{"id":11640,"date":"2023-10-06T20:09:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2023-10-06T20:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:09:36","slug":"i-hated-every-single-second-of-being-a-flight-attendant-here-is-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comfort-hotel-paris-roissy.com\/travel\/i-hated-every-single-second-of-being-a-flight-attendant-here-is-why\/","title":{"rendered":"I hated every single second of being a flight attendant – here is why"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former flight attendant who quit after six years has revealed why she hated ‘every single second’ of her job.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kat Kamalani, from Utah, took to TikTok\u00a0to dish on why the role is ‘not as glorious as it seems.’<\/p>\n
The mom-of-two, 33, criticized the hierarchical system, intensive training and demanding passengers – among other bugbears.<\/p>\n
And other social media users also claimed to have experienced similar issues when they also worked in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kat Kamalani, from Utah, revealed why she hated ‘every single second’ of her job as a flight attendant<\/p>\n
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The mom-of-two, 33, took to TikTok to dish on all the reasons why the role is ‘not as glorious as it seems’<\/p>\n
In the clip, which has so far been viewed more than 330,000 times, Kat can be seen sitting in her car as she speaks directly to the camera.<\/p>\n
She begins: ‘I hated being a flight attendant and this is why I quit.<\/p>\n
‘I was a flight attendant for six years and I was [working on] one of the biggest airlines that you could possibly imagine.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I hated every single second of it.’<\/p>\n
Elaborating further as to why, Kat explains: ‘Number one, your whole life depends on seniority – and what I mean by that is, when you get hired, that’s your seniority date and that dictates everything.<\/p>\n
‘It dictates what aircraft you’re flying, what holidays you’re flying, if you have weekends off, if you can hold certain dates off.<\/p>\n
‘Another big thing of why it’s so important is when you travel. For my airline you can book for standby – meaning if there are empty seats on the airplane, you can get on based on your seniority.<\/p>\n
‘And I would say new is considered at least five years or less.’<\/p>\n
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Kat said the\u00a0‘intense’ training lasted for two months and consisted of ‘six days a week and 15-hour days’<\/p>\n
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She also criticized the hierarchical system and demanding passengers – among other bugbears<\/p>\n
The content creator, who now has more than one million followers on the video-sharing platform, continued: ‘The next thing is the training is so intense.\u00a0I had to do two months of training – it was six days a week, we did 15-hour days.<\/p>\n
‘You take a million different types of tests and if you don’t pass tests within 80 per cent of above, they kick you out of the program.’<\/p>\n
Another issue she said was simply ‘the people,’ before adding: ‘People think flight attendants are there just to serve you drinks – and truly, we’re there for your safety first.<\/p>\n
‘People are traveling when they are in the hardest times of their life. They are sleep deprived, they are traveling for an emergency or a funeral…<\/p>\n
‘There’s a lot of times people are at their lowest when traveling and who gets the brunt of it?’<\/p>\n
However, her list did not stop there as Kim added that another issue was the ‘flights that you have to fly.’<\/p>\n
She said: ‘Everyone thinks when you’re flying at the very beginning that you’re flying to Honolulu and Paris – and that can be the case.<\/p>\n
‘But mostly you are flying to three destinations a day, having very short layovers and you’re waking up super early and doing red eyes – it’s just not fun.’<\/p>\n
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Another issue she said was simply ‘the people,’ before adding: ‘People think flight attendants are there just to serve you drinks – and truly, we’re there for your safety first’<\/p>\n
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And viewers were quick to flood to the comments to corroborate Kim’s musings as one wrote: ‘I think for me it ruined the fun in traveling’<\/p>\n
I spill my feelings\/secrets about being a flight attendant for six years. Traveling the world with so much fun, but it comes at a cost and not to mention you don\u2019t ever have a routine or schedule That\u2019s the same. <\/p>\n
Briefly touching on the benefits of the job, she stated: ‘At the time, me and my husband could not afford airplane tickets around the world and we got to visit everywhere in the world.<\/p>\n
‘I am so grateful for that and I got to bring my parents along and my children along.<\/p>\n
‘When you’re by yourself exploring the world on a layover, it’s kind of sad.’<\/p>\n
Kim concluded: ‘That’s my opinion on why being a flight attendant is not as glorious as it seems.’<\/p>\n
In the caption, she wrote: ‘Traveling the world with so much fun, but it comes at a cost and not to mention you don’t ever have a routine or schedule that’s the same.’<\/p>\n
And viewers were quick to flood to the comments to corroborate Kim’s musings as one wrote: ‘I think for me it ruined the fun in traveling, I used to love going to the airport but now it’s depressing tbh because it’s only work.’<\/p>\n
Another added: ‘The true side of it. Not to mention being jet lagged & major turbulence.’<\/p>\n
And a third simply said: ‘This 100 per cent. I felt the exact some way.’<\/p>\n