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[Anonymous]

I’ve always wondered about other jobs. What’s it like to be a flight attendant? An ER doc? A realtor?
Any others? Or answers to these jobs?

[Anonymous]

You may want to look up in reddit, there are several discussions about various type of jobs

[Anonymous]

You might try doing a search on DCUM for “AMA” (ask me anything). Over the years, I’ve enjoyed the peek they offer behind the scenes into different types of lives.

[Anonymous]

My dad was an ER doc. It certainly wasn’t like the tv shows.

[Anonymous]

I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!

Do they cover your food while you're at the hotels or is it on you? How much do you make doing this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!

Interesting!
I'm curious about the appearance requirements.

[Anonymous]

I follow a peds ER doc on Instagram. She lives in Florida and has 3 or 4 kids and seems to love her cats more than her kids. Beach Gem or something like that.

She answers a lot of questions about her work and career. Seems to give sound medical advice.

[Anonymous]

I've been a legal secretary almost 30 years and am disappointed to report that not ONCE have I gotten to shout, "You can't go in there!" at anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!

Do they cover your food while you're at the hotels or is it on you? How much do you make doing this?

I earn per diem for every hour I’m on duty, $3 and some change.

I currently make a little over $65 an hour, plus per diem, boarding pay, and benefits/profit sharing, but keep in mind my schedule/hours worked change each month, so it varies.

[Anonymous]

to the flight attendant, tell us about the sex , do you meet randoms, or have a stable in different cities? Do tell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad was an ER doc. It certainly wasn’t like the tv shows.

Did people commonly get stuff stuck up their behinds?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:to the flight attendant, tell us about the sex , do you meet randoms, or have a stable in different cities? Do tell

I bang customers on the flights! Snakes on the planes and all that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a flight attendant!

I don’t even know how to describe what it’s “like”. Can I share a typical day?

I live in-base, so let’s say my first flight is at 8am. I have to check in at the airport 45 minutes before the flight. My commute is around an hour (30 minutes drive to employee parking, and then I like to allow myself 30 minutes to get to the crew room from the parking lot (there is a bus that picks us up.)) So I’m leaving the house probably at 6am, just to be safe.

I check in, fix up my hair and makeup (standards) and walk to the gate. Meet the crew, have a briefing, and then work the flight.

A typical day for me usually consists of an “out and back/turn” (going from base to a city, then back) and another flight, where I will spend the night.

We take a van to the hotel, and from there, you do as you please. Sometimes groups go out for dinner, or sightseeing, depending on the length of the overnight.

If I started at 8am, I’d likely be done for the day and checked in to the hotel by 6pm. If there are no plans with crew, I’ll usually work out in the hotel gym, and depending on the location, walk to grab or DoorDash some food, eat in my hotel room, read, watch a movie or show, and head to bed. If there’s something noteworthy to see, I may spend the evening sightseeing, but I don’t love doing it alone. The next morning, I wake up and do it all again.

A typical work week for me is 3-4 days long, and I’m done the entire time. Some days are short (1-2 flights) some are long (3-4 flights). I don’t fly internationally as I don’t hold enough seniority, but I’m fine with that because I can hold a solid domestic schedule. Some months I bid for shorter week where you work long days, some months I want to explore so I bid best layovers, some months I’m tired and bid long weeks with long layovers.

I’d be happy to answer anything else!

Interesting!
I'm curious about the appearance requirements.

It’s nothing crazy, but I work for a pretty conservative airline and they make a big deal about hair, which, as a woman, is easily mussed, especially during your initial commute. They also like you to have something on your lips, and for eye makeup to not be smeared or otherwise messy. Also, uniform standards. Lots of lint rolling and changing shoes from flats to heels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:to the flight attendant, tell us about the sex , do you meet randoms, or have a stable in different cities? Do tell

Nope! I am married, so none of that for me!

But yes, very occasionally people actually date. You very rarely work with the same people, so it’s not easy to have a stable work hookup. I’m sure random hookups happen, but I’ve never witnessed that level of chemistry between two colleagues I’ve been flying with, so if it happened, it was on the DL.

As for a stable locational hookups? Layovers are often simply too short for all that. Unless it was like a Grinder hookup or some other app-based encounter who you called up when you were in that place again, no, I don’t see this easily being a thing. You’re not frequently in the same place often (think of all of the cities with airports!) unless you have a ton of seniority to bid the same places each trip. Some pilots do this when senior enough, so they can go home every night and see their kids/spouses.