A Sky Soaring Career
With severe competition and the entry of several low cost, airlines service providers such as Deccan Airways, Spice Jet etc. The aviation industry is literally touching the sky. In an effort to fetch substantial clientele, who is usually the road or rail traveler, these companies are vying with each other to fulfill dreams of an average traveler to fly high that s/he may have cherished since childhood.
Eligibility And Personal Traits
10+2 is the mandatory academic qualification complemented by fluency in any foreign language definitely increases your chances to get selected.
Many girls now days discontinue their degree level education as they are explored to more lucrative career options such as Airhostess. The profession is still considered glamorous. Good looks are the prerequisite of the profession. A pleasant and outgoing attitude is equally important. Ambitious, hardworking and a perfectionist disposition with the capacity to keep one’s poise in the event of crisis are other essentials.
One must be of certain age (18 to 26), possess good health, stamina, common sense and presence of mind. Good confidence level, clear diction, mannerism also counts.
Training Programme And Career Opportunities
Subjects like cabin crew training, first aid training, personality enhancement, personal grooming, a foreign language, ticketing procedures, communication skills and some technical knowledge generally comprise the Training Programme of most of the Training Institutes. The course certainly helps the candidates in developing inherent potential as well as acquiring relevant skills.
About The Training Institutes
Given the great demand of the aviation industry, many institutes are now offering professional courses for wanna’be airhostess girls.
What one must know before enrolling to any such institute is, the Training Programme even if readies you for the job, the airline companies are extremely selective while recruiting.
The course surely gives the candidates an edge while competing with other non trained ones. But this doesn’t qualify direct entry to the industry. For example: Indian Airlines does not recruit the staff from these institutes and its tests are open to everybody.
Air Sahara also holds its own criteria for recruitment. Spice jet has certain parameters designed for selection of the crew. Majority of domestic airlines claim that their own training sessions of six weeks to three months is sufficient for in flight grooming.
As the industry grows up, there is a phenomenal increase in demand of in flight crew. And with dreams to fly high, career as an Airhostess is now a fast catching up trend among the most urban Indian women.
List of a few Training Institutes
- Air Hostess training Institute, New Delhi.
- Air Hostess Academy (the Institute has its branches in all major cities).
- Franfinn Institute of Airhostess Training, www.frankfinn.com
- Flyers Inc. Jungpura road, New Delhi 110014.
- Free Bird Aviation And Management Services, TC 41/2454, Mancaud, Trivendrum, Kerala.
