Pracovat jako letuška bývá snem mnoha dívek. Pro některé z vás je to symbol prestižní práce, pro jiné možnost vidět kus světa nebo vydělat peníze (za předpokladu že pracujete pro některou ze zahraničních společností). Karolína Duschková, bývalá letuška Emirates, poodhaluje práci na palubě A380.
To be a flight attendant is a girls dream job. Work as a flight attendant is perceived by someone as the glamorous job, for others is a chance to travel the world or make a money (of course if you work for good airlines). .
Emirates ex-flight attendant Karolína Duschková introduces us a job on Airbus A380s board. Interested in? Wanna know more? Continue in english version.
VIDEO: „Prosím připoutejte se“ | „Fasten your seatbelts, please“
Práce v oblacích
Co jsou podle tebe největší výhody této práce?
Největším bonusem této práce je ta možnost cestovat a vidět svět. Lety se po čase i opakují, ale každý měsíc se najde minimálně jedna či dvě nové destinace. Pokud létáš delší trasy (+5hodin ) už máš i 24h odpočinek v cílové destinaci a to je čas, za který můžeš stihnout i výlet nebo alespoň procházku po městě.
Když si vzpomenu na film „Letuška“, tak mezi lety bydlely na luxusních hotelech. Jaká je realita?
Protože jsem pracovala pro úspěšnou společnost Emirates, osobně bych řekla jednu z pěti nejlepších společností, bydlení máme zařízené v krásných 4 či 5-ti hvězdičkových hotelech. To jsem si opravdu užívala, protože jsem věděla, že doma bych na to nikdy nevydělala, tedy né při mém tempu práce (směje se). Hotely bývaly umístěné v centru města, tak, aby se crew (posádka) mohla podívat po památkách, ale poslední dobou je trend objednávat hotely u letiště – nejen v rámci snižování nákladů, ale i pro zjednodušení transferu posádky.
Jak zmiňuješ výlety, musíš pokaždé zajistit tranzitní víza a potřebné doklady?
Víza a doklady zajišťuje pro posádku zaměstnavatel, tedy letecká společnost. Před každým letem se kontrolovalo 6 dokladů, platný cestovní pas, zdravotní karta (kde je např. Napsané, jestli musíš nosit brýle či jiná fyzická omezení), GCAA licence (opravňující k létání), mezinárodní očkovací průkaz a další, mimo jiné tzv. „e-gate“, tedy kartička, díky které jsme nemuseli hlavně v naší domovské destinaci absolvovat celý ten složitý kolotoč na celnici a pasové kontrole. Přiložíš kartu, pokud je platná, jdeš dál.
Zaměstnání letuška – boření mýtů
Letuška nebo steward nesmí mít tetování
Ano i ne. Nesmí mít viditelná tetování, která by vykukovala z rukávu triček při výcviku, popř. ve výstřihu a podobně. Pokud má někdo tetování na jiných, ne viditelných místech, nikdo se o to nezajímá
Letuška je servírka ve vzduchu
Samozřejmě, že hlavní součástí práce letušky z pohledu pasažéra, je kvalitní, okamžitý a individuální servis jednotlivci. V dnešní době lidé cestují letadlem tak často, že jim už nepřijde důležité, zapnout si pás, uklidit si tašku pod sedačku či nad hlavu nebo poslouchat personál letadla. Pro mnohé je to otravná rutina, tam potom vznikají konflikty. Ale letušky jsou trénované na poskytnutí první pomoci, zajištění bezpečnosti pasažérů, zvládnutí stresových situací třeba při únosu letadla a podobně. Protože jsem si tím prošla, rozhodně s tvrzením letuška = servírka ve vzduchu nesouhlasím.
Letušky (společnosti Emirates) mají jeden, „nafasovaný“ odstín rudé rtěnky
Nene, každá máme vlastní, i když je pravda, že spoustu letušek používá jednu konkrétní rtěnku, hlavně ze začátku a tou je Sephora (odstín 01).
Letuška mi musí pomáhat se zavazadlem
Tak to je často opakovaný omyl pasažérů. Letušky nejsou placené a bohužel ani pojištěné na manipulaci se zavazadly. Ráda pomáhám, ale člověk se musí naučit chránit sám sebe, své zdraví.
Letuška v pohodě zvládá jet lag
To je velmi individuální (pozn. jet lag tzv. pásová nemoc, více viz https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pásmová_nemoc). Je pravda, že jsme absolvovali různá školení a přednášky na téma jet lag, jak si chránit svoje zdraví, jak se umět vyrovnat s posunem času. Každý se s tím srovnává jinak, ale na jet lag se podle mě nedá úplně zvyknout.
Chci být letuška!
