Occupational Employment Statistics
53-2031 Flight Attendants
Provide personal services to ensure the safety, security, and comfort of airline passengers during flight. Greet passengers, verify tickets, explain use of safety equipment, and serve food or beverages.
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Minnesota
| 2,560 | 36 | $58,034.15/yr | $32,841.03/yr | $32,841.03/yr | $52,436.84/yr | $68,716.11/yr | $85,759.13/yr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | 2,550 | N/A |
| Professional and Business Services | N/A | N/A |
- Greet passengers boarding aircraft and direct them to assigned seats.
- Check to ensure that food, beverages, blankets, reading material, emergency equipment, and other supplies are aboard and are in adequate supply.
- Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
- Prepare passengers and aircraft for landing, following procedures.
- Conduct periodic trips through the cabin to ensure passenger comfort and to distribute reading material, headphones, pillows, playing cards, and blankets.
- Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
- Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
- Sell alcoholic beverages to passengers.
- Walk aisles of planes to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to takeoffs and landings.
- Assist passengers entering or disembarking the aircraft.