US Airways Dividend Miles (Pre-FlightFund Merger) - Becoming an US or USE FA

I was interested in actually becoming one of US's FAs for a part-time job. I'm not sure how interested they are in hiring right now but I would like to apply anyway. If I could get some input from our US FA's I would appreciate it. I'm not sure where to start so maybe you could connect me to the right people?

I was interested in actually becoming one of US's FAs for a part-time job. I'm not sure how interested they are in hiring right now but I would like to apply anyway. If I could get some input from our US FA's I would appreciate it. I'm not sure where to start so maybe you could connect me to the right people?

If US survives, it will be several years before they start to hire again. They have several f/a's that are on involuntary furlough right now, and if they ever start to hire they will have first call back rights. A lot of them are flying for MidAtlantic as per f/a agreement. I'm not sure about what Express policy is, or if they are hiring but you might want to try there if you're serious about your inquiry. With the exception of SWA and JetBlue, I don't know of any major airlines that are hiring.
Also, there is no such thing as "part-time" in the f/a world. You would be on reserve for many, many years and that's not a pleasant prospect.
Good luck in your pursuit.
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I was interested in actually becoming one of US's FAs for a part-time job. I'm not sure how interested they are in hiring right now but I would like to apply anyway. If I could get some input from our US FA's I would appreciate it. I'm not sure where to start so maybe you could connect me to the right people?



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Galleywench said it all. There are no PT F/A positions. Besides, are you aware of what's going on in the airline industry today? You'd be better off at Wal-Mart for crying out loud.

US Airways, forget it. In fact, you can forget any big airline except for Southwest, JetBlue and maybe AirTran. At the "big six" carriers, most of their flight attendants (pilots, too) come from the regional airlines with experience. Only the ground employees and the like come right off the street.

US Airways Express is not an airline. Inquire at each of the regional airlines, and you don't need to limit yourself to US Airways Express carriers (depends on where you live and if you wouldn't mind commuting or even moving). US Express carriers include Piedmont, Allegeny (I think those two are in the process of merging), PSA, Colgan and Mesa (probably forgot some, there are so many). There's also regional airlines for other airlines such as SkyWest, Comair, American Eagle, Chataqua, etc.

Besides, are you aware of what's going on in the airline industry today? You'd be better off at Wal-Mart for crying out loud.
I would be happy if I could be a FA for a day! I really wouldn't care what I got paid just as long as I got to do what I love....travel.

I would be happy if I could be a FA for a day! I really wouldn't care what I got paid just as long as I got to do what I love....travel.

6 weeks of initial training is an awful long time for someone that just wants to fly for one day!! ;)
As far as the travelling part goes, you would probably think twice once you've had a few 14 hours days with an 8 hour layover at a Motel 6 in Ithica in between. LOL! BTW, I actually love Ithica...just picked it out of my hat because it sounded the most glamorous at the time.

Don't remind me. I had trip to ITH one time, and Avis no-showed on me (flight arrived 30 minutes after official closing time), and all the decent hotels in Ithaca were either sold out or grossly overpriced owing to it being Parent's Weekend at Cornel. I had to take a $15 one way taxi to the $100/night former Econo Lodge now called the Wonderland Motel. :mad:

I would also like to be a flight attendant for just one day; just don't count me in the FAA staffing calculations so I can avoid the six week training. :) I see a lot of Express crew at the Hotlick's in PIT concourse A and feel left out. :D

zsmith2, if you ever move to the DCA or PHL area you might be able to get a job as a baggage handler...that's one of the few positions US Airways is actively hiring for.

Pay at DCA is around $10 per hour. I thought about doing this just for fun on days off from my "real" job but my travel schedule is so unpredictable, and DCA a 2-hour/100-mile drive away from my main residence, that it wouldn't be worth it.

I would be happy if I could be a FA for a day! I really wouldn't care what I got paid just as long as I got to do what I love....travel.


If I read your "stats" under your online name you already fly enough as a passenger. US GOLD, AA PLAT, etc. Why would flying as a F/A be any different than what you're doing now? As a US1 who has flown weekly for 8 years, the last thing I would want to be is a F/A. No offense Galleywench, I have 7 good US F/A's as friends. But lord almighty, their job is not like it was during the "golden age" of flying!!

6 weeks of initial training is an awful long time for someone that just wants to fly for one day!! ;)
As far as the travelling part goes, you would probably think twice once you've had a few 14 hours days with an 8 hour layover at a Motel 6 in Ithica in between. LOL! BTW, I actually love Ithica...just picked it out of my hat because it sounded the most glamorous at the time.

Hey now, who says we're lacking glamour? Ithaca is gorges, after all...

CO is actually hiring right now off the street. However, why in the world would you want to live in EWR?

CO is actually hiring right now off the street. However, why in the world would you want to live in EWR?

Commute!

Commute!

A friend of mine recently interviewed in Newark for these Continental flight attendant positions. He became disinterested after they told him he wouldn't have a choice of training dates and they'd refuse to allow him to start training with a slightly later class. In short, Continental told him he could either refuse the position, or drop out of college two months prior to graduating (after four years of hard work).

What he was told by CO is the position can expect to sit reserve for up to EIGHT YEARS, meaning no set schedule. They said that relocation to somewhere within two hours of Newark was required, so maybe somebody could commute from elsewhere in the Garden State served by NJ Transit?

A friend of mine recently interviewed in Newark for these Continental flight attendant positions. He became disinterested after they told him he wouldn't have a choice of training dates and they'd refuse to allow him to start training with a slightly later class. In short, Continental told him he could either refuse the position, or drop out of college two months prior to graduating (after four years of hard work).

What he was told by CO is the position can expect to sit reserve for up to EIGHT YEARS, meaning no set schedule. They said that relocation to somewhere within two hours of Newark was required, so maybe somebody could commute from elsewhere in the Garden State served by NJ Transit?

Yes, you pretty much have to live in base if you're going to be on reserve. A few people still commute and have crash pads that they share with other people, but they only manage to get home a few days every month. Being on reserve 8 years isn't that bad compared to other carriers. I talked to an American f/a the other day and she said that reserve in their ORD base was up to 20 years. I think it's around 15 years here in DCA for US, slightly higher in other bases.

The "live within 2 hours" doesn't also mean "2 hours by air?"

Reserve flight attendants can still commute non-rev on any airline, can't they?

The "live within 2 hours" doesn't also mean "2 hours by air?"

Reserve flight attendants can still commute non-rev on any airline, can't they?

I haven't been on reserve for several years, thank goodness, but I believe the policy at US is 90 minutes. That means you must be able to leave your house and be on the airplane within 90 minutes of the time that they call you. There are also times that they call and basically say "The plane is at the gate, how fast can you get here?" Flying into work when they call you is not an option.
Captain Wench is on the verge of going back on reserve, and we're both dreading it like the plague. You can't even go shopping or out to dinner without a packed suitcase in the car, because you just never know when they're going to call or how many days you'll be gone. We call it "Life attached to the little black box" (the pager).