Flight attendants are a little different cus they can occupy extra jumpseats. But still ATC is way better.
Travel bennies, easier, mostly stress free work, plenty of opportunities to work in other jobs in the company once you have a foot in the door, ability to choose where you live and I'm guessing much easier to get time off without scheduling it a year in advance, not even seeing a weekend without scheduling it for decades, etc etc etc.
Before I worked in atc I worked for an airlines for like 6 years. It’s a decent job but atc blows it out of the water for pay and benefits. Also we can move around in the federal government if we want to. Few do tho. I’d recommend someone going straight into an admin job at an airline than start as an FA if they truly want to work for the airlines
Not arguing this in the least bit. Its demonstrably true.
Good luck with that if you hold purely a controller skill set.
If you were young and had nothing tying you down that's debatable. Sounds like OP may be.
Shit I'd rather bid monthly. I have no fucking clue what I'm doing 2 months from now, much less next year. That's one of my big gripes with this job. Spot leave denials wouldn't really be an issue if I could bid guaranteed leave or days off 4 weeks out instead of 40.
I'm aware. Being potentially stuck at the bottom of your bumfuck facility for a decade before the ncept gods let you move is probably worse than anything the airlines offer.
Lmao I move my wife any more into the sticks than we already are I'm gonna be single again and looking into these FA gigs
I guess my point is is that atc is more of a one shot thing for many people so I wouldn’t recommend giving it up. Plus getting in young in ATC is so beneficial. I’ll never be number 1 in seniority cus there’s people younger then me that already have 5+ years.
Im at a level 5 but with a 5 years under the 6 pay scale. Base is 101k and with cip, differentials, and 100ish hours of OT I'll gross just shy of 130k. New CPCs here that are willing to work a little OT will gross about 105k. I've had Fri/Sat rdos for the last 3 years. Just wanted to share that life can be ok at a low level facility. My friend was a flight attendant and his pay sucked but he traveled alot.
With two years of seniority a DAL flight attendant is making more per hour than I am, if this website is accurate.
Now this is very true, and I would support OP asking the airline if they can put the offer on ice while they give ATC a shot.
Flight attendants only get paid for the hours they fly and they can only fly 1000 hours per year. With connections and stuff it’s possible to work like 10 hours ins. Day and only get paid for 4. Most flight crews get a monthly guarantee of pay around 70 hours. Also going straight into delta with no experience would be hard. Not impossible but hard. Way easier if you can speak a second language
If your 28 then try atc. Good chance this will be your only opportunity at it. And at your age you prolly won’t get another opportunity at a pension like this
I got hired with both the FAA And a legacy
Don't get me wrong best job I've ever had but it has warts people don't like acknowledging, and if you don't live eat and breath airplanes those warts grow tiresome and ugly coupled with the intangibles like facility climate and inability to move if thats what you want for your life. I just get tired of people screaming from the rooftops how great this job is, when the only thing really great about it is the pay, benefits and job security in comparison to the level of education you need to do the job. Sure those are nothing to hand waive away, but it's not everything when it comes to your day to day level of satisfaction.
Gotcha yeah IDK it seems like being an FA is a dream job for you. The upside is there's no age limit to becoming an FA so you could apply again later if you want to pursue ATC. If I didn't have a merit based job at Delta I probably would've stayed the money was good and the profit sharing checks were real nice.
It seems your passion is FA. I think deep down you know the answer. I wouldn't read too much of what others are saying it will only confuse you. It's all subjective. You need to ask yourself what makes YOU happy? What is important to you? Do some elimination and you will get there.
