Is being a pilot or flight attendant hard?
348707
Both jobs are difficult in that you are required to be away from home 3 or 4 nights a day and usually work 10 hour days in different cities. Flight attendants are often on their feet for hours, the air in the plane is dry, and the perks of working for an airline are deteriorating.\n\nTraining to be a commercial airline pilot takes years and $$$$$. You would need a college degree, and then become a pilot instructor for a few years, and then work as a private pilate (unless you go into a military flight training program). Once you work as a private pilate, you need 1000+ hours of flying commercial and aircraft type ratings to be considered. Besides that you need presence, leadership, and customer service/people skills.\n\nMost airlines have their own flight attendant training that takes up to a month. You have to have a solid work record and pass a background ck. Initially, for the first few years, you get the worst shifts and work on Holidays and weekends.\n\nWhy do people do it? Once you get past all the training, it is fun. You see the world, and can make good money after a few years. Plus, you can get a few days off a week in a row.
170522
I really wish people who don't know jack about a topic would quit posting their opinions as answers!\n\nAs long as your vision is correctable by glasses or contacts to 20/20, then \nYES YOU CAN FLY for an airline or charter operator with passengers!\n\nTo fly as a pilot you must be able to pass an FAA "First Class Medical Exam". To be eligible for the first class medical certificate the applicant must meet in general these vision requirements:\n-Distant acuity of 20/20 in each eye\n-Near vision of 20/40\n-Ability to distinguish aviation red, aviation signal green, and white.\n-Normal field of vision\n\n\nIf your vision is only correctable to a distant acuity of 20/40 in each eye with or without corrective lenses, and ear vision of 20/40 then you are only medically fit to fly recreationally and not for hire. \n\nRead about the medical exam here- http://flightinfo.com/medical.htm#1ST
1044312
both.I can say from experience both are very hard work.harder than most people would think.i have waitressed and i worked fast food for 4 yrs.so trust me neither is  an easy job.
619036
Its not near as  hard as you think it is. But I did like 300 pts better on the second one. There are programs you can buy at like Best Buy... they REALLY HELP! and they have a "cram" options. If you took practice tests you should be alright. Its hard not to want to kill yourself after a couple hours of the test so just be prepared to sit there for 5 hours and trust me... its not hard! Good luck!
185077
I will be honest.  After a very bad flight 30 years ago, on which I was scared out of my wits, I swore I would never fly again.   This continued until about eight years ago when my best friend died home in Ireland.  There was no other way of getting to his funeral other than flying.  I did so and I can only say that I now feel sorry for all the years I have wasted driving long distances, using Ferries when I could have been to far away places enjoying my holidays better than in fact I did.  I fly everywhere now.\nI discovered that the trick was to face my fear.  I forced myself to sit next to a window and watched everything from take off to the flying and up to the landing.  I know that what I say may seen to you to be of no use in your position but I would say take a short flight and face your fears. Good luck.
439094
Not too hard, but very demanding... i took the courses for a year and i am now a paralegal. You just have to be determined. It will be a lot of work, but it is not hard....
996834
you will strat in pensicola, and probably go to corpis after that. all i know is, dont be bitchy officer, enlisted guys fix your plane. be good to them and they take care of you.
225119
Flying in a plane is perfectly safe. Crashing is a bit of a problem, though.\n\nThere are lots of really strange and unpleasant things that can and do happen to us in everyday life. I think the best policy is to be vigilant without being so worried that the good things actually pass us by.\n\nWhen you realize that the risk-assessment that we all do on a daily basis is pretty flawed, and mostly irrational, you could either be just as scared of flying, but even more frightened about crossing the road, or you could put it all in perspective.\n\nA few years ago I settled on the idea that worrying too much about what is going to happen to me (beyond taking reasonable care of myself, not smoking, obeying street signs, and the like) was more a function of egotism, of putting too high a value on my own life. This, paradoxically, means that I was building myself up rather more than I deserved or needed to. \n\nThis may sound a little odd at first, but if I look at your position, here's how it would go: are you afraid of the plane crashing? or are you afraid that YOU are going to die in a plane crash? There's subtle difference. If you don't put any more psychological importance on your own life than you do on the other anonymous people on the plane, you're much less likely to be paranoid about flying - and much more likely to pay attention to the statistics that show that airplanes are relatively safe transport.\n\nIf you're living now, what's the big deal about dying, anyway? We've had this opportunity to experience the world, and someday we're not going to be here. So, what? If you want to imagine what it's like to be dead, think about what the world was like before you were born. You weren't here, even though people you love were already around. You don't miss it. Everyone went around doing what they doing and saying what they say with no help (or hindrance) from us.\n\nLove life, but not so much that it gets in the way of the long view.
