But we're literally going the whole time. We're very hardworking for most of the flight – people sometimes think that we're just sitting down in the back most of the time. What's the biggest misconception about your job? It's also good to have some milk before you go to sleep because it's got melatonin in it. When we first joined with Emirates we did a little nutrition thing, and talked about coping with jet-lag.
That helps, and eating healthy is a big thing as well. It's good to have a regular gym or sporting regimen, because then you can tire yourself out a bit. I'm like, "Do you want ice or without?" You just have to be polite and not laugh in those situations. I had one guy ask for a "whiskey on the rocks with no ice". What's the weirdest request you've had from a passenger? In Mauritius last time our whole cabin crew, about 16 of us, hired a catamaran for the day and went snorkelling, walked in a rainforest. What does the cabin crew get up to on a stopover? Photo: Getty ImagesĪ first class seat on an Emirates Airbus A380 superjumbo. Photo: Getty ImagesĪ first class seat on the Emirates Airbus A380. The on board horseshoe bar on an Emirates A380 superjumbo. Photo: BloombergĮmirates trainee flight attendants sit in protective clothing during a training session. Photo: BloombergĪircraft emergency escape chutes extend into the training pool, next to an Emirates Airline simulator. Photo: BloombergĮmergency escape chutes extend from a Boeing B777-300 simluator at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Photo: BloombergĮmirates trainee crew extinguish a fire after a simulated emergency during a training session at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai.
Photo: BloombergĮmirates needs to boost flight attendant numbers as it increases the number of flights. Trainee flight attendants for Emirates practice an emergency exit using escape chutes on an Airbus A380 simulator. The atrium of the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Sherry Wryghte, a training instructor with Emirates Airline, stands in the first class cabin section of the company's training facility at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Prospective flight attendants for Emirates undergo training from an instructor, centre, in the image and uniform classroom at the Emirates Aviation College.
Photo: BloombergĮmirates flight attendants start on a basic annual salary of about 47,000 dirhams ($A12,200), plus hourly flying pay, a fixed monthly cash sum based on their role and competencies, free housing and transport, and an annual payment from a profit- sharing plan.
Patricia Walsh, an instructor with Emirates Airline, centre, demonstrates in flight service for business class passengers to a group of economy class cabin crew, during an upgrade course.
Photo: BloombergĪircrew for Emirates shown how to operate an aircraft emergency door, during a training session at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Photo: BloombergĮmirates Airline staff board buses outside the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Photo: BloombergĮmirates flight attendants learn how to properly apply make up. YuJung Kwon, a training instructor for Emirates Airline, left, teaches student Solenne Roussei, right, how to apply her make-up during a training session at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Polina Sasko, an flight attendant student with Emirates, applies lip liner during a make-up training session at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Flight attendant students for Emirates pose in the image and uniform classroom at the Emirates Aviation College in Dubai. Photos: Inside Emirates' flight attendant school.