wear child plastic flight attendant wings, is that allowed?
Hi Kelly . Have always admired FA and the job you guys do . Over the last 3 years its become much more intense. You video was very informative and to the point Alot of info. FA for 9 years . Fantastic . only 20 more to go ? lol. maybe right who knows. Ok thinkin about taking the FA job next year. Got offered a CJO. Felt very lucky based on the competition. I'm a little older than your average FA. So got some questions that i didn't get a chance to ask in Dallas cause i had to go to the bathroom so bad after 8 glasses of water for the mandatory drug test. TMI right I could've put out a fire in a 4 story building I had so much water in me. wooooooo. again TMI . lol.
OK are there a minimum hours a month to do to be considered part time if there is such a thing. ? for example if you do a hard 40 ( have heard you use that term ) look at me using the terms already lol, is that considered part time and if so are there any differences in anything like vacation time or pay scale or health benefits as opposed to someone who does say 120 hours a month if they can even pull that amount or even over 70 hours a month. Not sure if that has anything to do with the amount of reserve time you'd have to do your first year or 2 years.
Next, Your Base assignment . would you have to pay that states taxes for money earned in that state ? For example if based out of Miami but you earn money out of NY from flights, would you have to pay NY taxes or does it merely depend on the state you reside in ? like Texas or Fla which have no state income tax . in other words live in Fla but based out of NY so whatever money I make regardless of flying out of NY would i have to pay state tax to NY. NY state taxes are ewwwwwww.
thanks for taking time out of busy schedule to answer these questions . NO Rush of course. Be safe and stay healthy and take it easy on the triple strength starbucks. lol.
To briefly answer your questions, there's no designation between part time and full time, and you pay the taxes of the state in which you live.
How many hours do your typical three day trips pay?
A minimum of 15, but usually between 15 and 20
Hello Kelly! My name is Tamires and I'm from Brazil. If everything goes well, I will join Emirates but with the thought of being a Flight Attendant in your company. I would like to know how taxes work in the United States? Dubai is tax free. Latino people pay more, do you know anyone Latino who works as a flight attendant in the USA? I know you need a Green Card and I'm researching specifically about the work visa.
Yea we get 23.15 here at G4, but then after a yr it goes to 29.95.
Still on reserve ")
I'm on reserve every 4th month 🥴
What is the guaranteed number of hours for the monthly pay
Currently for reserve months it's 75 hours, but we expect that to change with our next contract. There's no guarantee for line months
I feel like you should be paid from the point you check in to the point you check out but that's just me like sure I love that they pay you while you're sleeping LOL even if it's just a small amount. That's pretty dope but I don't know. I think from the moment you check in at the airport. You should be paid from the point. You check out at the other airport to go to your hotel. Oh well I don't make the rules
Do you get to pocket any unspent diem money on hotel and food?
It's paid in our paycheck so we can do whatever we want with it
Hey there! I’m a new hire with your airline and I’m based in DFW. All of our starting hourly pay is more than what you mentioned in the video. Is it different if you’re LA based??
It's much different now! That was the starting wage several years ago, it's definitely different not
Subscribed! Also so in the end, is it worth it? I know you still are doing it after years so I’m assuming yes!
The Perks of free flights are really hard to pass up....
I have a friend she is 40 and she watched this video with me she with me she wants to know if she can still become a flight attendant or no ? Thanks
Yes she could, as long as the airline is hiring.
Love the murder check :)
Gotta do it!
In terms of hotel coverage, etc., under what conditions do you book your own hotel vs airline? Obviously on normal conditions it’s the airline. But with delays or timing out, is that you or airline?
They're responsible for our hotels at all times. Sometimes if there are problems there are ways to book our own hotels, but that's a really flawed system and most flight attendants won't use it
@@theawkwardflightattendant Gotcha! That makes plenty of sense. I just wasn't sure if there was a scenario in which they weren't. Thanks!
Murderer check in the hotel 😂, awesome
How many hours do you get paid for in a month? Also can you do overtime and it is always available
It's different every month depending on how many hours I work. Overtime isn't really a thing because there's no set hours
@@theawkwardflightattendant what's the minimum you can work? I heard it's 75 to 80
Prior to a covid fas first hand used to give drinks in just the cup. But back in those days if I would ask them for the full can would they give it?
