15 evidence that only elected candidates are taken as flight attendants

o become a flight attendant, desire alone is not enough. These cute girls, who help us feel comfortable during the flight, undergo rigorous exams for meeting many criteria.

AdMe.ru has collected the most unusual requirements that airlines impose on their flight attendants.

15. Ability to swim

Flight attendants of various companies must be able to swim at least 20 meters (as, for example, at Ryanair). British Airways flight attendants must swim at least 50 meters without assistance. These are necessary skills in case of an emergency landing on water by an airplane.

14. Short hair

Airlines want to see their stewardesses with neatly arranged hair that does not cover their faces and does not interfere with the flight attendant to perform their duties. But British Airways wants to see on their sides employees with hair not lower than the shoulders.

13. Lack of tattoos and body piercing.

Most airlines require flight attendants to avoid visible tattoos that cannot be covered and piercings.

12. Jungle Survival Skills

In case the plane urgently sits in the wild, Brazilian airline TAM Airlines conducts for its flight attendants skills that will help them navigate and survive in the jungle.

11. Strength

Often, flight attendants have to help passengers put hand luggage in special compartments under the ceiling. Therefore, they must be strong enough, because luggage can weigh several kilograms. Air New Zealand requires their cabin crew to lift 10 kg to a height of 170 cm, with both feet on the floor and not lifting themselves.

10. Absence of birthmarks on the face.

It is also a prerequisite for obtaining a flight attendant position in many airlines.

9. Short nails

For flight attendants of many airlines it is unacceptable to have long nails. Hawaiian Airlines , for example, has set the nail length from the fingertip just 3 mm and shorter.

8. Prohibition of marriage

Jet Airways recruit only single flight attendants. However, this rule applies only to "inexperienced" employees, employees with experience are allowed to marry.

7. Certain height

Each airline has its own requirements, but on average, to become a flight attendant, the height of a girl must vary from 158 to 188 cm. It is also important how much a stewardess can reach. So, the airline Emirates wants their flight attendants to reach up to 212 cm in height.

6. Certain weight

As a rule, airlines do not require their flight attendants to have model figures, it is enough that theweight is proportional to the growth based on body mass index . This is quite enough to fit the requirements of Czech Airlines .

5. “Correct” hip volume

The French company Aigle Azur went even further - it defined the “ideal” amount of hips for its flight attendants: no more than 100 cm.

4. Youth

Most airlines do not adhere to strict age limits when hiring flight attendants. But American airlines Delta Air Lines are categorical in this matter: they hire only those who are under 25 years old.

3. Without nose and armpit hair

American Airlines requires their flight attendants to come to work only by removing visible hair from their nostrils, ears, and underarms.

2. Kung Fu knowledge

Sometimes on the airplanes get debauchee, which is not so easy to calm. In addition, there is always the danger of an intruder entering the plane. Therefore, Hong Kong Airlines consider it useful to conduct classes for kung fu for their flight attendants .

1. Beautiful legs

In China, fierce competition in the profession of cabin crew. Therefore, the requirements are constantly becoming tougher. Training flight attendants are more like a military drill : girls are taught martial arts and the ability to stand patiently with a bottle on their heads for good posture and a squeezed piece of paper between their knees for correct leg position. And here is one of the strangest requirements for flight attendants on China Southern Airlines : her legs should be slim - no X or O-shaped legs!