Flight Attendant
Aviation professionals seeking a rewarding career ensuring passenger safety and comfort are encouraged to apply. The Flight Attendant is responsible for maintaining a safe and comfortable onboard experience in accordance with FAA and Inflight guidelines.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs all regulatory and assigned cabin duties, prioritizing guest safety and comfort.
- Maintains thorough knowledge of emergency procedures and operates all emergency equipment, including emergency exits, utilizing necessary movements and force up to 70 pounds.
- Provides food and beverage service, which requires pushing and pulling moveable carts weighing in excess of 250 pounds.
- Assists passengers with stowing carry-on baggage weighing up to 35 pounds.
- Maintains a neat and orderly cabin environment.
- Collaborates with crewmembers to ensure reliable and on-time operations, adhering to report, departure, and turn times.
- Performs inflight sales and promotional duties as assigned.
- Assists other Customer Service staff with passenger handling or other duties.
- Maintains reliable and prompt attendance in accordance with company policies and procedures.
- Presents a professional image in conduct and appearance, adhering to the company uniform dress code.
- Complies with associate Rules of Conduct as outlined in all applicable manuals.
- Maintains currency of Inflight guides and manuals.
- Fosters the company’s core values and culture throughout the work environment.
- Performs additional duties as assigned or required.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- High school diploma or GED.
- Minimum of two years of customer service experience.
- Must be 20 years of age by the date of the first interview.
- Possess polished interpersonal skills with a positive attitude and a customer-oriented mindset.
- Willing to serve alcoholic beverages.
- Able to serve and handle peanuts, meals containing shellfish/seafood, beef, and pork.
- Able to work with animals and around other allergens and products.
- Must have a wingspan of approximately 55 inches or greater.
- Must have the ability to sit in the Flight Attendant jump seat with seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened without extender or other modification.
- Must not have multiple piercings visible while in uniform.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and governmental regulations.
- Able to effectively present information and respond to questions from management, crew, passengers, and the general public.
- Able to speak and be understood in English, including shouted verbal commands during emergency situations.
- Must be willing to work in a time-sensitive environment and effectively handle stress associated with deadlines and unexpected change.
- Capable of interpreting a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
- Must be able to remain calm, think, and react quickly in all types of emergency situations.
Preferred Education and/or Experience:
- Additional years of customer service experience, preferably in an aviation environment.
- Previous Flight Attendant experience.
Physical Demands:
- Must possess the physical strength to reach and operate all emergency equipment and exits using necessary movements and force up to 70 pounds.
- Capable of lifting objects above shoulders up to 35 pounds.
- Able to push and pull moveable carts weighing in excess of 250 pounds.
- Able to walk and stand for extended periods, sometimes with aircraft turbulence.
- Must be able to stoop, crouch, squat, climb, and kneel.
- Able to see clearly at 20 feet or more with corrective lenses or contacts.
- Able to clearly hear verbal communications in person and over airplane communication systems with ambient aircraft and passenger noise.
- Must be able to sit in assigned jump seat with seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened without any modifications.
- Must be able to move about aircraft and perform all required functions freely, effectively, and quickly in a confined environment.
- Able to work extended duty periods on sequential days.
Work Environment:
- Able and willing to work in a culturally diverse atmosphere and professionally interact with passengers and crew under stressful conditions.
- The ability to accommodate customers’ special needs/disabilities.
- Willing and able to work for extended periods and varied schedules, including early mornings, nights, overnights, and weekends.
Travel Requirements:
- Travel up to 100% of the time, including nights, weekends, holidays, and overnights. Willing to relocate based on the company’s operational needs.
Republic Airways is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to disability and veteran accommodations. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.