SkyWest Airlines | Flight Attendant

SkyWest Airlines, a leading regional airline, is seeking dedicated and customer-focused Flight Attendants to join its dynamic cabin crew team. Based out of various crew domiciles across the United States, this vital role is essential for ensuring passenger safety and delivering exceptional in-flight service and customer experience.

About the Role

As a SkyWest Flight Attendant, you will be the face of our airline, embodying our commitment to operational safety and unparalleled customer service. This dynamic and exciting position involves constant travel, new challenges, and the opportunity to make every passenger's experience exceptional. SkyWest fosters a distinctive culture of teamwork, respect, quality, and professionalism, alongside world-class benefits including 401(k) match, health care, retirement, and extensive travel perks.

• Ensure the safety and comfort of customers onboard the aircraft.
• Consistently contribute to a positive and productive work environment with employees and customers.
• Efficiently prepare, serve, and restock in-flight beverages, meals, snacks, and manage onboard sales.
• Greet passengers, assist with carry-on baggage stowage, and deliver clear onboard announcements.
• Provide effective leadership, direction, and assistance during emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Calmly resolve passenger situations during flight, including managing disorderly passengers and medical emergencies.
• Ensure compliance with all safety regulations by inspecting and safely operating aircraft cabin components, systems, and emergency equipment, such as escape slides, fire extinguishers, portable oxygen bottles, and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs).
• Adhere to established procedures and performance standards with minimal supervision.

Requirements

• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Possession of a current, valid U.S. or foreign passport book, valid for at least 12 months following the application date, along with any necessary visas for travel between the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Bahamas.
• High school diploma or equivalency required.
• Excellent English communication skills are essential for providing safety information and writing clear, factual, and detailed reports for irregular, emergency, and security events.
• Comfortable utilizing basic functions of electronic devices and Portable Electronic Devices (PEDs) to operate audio and video systems, track in-flight purchases, and perform various flight and training duties.
• Willingness to work varied shifts up to 16 hours, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Ability to travel frequently and spend lengthy periods alone and without supervision.
• Must be reliable and punctual.
• Willingness to relocate to one of SkyWest's assigned crew domiciles after successful completion of InFlight Training, which may include:
  • Atlanta, GA
  • Austin, TX
  • Boise, ID
  • Chicago, IL
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
  • Denver, CO
  • Detroit, MI
  • Fresno, CA
  • Houston, TX
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Milwaukee, WI
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
  • Palm Springs, CA
  • Phoenix, AZ
  • Portland, OR
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • San Diego, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Seattle, WA
  • Tucson, AZ

Physical and Appearance Standards

• Height must be between 5’0” to 6’0” without shoes, allowing for safe operation of the aircraft, including fitting in a jump seat with the harness fastened, moving through the cabin aisle, and operating emergency exits.
• Must be physically able to perform tasks requiring frequent walking, bending below ankle level, and reaching above shoulder level. This includes opening emergency exits and closing aircraft doors (weighing up to 45 pounds), pushing and pulling beverage carts (weighing up to 250 pounds), and lifting, storing, transporting, and reaching for items, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Corrected vision should not exceed 20/40.
• Normal or corrected hearing range within 15-17kHZ.
• Overall appearance must be professional, neat, and clean.
• No extreme hair styles or colors are permitted.
• Single stud nose piercing 2mm or smaller is allowed; two piercings allowed per ear. Gauges must be plugged with clear or skin-toned plugs and must not exceed ½”. Other facial, mouth, or tongue piercings are not permitted.
• Visible tattoos are permitted with limitations based on dimension and location; tattoos outside these guidelines must be covered by the uniform or with skin-tone compatible tattoo makeup. Bandages are not an approved form of tattoo coverage. Offensive tattoos must not be visible.
• Must wear a company-issued uniform and compliant face mask/covering as required.