Obecný návod Vám nedáme, ale výše zmíněné postřehy pomohou minimálně pro Emirates
- Sledujte stránky a vyhlášení tzv. „Open Days“, což jsou dny, kdy člověk může přijít na pohovor bez pozvánky. Více naleznete na webu http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/
- Sledujte také informace na facebookových stránkách https://www.facebook.com/Aviationjobsme/ nebo na https://www.facebook.com/howtobecabincrew/
Požadavky na práci
- perfektní zdravotní stav, doložený několika potvrzeními od doktorů
- dosáhnout na špičkách 212cm
- angličtina podmínkou, další jazyky výhodou
- „soft skills“ jako je empatie, schopnost reagovat ve vyhrocených situacích, schopnost práce v měnícím se kolektivu atd.
- příjemný vzhled a vystupování, bez vad řeči
O žirafce Ádě, aneb i letuška může mít talisman
Na fotografiích se objevuje zajímavý plyšový talisman, prozradíš o něm čtenářům něco více?
Od kolegů z bývalé práce jsem dostala malou, plyšovou žirafu. Když jsem se stěhovala do Dubaje, vzala jsem si jí s sebou, jako připomínku skvělé party lidí. Protože jsem fotografka, rozhodla jsem se ji zakomponovat do svých fotek z cílových destinací a díky tomu se podívala různě po světě.
English version
The sky job
What are the main advantages of this job?
The best and main advantage, from my point of view, is the possibility to visit a piece of the world. Of course, some flights are periodical but, my experience was one at least new destination per month. If you are on the long flight (more then 5 hours), you always have 24 hours rest in a target destination. During that time you can do a trip or at least a town sightseeing.
In the movie „View from the Top“ was crew accommodated in luxury hotels. How is the reality?
I worked for prosperous airline Emirates (one of the top five in the world). My experience was sleeping in 4-5 star hotels. I really enjoyed it, cause I never slept in this high luxury hotels before, maybe because of my previous salary (laugh). Hotels were usually in a centre, so a crew could visit the downtown. The current trend is accommodating crew close to the airport. Maybe because of distance and transfers, maybe because of saving cost.
You mentioned trips and sightseeing. Do you need any special visa or transfer documents?
All of the bureaucracy is done by the employer – airline. There was a set of documents (six papers – passport, health approvement with information about healthy restrictions like wearing glass, GCAA licence, international vaccination certificate, e-gate card etc. E-gate card helps with transfer procedures on immigration and customs border check. You just put it on a sensor and walk through.
A flight attendant – myth busters
Could a flight attendant have tattoo?
Depends on. If its hidden under the dress then is everything ok. Uncovered parts of the body can be problematic. But nobody cares if the tattoo is on hidden/covered body parts.
A flight attendant is a sky waiter
Of course, part of this job, mostly from a customers point of view, is providing quality onboard service. On the other hand, flying is a very common type of travelling and for somebody is not important to fasten a seat belt or keep baggage under a seat or follow crew instructions. For those guys are that behaviours annoying parts of a journey and that is a base of possible conflicts. The crew is trained for providing services like first aid, keeping safety and security onboard in special situations. Therefore I strongly disagree with statement ‚a flight attendant is a sky waiter‘.
The Emirates crew has one colour of lipstick.
Of course not. Each of us (girls) uses own favourite colour. But truth is that most of us start working on board with Sephora 01 shade.
The flight attendant has to help me with onboard luggage
This is one of the biggest passenger myth. The crew is not paid and unfortunately not insured for manipulating with baggage. I like to help passengers, but I always need to keep in mind also my health.
The flight attendant is used to jet lag
That’s individual. We have a training and follow a recommendation to minimizes jet lag and keep the body in good shape. But my opinion and experience are that is not possible to be used for jet lag.
I wanna be the flight attendant!
There are no specific rules and recommendation, but following tips can help you to get the job. At least for working in Emirates
- Follow website where are presented „Open Days“, days when you can apply for a job without previous invitation. More information is available on a website http://www.emiratesgroupcareers.com/
- Also, don’t forget to follow Facebook pages such as https://www.facebook.com/Aviationjobsme/ or https://www.facebook.com/howtobecabincrew/
Job requirements
- good health, confirmed by some medical documents
- to be available to reach 212cm / 7ft (leastwise on tips)
- English is necessary, another language is advantage
- „soft skills“ such as empathy, ability to control a tight situation, work in various collectives.
and of course look well, pleasant demeanour and no speech disorder
Ada giraffe, flight attendant can have a talisman
There is a tiny talisman on your pictures. Tell something more about it to our readers.
This tiny giraffe I got as a gift from my colleagues from the previous occupation. When I moved to Dubay, I took it as a symbol of my friends. I thought about connecting my past and present period of life through my passion – making photography. So I made a picture of it in destination around the world. Now I am still taking pictures of it when I am travelling on vacation. Ada giraffe is possible to find on a Facebook and Instagram when you put in the hashtag
#giraffeADAtravelsworld. If you are interested in you can read more about on my FB page Karca In The Sky.
Karolína Duschková, ex-flight attendant of Emirates airlines with experience from Airbus A380 board. Currently working as a freelance event manager and photographer with a focus on wedding and product photography. More information you can find on her website http://kdfoto.cz/.
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