Probation Station: The New Hire Survival Guide

The wings are pinned, the uniform is crisp, and the training high is real—but now what? In Episode 5, the Jumpseat Chronicles crew gets real about the "probation life" and what it actually takes to survive your first year in the sky. We’re sharing the unwritten rules of the galley, the secret to making your per diem last, and how to earn the respect of the "senior mamas and papas" without losing your sanity. This isn't just about keeping your job; it’s about thriving in the chaos and finding your rhythm in a lifestyle that never sleeps. Grab your "go-bag" and tune in—we’re showing you how to turn your probation into a promotion.

Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:00

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SPEAKER_00 0:28

Welcome everyone back to Jumpseat Chronicles. Yes. You've got the wings. Now, how do you keep them on?

SPEAKER_01 0:37

Yes, yes, most importantly.

SPEAKER_00 0:40

I am Michelle rocking out with my two awesome co-hosts. Hey, boy.

SPEAKER_01 0:46

Hey, I'm Darien. I'm Josh JJ.

SPEAKER_00 0:50

All right. Welcome back, y'all. Welcome. So who are you listening to? Who is on your I'm getting ready for work playlists?

SPEAKER_02 1:02

So for me, the top two that I'm having heavy rotation is um Jill Scott's new album, which I love. Yes, yes. She's been gone for seven, eight years, and I missed my girl. Her music does so much for my everything. She has been a saving grace for me in the music industry, and I'm just glad to have her back. Cool. She never misses. Her albums always hit. And this one is amazing. She's going on tour, so I'm excited about that. As well as my boy Duran Bernard. His album Bloom is phenomenal. And he just won his first Grammy. He's an amazing album. I'm so proud of him. And his album is phenomenal. All his music is. And I'm just, those are two people that I keep in my in my artillery for music for sure.

SPEAKER_00 1:45

Come on, Jilly from Philly.

SPEAKER_01 1:46

Yes. I am I have old ears. So I have not been listening to anybody new. Old stuff. I go give me some Shaka Khan. What you gonna do for me? Something like that. Uh, because I have a playlist called Oldies, and that will just go. So yeah, that's where I'm at. Ain't nothing wrong with that, bro.

SPEAKER_00 2:10

Nothing wrong with some oldies. Well, like you, I have a whole 90s playlist that stays in heavy broken. I'm talking about 702, Salt and Pepper, Slim, but then Miss Olivia Dean, she has kind of eclipsed my 90s playlists a bit. I I mean, I wake up to her, I go to sleep with her. I'm I'm like, girl, where you been? Like, she I feel like she almost belongs with the 90s playlist because she has such a soul full of voice. I'm like, girl, you was you literally were born in the wrong era. Uh your mama had you late, like, girl. So I put her right in the 90s playlist, although I know she's about 12 years old, but I just ooh.

SPEAKER_01 2:55

And it's funny that you should say 90s uh because one thing I was doing recently, I don't not know why I was in this new jack swing vibe. And I went on the Apple um Apple music and typed that in, and they had this whole playlist. And I mean, it was hit after hit on the ground. I went down a whole rabbit hole of every I was like, I didn't, I guess I did not realize how many like Janet Jackson had New Jax Swing. Like there was so many songs like in Vogue and all of them that New Jax swing sound. So yeah, yeah, and that was straight 90s.

SPEAKER_00 3:32

Yes. I mean, truly, if you were not, you know, if you were not a 90s kid or if your mama didn't play 90s, you truly missed out on a great era of music. I know people say the 2000s, but I'm like, no, I beg to differ. I will counter you with my ace 90s music.

SPEAKER_02 3:51

So I'll say 90s and Motown. That Motown era was like the best.

SPEAKER_00 3:55

Oh, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 3:56

Real music go down in the 70s. I'm sorry. Any music that came out during the 70s, whether it was gospel, whether it was RB and soul, disco. Yes, because during that time for me was like the height of instrumentation.

SPEAKER_00 4:17

Well, you have to think about what was going on in the world, too. It was so much going on in the world. So the music spoke to what was happening politically, socially, you know, uh justice-wise, and the music spoke to the era of what was going on. So if you go and listen to the 70s and the 90s again was another era that spoke to what was going on, you know, politically, socially, just this neighborhood, and we were coming into our own. So it's just like, can we bring back some of that music that's especially now speaking to that hearing in the background of the music?