That depends on a lot of things, the airline, the length of flight, and maybe even the individual flight attendant with their mood haha
Do the Airlines pay for the hotel on layover?
yes they do
iI AM SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT BECOMING A FLIGHT ATTENDANT SHOULD I GO FOR A LARGER AIRLINE OR START SMALL ER AIRLINE THEN WORK MY WAY UP
Whenever you switch airlines, you start at the bottom, there is no working your way up in between.
@@theawkwardflightattendant thanks I just want to be able to be stable and make my rent but it’s risk and patience is definitely needed but I thank you for your advice and yes I subscribed
Hello I have my ftf interview next month but I don’t know if is it worth it to become a flight attendant for AA
Whether or not it's worth it has a whole lot to do with personal preference and not really something anyone can tell you
Whether or not it's worth it has a whole lot to do with personal preference and not really something anyone can tell you
@@theawkwardflightattendant i mean I know I can do the job I have so much customer service experience I love flying but base on what you explained it gets better with time so I have to go the headquarters in tx I’m sure you’ve done it before what would u advise me ?
@@bluecarter3738 if you get through the first few rounds of virtual interviews, you'll be invited to a face to face interview. I really can't advise you, you'll have to make the decision yourself. If you're curious and can make it work, I say give it a try. But again, it's all dependent on your personal circumstances as to whether or not the job will work for you
What about reserve days?
Hi, can you elaborate on your question please?
@@theawkwardflightattendant aha sorry, I think you did a video on reserve days/month, do you get paid to wait on call? Or is that just something you have to do
@@gb3 We get paid our hourly if we go on a trip or not on reserve, so It comes down to what your schedule looks like. It's kind of the same as a line month, where we have trips, but instead of trips, we have reserve days. Sometimes we have to go wait at the airport, sometimes we can wait at home for a call. If we get a trip, we usually make a little more, depending on how many hours we work that month and added per diem
What’s the annual salary? That didn’t explain it.
There isn't a salary... It's hourly, so it's different for everyone. Plus the different types of pay, which are explained in the video. It's not as simple as an annual salary
how many hours per month is the average flight attendant getting paid for?
The schedule is very flexible so it varies by flight attendant. The schedule we get at the beginning of the month averages around 80 hours but with dropping, trading, and picking up, you can fly as little as 40 hours or over 100 if you can legally fit it in
@@theawkwardflightattendant Thanks! So with the per diem pay, how much does that add on average
@@lesleymiller4772 well that also depends on the trip, you'll get more if you're gone longer. Also if you only do turns, the per diem is taxed. You can't really nail down exactly how much a flight attendant makes. It all depends on how much they actually work
Wait, wait, wait, so no pay for standing at the desk in an airport and dealing with complaints?
That would be an agent's job, and I'm sure they get paid for that
@@theawkwardflightattendant oooh. An airline I had flown I had seen the same agent later board the same plane and attend? Is that the right word? Maybe different policies…?
When on layovers, does the crew hang out together?
Sometimes if they're vibing, but we usually meet our crew for the first time that day!
This is so much math!
how much do YOU get paid monthly, and if a flight attendant is a good job to get?
What I get paid depends on how much I work, and whether or not being a flight attendant is a good job is subjective
How is it legal to be working and not be paid?
Also what if u get injured if your not being paid then your not working for the airlines while u were injured but u were injured during boarding or set up ect. THIS DOSENT SOUND RIGHT!
How is this legal????
Something called the Railway Labor Act. It's the worst
Salaried people work extra without pay all the time too. FA pay is just weird.
Workers rights in the US are outrageously bad. My god
There are special loopholes for flight attendants, it sucks haha
Same pay as floor waiters. Not worth it
Can flight attendants at 50hr make 100k a year?
Hahaha I wish
@@theawkwardflightattendant aww man I thought for sure it could be done 😢
Oh forgot to mention in comments Murderer check lol U forgot under the bed ? Kelly come on ! lol
Most hotel beds are solid underneath!
Thanks again for quick response . Can't help checking everything ,I'm former law enforcement . Be safe up there and on the ground , who knows maybe I'll see u someday in the same uniform . Great vids .
You're Being haulled around like a truck drivers. Not so glamourous. No thanks.
Okie dokie then
Is it being a nurse a bit more glamorous or less ? Lol