680333
quite stressfull..like landing and takeoff times aree like real hell u know its all about preciison, communication skills etrc. Plus the lifes of so many people depemd on you so it sa big responsibilty and thi screates tension sometimes
700158
The hardest part about being a cashier is remembering to be polite and kind to everyone.  Everyone has bad days and we have to respect that as people that work in the customer service industry.  You get full training from anyone you choose to work for so its not as hard as you might think.  Remember to be trustworthy, temptation stares u in the face, and yes its green.  LOL   Good luck and GOD BLESS!
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I worked at an Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) as a summer job right out of High School. It was the most awesome place to spend my days. The people were so laid back and for being a gov't job you'd expect everyone there to be all uppity but they weren't.\n\nEvery morning,I'd collect and file the flight data from the night before which meant I had to go up to the control center. From there I could watch the planes and listen in on all the chatting between the pilots and the AT guys. \n\nThe boss was never there but when she was she'd bring me lunch and tell me to go upstairs and watch some TV. As laidback as it was ,work did get done and the folks there were really professional. \n\nI even got to see how they handled a bomb threat. \n\nIt was the best. Most folks can't say their first job was a supercool gov't job but mine was!
420447
I recommend going down to a busy airport and watching airplanes takeoff and land for 30 minutes.  Then think about how every one of those flights will land at its destination safely.  Then think about how many more flights there will be today and then how many flights there are this week...They will all land safely and this goes on everday without you even thinking about it.\n\nYou are in the hands of highly-trained, highly-skilled professionals.  Also remember that the pilots have to go everywhere you go, so our own safety is in our minds as much as yours is.  Stop by up front and say hello to the flight crew...I find that helps people too if they see us up there.\n\nThink about how many flights landed safely all over the country just in the time it took you to write your question.  Relax and enjoy the view...
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Becoming a pilot is the best solution - at least you're in control and understand what's happening; alternatively go on a course specially created for people with a fear of flying. They explain everything - how a plane flies, why it cannot just fall out of the sky, how a plane copes with bad weather and how it can glide for quite a long time without any engines at all etc.\nBeing apprehensive is quite normal actually, but it shouldn't spoil your enjoyment of the trip. Good luck.
274789
It depends how good you're at foreign languages. Although, as for the average person--I'd say it's pretty hard.
177170
Have done a bit in several countries.\n\nBasically listen to EVERYTHING,\nIf you have a question ASK\nIf you want to prat about DON'T\nYou are NOT the only one who is scared\nEVERYTHING you are told to do is for a reason - don't 2nd guess the instructor!\n\nYour 1st jump (or first few) will be stressful ... it is always going to be an unnatural act - just remember your training and relax as much as possible.  I have never been on  a drop zone which wasn't full of friendly people ... everyone was a beginner once.\n\nBest advice I can give is JUST DO IT!  Whether a static line jump, tandem or accelerated free fall it is a blast.  Just remember the ride isn't over when the chute opens - listen to your radio as you still have to land it!\n\nOnce down watch for jumpers and planes landing, get back to the hangar (or where ever u supposed to be) then pat yourself on the back ... you have done a special (although not difficult) thing.\n\nBlue Skies =8-)
456315
With the economic state of the airlines these days , I know a lot of pilots that are very unsure about their future . The happiest pilots I know are those working private airplanes .
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You have to understand or think about why the interviewer is asking you that question in the first place? IMO it to see how self aware you are, do you really know what your weakness are? as well as your strong points. \n\nAnother reason you might be asked this question in a job interview is too see if your weakness's leave you at a sever disadvantage in carrying (performing) that specific role? After all you wouldn't have much success at being an airline pilot if your weakness was a lack of spacial awareness for example! or a bank clerk who wasnt any good at communicating with customers face to face (OK an extreme example but you get my point I'm sure).\n\n**Its to see how well rounded, how experienced you are as a person and how well equiped you are for the job on offer.\n\nIvan