Best job in the world! - Flight Attendant American Airlines Employee Review

5.0
Sep 24, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hands down the best experience of my life, and best job in the world! Would do again in a heart beat. Pros: - Liberty to explore the world anywhere, anytime for free/or next to nothing - Ability to pick up more hours - Co-workers who become family - Best looking uniforms in the air - Excellent health insurance + extra health benefits - 401K matching - Can live anywhere and commute to work - Decent union for when you need your back covered - Being first responders + essential personnel

Cons

- Wild passengers who like to test your sanity - Entitled passengers who have confused you as their maid in the sky - If caught in a passenger altercation, company will make you jump through hoops to prove innocence - Crew scheduling using and abusing - Over sold flights makes it sometimes challenging to travel - Based in expensive cities where you cannot afford to live on your own for $24k/year - Transferring to other bases can be challenging - Will work most holidays and not get the days off requested until sufficiently senior enough - Flying during a global pandemic (really any type of widespread illness) and being told you are not allowed to wear a mask in the beginning - eventually they came around but exposed many FA's lives

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Flexibility Seniority constitutes trip results Travel benefits People I've met and places I've been

Cons

Hours are sporadic On call for several years Away from family

2.0
Jul 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It provides training for Tier 1 IT Support. You will be introduced to how the first line of IT works.

Cons

The compensation range provided by the recruiter will not be applied when they offer you the role. It will be (below minimum) . The job itself feels like a mixture of IT and customer service. You will eventually take ( calls +messages) at the same time for a very low pay. This department laid off over half of their team members to save cost and to establish an off shore team in India. They have been interviewing candidates for (months) to fill up a few spots but obviously the trick of offering low compensation at the end of the process did not work well. One more thing to mention, forget about moving forward to a better role within the company. Most likely it will not happen based on what I heard from other members. No differential for after hours and night shift pay is the same for night shift

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