According to their website (www.swiss.com):
The basic salary from the first day of training for:
G/F/E/I/S-speaking employees is CHF 3,400.00
G/E-speaking employees is CHF 3,300.00
Trainees with no professional experience as cabin crew members will receive a reduced gross salary of 2000 CHF during the first month of employment. In the event that the employee in question remains with SWISS as a cabin crew member, he or she will receive a reimbursement after completing 12 full months of service.
We also operate a profit-sharing scheme that is paid in addition to the basic salary. Payment is based on the profit (EBIT) margin.
Separate payments are made for expenses incurred abroad. SWISS covers uniform purchase and laundering.
Yes, all the crew is aware.
They are called flight attendants (also cabin crew, stewards/stewardesses, air hosts/hostesses and cabin attendants)
According to a poll from Airfarewatchdog, about 27% of passengers tip their flight attendants. Tips are usually not large, and sometimes attendants aren't allowed to accept tips, but they range from a few bucks and a cookie to as much as $50 or $100.
Not unless they are the flight attendant on Air Force One. F/A's are employed by the individual airline companies.
An air host is a person who gives food on the plane if the travelers are hungry. They are also known as flight attendants.
Yes, all members of the Air Force one crew are members of the United States Air Force.
Military aircraft do not have flight attendants. If you are perhaps asking how to be assigned to a military chartered flight, you would need to already be a flight attendant, and check with the head office of your airline.
Most of the major airlines recruit on an on-going basis. Positions are available with Delta Air, Air Canada, United Air and Westjet. Positions include flight attendants, pilots and airplane mechanics.
Flightattendantcareer website retrieves a list of current job openings for flight attendants. Aeromexico, Aer Lingus, Air Asia, Air Canada, Air Canada Rouge, Air Canada JAZZ,Airlin Air, Airfast Indonesia, Air New Zealand, Air France are few of the airlines which recruit now.
1hr 00min Dubai (DXB) to Muscat (MCT) by a nonstop flight operated by Oman Air, Swiss International Airlines or Emirates Airlines.
No. wax replicas, shipped in Economy class in 1965 to their new home in the Ville Marie Wax Museum in Montreal. The flight attendants pretended they were the real thing
Swiss air belongs to Switzerland