Will “Flight Attendant/Air Transportation Supervisor” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔

Job Description

Provide personal services to ensure the safety, security, and comfort of airline passengers during flight. Greet passengers, verify tickets, explain use of safety equipment, and serve food or beverages.

Job Details

• The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 53-2031.00
• The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 51,620.00
• The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 0.00
• Currently, there are 113,390 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Flight Attendants”.

Also Known As…

• Flight Attendants
• Purser
• Lead Instructor/Flight Attendant
• International Flight Attendant
• In-Flight Crew Member
• Flight Attendant/Inflight Supervisor
• Flight Attendant/Inflight Manager
• Flight Attendant, Inflight Services
• Flight Attendant and Union Safety Chairperson
• Flight Attendant
• Ramp Flight Attendant
• Meal Attendant
• Flight Steward
• Flight Hostess
• Flight Attendant/Air Transportation Supervisor
• Door and Arrival Attendant
• Airplane Flight Attendant
• Airline Stewardess
• Airline Hostess
• Airline Flight Attendant
• Airline Attendant

Tasks for “Flight Attendant/Air Transportation Supervisor”

• Announce flight delays and descent preparations.
• Prepare reports showing places of departure and destination, passenger ticket numbers, meal and beverage inventories, the conditions of cabin equipment, and any problems encountered by passengers.
• Heat and serve prepared foods.
• Sell alcoholic beverages to passengers.
• Reassure passengers when situations such as turbulence are encountered.
• Assist passengers entering or disembarking the aircraft.
• Operate audio and video systems.
• Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
• Conduct periodic trips through the cabin to ensure passenger comfort and to distribute reading material, headphones, pillows, playing cards, and blankets.
• Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
• Check to ensure that food, beverages, blankets, reading material, emergency equipment, and other supplies are aboard and are in adequate supply.
• Greet passengers boarding aircraft and direct them to assigned seats.
• Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
• Take inventory of headsets, alcoholic beverages, and money collected.
• Direct and assist passengers in emergency procedures, such as evacuating a plane following an emergency landing.
• Inspect passenger tickets to verify information and to obtain destination information.
• Assist passengers in placing carry-on luggage in overhead, garment, or under-seat storage.
• Collect money for meals and beverages.
• Prepare passengers and aircraft for landing, following procedures.
• Answer passengers' questions about flights, aircraft, weather, travel routes and services, arrival times, or schedules.
• Determine special assistance needs of passengers such as small children, the elderly, or disabled persons.
• Administer first aid to passengers in distress.
• Inspect and clean cabins, checking for any problems and making sure that cabins are in order.
• Walk aisles of planes to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to takeoffs and landings.

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• Sliderafts
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• Chemical oxygen generators
• Sphygmomanometers
• Lavatory smoke detectors
• Refrigeration units
• Portable oxygen equipment
• Aircraft fire extinguishing systems
• Flotation seat cushions
• Personal digital assistants PDA
• Intravenous IV administration sets
• Desktop computers
• Emergency locator transmitters
• Water system shutoff valves
• Window exit escape ropes
• Supplemental oxygen systems
• Tourniquets
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR equipment
• Evacuation slides
• Refreshment carts
• Self-inflating manual resuscitation devices
• Storage compartments
• Nitroglycerin tablets
• Cabin management systems
• Protective breathing equipment
• Electrical circuit breakers
• Heaving life lines
• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR masks
• Emergency exit doors and windows
• Halon fire extinguishers
• Emergency rafts
• Slideraft packs
• Commercial cooking ovens
• Blood pressure recorders
• Life preservers
• Megaphones

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