Introduction to JFCC: What to Do After a Flying Career?

Fatigue among flight attendants is more common than you think. According to a 2020 study, even prior to the pandemic 40–68% of airlines’ cabin crews were positive for insomnia, depression, shift work disorder, or a multitude of these disorders.

Cabin crews are among the few jobs that require you to bend “normal” life scheduling for work. From night-time departures, early morning arrivals, and adjusting to several time zones in a matter of days, this could very well disrupt one’s sleeping pattern and what life ought to look like normally. If going on for a long time, such an irregular lifestyle could put cabin crews’ health at stake. From fatigue to depression, anything could happen when your health has been compromised.

With countries and regions imposing quarantines and travel restrictions, the aviation industry is one of the most affected businesses during the pandemic. During regular times, flight attendants already face a variety of challenges due to the tight work schedules and the unique nature of their jobs. Now that worldwide traveling came to a halt due to Coronavirus, airline crews are facing a new set of challenges, including mental health issues.

All of us have unlimited dreams and aspirations. One person alone could have a thousand dreams and all of them are worth fighting for. Unfortunately, not every dream can come true. Every now and then, we have to make sacrifices for the sake of our future. At this point, everyone is well-aware that for every decision we make, it bears an opportunity cost that anyone should never underestimate.

If you think that being charismatic only involves the ability to influence other people, well technically you are not wrong but the sentence should not stop there. What most people forget is that charisma also includes affability - the ability to appear approachable and pleasant. And you can forsake one for the other, being charismatic only means you possess both of the criteria. But what do these all have to do with working as a cabin crew?