Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 23:21     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Anonymous wrote:It looks so fun but also feels like it’s a blue collar job?


In a society where we feel a need to differentiate between white collar and blue collar, it’s a blue collar job.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 22:49     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Anonymous wrote:I’m going to assume SES doesn’t mean Senior Executive Service in this case….


Yeah I asked that once in a thread since I am
and got my head chewed off. It’s apparently socioeconomic status.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 21:42     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I imagine flying to Paris, but I think it’s more likely you just fly Cincinnati to Des Moines, stay at a Holiday Inn alone, and fly back. Repeatedly.

Oh, I think it’s worse. I think you sleep in a bunk house.

It's called hot bunking. Sharing an apartment in the city where you need to sleep cuts down on costs. Definition here: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/flight-attendant-slang_n_6329064
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 21:38     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
One of the benefits is “meeting” pilots. Ask my sister how it ended up.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 21:33     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Anonymous wrote:I imagine flying to Paris, but I think it’s more likely you just fly Cincinnati to Des Moines, stay at a Holiday Inn alone, and fly back. Repeatedly.


Oh, I think it’s worse. I think you sleep in a bunk house.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 21:32     Subject: Re:Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
No way. Flight attendants have gone to college and marry well. And BTW--lawyers and doctors are professional, but in the service industry too!
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 20:54     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
I’m going to assume SES doesn’t mean Senior Executive Service in this case….
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 19:11     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Seems like an awful job
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 19:01     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
I imagine flying to Paris, but I think it’s more likely you just fly Cincinnati to Des Moines, stay at a Holiday Inn alone, and fly back. Repeatedly.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:59     Subject: Re:Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
What looks fun about it? It seems like a nightmare to me.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:57     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Yes it is. Sorry. There’s a reason they’re called sky waitresses.

It’s a great way to travel, and it used to be one of the few travel/ business careers a woman could have.

Now there are other ways to do so that pay a lot better and require just a bit more education.

It’s also a hard job, like many low SES and service jobs.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:55     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Yes.
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:51     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Anonymous wrote:It looks so fun but also feels like it’s a blue collar job?


Yes it is a service job
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:51     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
Why do you ask, OP? Are you thinking of applying for a job?
Anonymous
Post 05/04/2022 18:48     Subject: Is a flight attendant a lower SES job?
It looks so fun but also feels like it’s a blue collar job?