Flight attendant hiring for American Airlines

For all of you hoping to apply to American Airlines, I just heard from a friend who flys for them that they have no plans to hire in the near future. They furloughed all of the TWA flight attendants after 911 and per contract they need to recall all of them back first, before they even think of hiring new hires.

Getting what you want

I truly believe you can get whatever you want. I am a firm believer in focusing on what you want and not what you don't want. If you take a moment and visualize what you want and think of how good it makes you feel, you will be closer to your goal.

I have been listening to the teaching of Abraham Hicks and I definitely feel a shift of energy and a change in my life. I was listening to how to attract more abundance in my life. Instead of focusing on what I didn't have, I started to focus on what I wanted. I first started to feel this when I was paying my bills one month. I wrote out all the checks for the bills and was down to nothing left in my checking account. The next day I received a bill for the cable. It was for around $54.00. Normally I would be stressed on how to come up with the money, and thinking I would once again have to pull money from my savings account to cover. Instead this time, I didn't stress. I told myself the money would come. I had recently had a trip to Beijing, where my close friend sent money to me through PayPal to buy her some stuff. She sent me $100.00 too much. I had left her a message that I could send the remaining money back to her. I didn't hear from her for a couple of days. When I finally did talk to her and I asked her what she wanted me to do about the money, she told me to use some of the money to send her the stuff and to keep the remaining. I was also about to go on a leisure trip with a friend. We were going to a show at a casino. I never play slot machines but this time I told myself and I believed that I was going to put one dollar in a slot machine and win money. We went to the slots and I logically wanted to put money in the end slot machine, but my intuition told me the middle slot would pay off. I put my dollar in the middle slot machine and pressed the button. Immediately the bonus wheel started to roll. When it was done I cashed out and found out I had won $54.00! My intuition told me I could win more money but my mind wasn't ready to accept anything more than the money I needed, so I stopped.

Align your energy and your thoughts with what you want. If you want that great job as a Flight Attendant with a certain company or with any company, picture yourself in a Flight Attendant uniform working on the airplane. If you feel any resistance this will hinder your desire to come to you. Try to work through the resistance so it isn't there anymore.

Sometimes you just have an intuitive knowing. I was first hired by Pan American Airlines. At the time they had a second language requirement and you had to pass the test during your probationary period. If you didn't pass the test you were taken off the flying schedule until you did. I had applied to United Airlines during that time too. I heard back from United and told them I was coming to training. They gave me a starting date for January 28th. I had a trip to Dhahran leaving on the 26th for 4 days. It was either go on my trip or quit Pan Am and go with United. It was one of most difficult decisions I had to make. I had been debating what I should do for days. I wanted to fly internationally but I really wanted to be based on the West Coast. At the time I was based with Pan Am in NYC. The West Coast with Pan Am was very senior and people had been waiting years to get in. I knew with United I could be based on the West Coast right away but I would be flying domestic. I went to the probationary office to take my language test. When I went to check in the girl at the desk told me I got my transfer to LA. Pan Am just sold their Pacific routes to United so the West Coast opened up for new transfers. I knew right there I would stay with Pan Am so I didn't show up for training with United. I knew I made the right decision but I still could not get the image of me in a United uniform flying up and down the West Coast serving peanuts to people. I didn't want to fly domestic but I couldn't shake the image from my mind. I thought maybe I had just felt that way because I had got hired by them and didn't go. When Pan Am went under 6 years later and United was hiring, I knew then I would be flying for United and that was why I couldn't shake the image out of my head.

Best of success with your career endeavors and don't forget to visualize and believe it!

More on hiring

The hiring outlook for flight attendants has brightened considerably over the past few months. Led by United Airlines’ recent announcement that they would immediately begin to hire up to 2000 new flight attendants, this news has sparked the most attention. If you are interested in becoming a flight attendant, the market is the best it has been in five years. Let’s take a look at who is hiring or who can be expected to hire over the next year.

Legacy Carriers – Beaten up by high employee costs, surging fuel prices, competition from low priced carriers, and overall inefficiency, two legacy carriers [defined as those air carriers who have helped shape the US airline industry] are turning the corner and are hiring flight attendants. United Airlines and Continental Airlines are hiring for various bases within the US.

Discount Carriers – Southwest, AirTran, Mesa, and Alaska Airlines are all hiring right now. In fact, across the board hiring is taking place at virtually all discounters right now as they seek to strengthen their footing in the marketplace.

Regional Carriers – Chautauqua, Comair, Champion Air, and Air Wisconsin are all hiring. Like the discount carriers, most regional carriers are awash in cash and are expanding their routes. More routes means additional employees needed to fill the increased capacity.

Charter Carriers – Air Miami and several other airlines that fly unscheduled flights are hiring.

Start Up Carriers – The two newest air carriers, EOS Airlines and Maxjet Airways, have recently hired flight attendants and are expected to hire again.

So, if winging your way to Peoria or Paris is the kind of lifestyle you want to lead, then working as a flight attendant is certainly one of the ways to do just that. Air carriers are hiring and the pickings are good for the right candidates. Contact your desired airline directly for up to date hiring information and open houses.

Copyright 2005 -- Matt Keegan

Southwest currently isn't accepting any new applicants and Delta is hiring Flight Attendants.

Who is now Hiring

The following airlines are conducting upcoming Flight Attendant Open House Interview(s) in January/February 2008 or are accepting online applications and resumes:

• Air Canada
• AirTran
• Air Wisconsin
• Alaska
• Allegiant
• American Eagle
• British Airways
• Chautauqua
• Continental
• Delta
• Emirates
• Jetblue
• Mesa
• Mesaba
• Northwest
• Omni
• Skywest
• Spirit
• United
• Virgin America

Delta hiring this year

News is Delta will start hiring this year. They are waiting to bring out their early retirement package and see how many people take it. This way it will give them a good idea on how many Flight Attendants they need to hire. They are especially looking for language qualified people, so if you are fluent in another language this will be a plus.

You can go to http://www.delta.com/employment
to get directed to their Flight Attendant hiring updates.