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It's what i'm aiming for! Although not unnecessarily for Kiting. More for my hang gliding. I have a friend who is a top comp pilot working for Lufthansa and it works out great for her! She works whenever she needs to and the rest of the time her sponsors pay for her to compete in amazing places like at the moment she's in Brazil.
The best thing about being a flight attendant is that your shifts are quite negotiable because they work on a casual basis and only really have to work a set number of shifts a month. as soon as you've worked your shifts you're free to do what you like for the rest of the month! I'd bunch up all my hours so i'd work like crazy for a couple of weeks, then have the next two weeks to be a lazy HG/kiter bum.
Not forgetting the savings you'd make on airfares to all the best locations.
sorry But I fear you may be wrong there tina.
I used to work as a Rampie for Skippers Airlines and as An Aircraft Maintenance Engineer for PremiAir Aviation as well as An Engine Mechanic for China Southern Flying school. And I have many ummm 'friends' who are Hosties.
It is true that you work shifts and only have to do a set number per month, but it is a very very tiring job and I doubt even the Red Bull BULL could do more than 5 shifts in a row.
see, Pilots are sitting down most of the flight, but Hosties are moving around the plane a lot during flight, plus the constant pressurisation and depressurisation of the fuselage during flight causes a lot of problems for Hosties.
but If you want some contacts to get a toehold into some companies i can help ya there: Im still in touch with a lot of the senior flight attendants of a few companies and also helped the Chief of police with a problem he was having with his Thermocouple on his brand spanking new Pilatus PC-12. which is a kickass (lear-jet style) personal jet.
pm me for details.
oh and thanks merman...MORE COWBELL!
..Classic!!
