Living in the Clouds Travel Articles | February 23 Cheap Aleix Garcia Jersey , 2003 I have a sister of whom I am very proud. After the kids were grown she found herself divorced after years of unhappy ... So she went back to work. She found the job market brutal after all those
I have a sister of whom I am very proud. After the kids were grown she found herself divorced after years of unhappy marraige. So she went back to work. She found the job market brutal after all those years as a housewife, but she stuck with it, and got a ticketing job with Continental Airlines. She allowed herself to dream about returning to the flight attendant's job she'd given up when she got married, and thanks to a 1968 court ruling which struck down the mandatory resignation ages and to the fact that my sister is still in great shape, today she is flying again. And she loves it!
The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries has posted the following statistics regarding travel in 2000: 26 Replica AC Milan Jerseys ,853,000 Americans traveled to foreign destinations, while a record 50.9 million international travelers visited the United States, which means lots of international air travel. Add to that domestic air travel and you can see that there are a lot of jobs out there. Post September 11, 2001 figures have not yet been released Custom AC Milan Jerseys , but we hear news of financial troubles with the airlines on a daily basis. So, are the flight attendants' jobs secure? I've had a look around to try and get a feel for the industry as it stands today, and though there have been some layoffs among smaller airlines, particularly charter companies, many companies are also hiring. In the U.S. Southwest Airlines and Continental both appear to be weathering the storm well.
Glamorous as it sounds Authentic AC Milan Jerseys , working for the airlines is not all sweetness and light. The constant threat of lay-offs notwithstanding, it can be as repetitive as any other job in a service industry, with long hours and downright abusive passengers to look after. The plus side is that you get paid to travel. I was nosy and read some online discussions between flight attendants (www.flightattendants.org), and discovered that difficulties aside, these people really LOVE what they do.
Here are some of the reasons why:
With practice and seniority AC Milan Jerseys For Sale , flight attendants are often able to group their flights together is such a way that they have 1 - 2 weeks off every month.