SPEAKER_01 4:55

Guitar and the horns. Shout out Prince, shout out to Prince. Yes, he was big on it. I love hearing instruments. Not that I don't, you know, like hearing the boom, you know, beats of the sync. Instrumentation. Yeah, but instrumentation when I hear live music, yeah, it's the best. So shout out Earth, Wind, and Fire.

SPEAKER_02 5:20

One more thing. Because you never know who watching. Beyonce, if you are watching this, I hope you are. Please give us act three and bring us some good music. This being a deficit on good music. Please give us act three. What is taking so long?

SPEAKER_01 5:32

I thought somebody because of, you know, I guess the timeline. Lucky charm, she be leaving y'all the little crumbs or something. I think somebody said based on what she's.

SPEAKER_00 5:41

Anybody would know, Darien would know.

SPEAKER_01 5:44

Because they said, because it's supposed to be dealing with rock and roll. Somebody said it was alleged. Some date in May is when Tina Turner did something. Because it was a video I watched, and they were going down this wormhole, and I'm like, oh, okay. It was like, because she gave me a couple.

SPEAKER_02 6:01

I'm not talking about this and these clues. We can never figure Beyonce out. She's just an instant. We be thinking we know. But yeah, shout out to Beyonce. We love you. We gave way for act three. Then we came with this tour.

SPEAKER_01 6:12

Like you like Jesus. Like they try to pinpoint when you come in with something. Jesus said, no man knows the day to know me. I don't want Beyonce saying the same thing. No, no, no, Beyoncé. Okay. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 6:28

Okay.

SPEAKER_02 6:29

So the topic at hand. Sorry, you don't get in Beyoncé. You can talk out. Listen.

SPEAKER_00 6:32

All right. So for the topic at hand today, we'll be discussing um the new hire survival guide. So you've made it past the interview. You've done all the things. You've packed, you've made it into class. So how do we survive new hire? You here, you pass all the things. Woohoo! I'm winged up. I've cried. Gotcha. The reality has hit me. I'm here. What do I do? First of all, 15 minutes? I've given myself 15 minutes. However, Eric Jerome Dickey, Brother Dickey, has said it best. If you were early, you were on time. On time is late. Late is unacceptable. Shout out Brother Eric Jerome Dickey. That's something that you should keep as your mantra and keep in mind when you are a new hire, alright? Be early. Okay? Be on time. Five minutes, that's not enough time. Be early. That plane is going with or without you.

SPEAKER_01 7:44

And to that point, um one, we're talking about those that are on probation. And probation for those that are not in the industry is your first six months. Um, and so we're speaking to those that are still within their first six months of flying. Um and what Michelle is pointing out is something that I see often with new hires, even when it comes to lobby time. They're waiting to that very last minute where you rushing and you're walking out the door to get on the shuttle. And mind you, the captain, the FO, two other senior flight attendants that already know the game. Or three others, or six others, or nine others. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 8:30

Don't be the last to get on the shuttle. Thank you. We should not be waiting on you. Be there early. Set your alarm so that you give yourself enough time to get to where you need to be. Set yourself up for success. Correct. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 8:44

Because it's been plenty of times you think you, oh, I got two minutes. You get on that L in the elevator taking forever, and now you done laid, or you forgot something in the room, gotta go back upstairs and get it. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 8:54

And prep pre-pack your bag. There's no reason to have everything laid out everywhere. You are there for the night. You are not on vacation. You are there for the night. Okay? So keep in mind that all you need is what you need for that night and for the morning. If you've gone out and had a good time, you've swam, you've done all the things, repack your bag that night. So in the morning, all you need is what you need for that day and for that next morning. Iron your clothes at night. Put your pajamas up. If you've gone out and had a good time, if you went out and shocked, that's great. Put those things away.

SPEAKER_02 9:38

And the reason we say that is because I've experienced it a few times, and I'm sure y'all probably have too. Things happen. Alarms don't go off, phones die, and you think they're plugged in, or you just might be so tired you don't hear your alarm. And you wake up and you got five minutes to get downstairs. Absolutely. And the best thing to know is I'm well, I already washed. I already bathed. I've already got my stuff ironed and ready to go. So it helps when those situations happen. You can get out the door a lot faster. Yes. And otherwise you got to go and get everything, put everything together. Now you're late. Now you got to Uber to the airport and meet your crew. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 10:12

And that is one of the worst things. Or worst feelings ever to miss that shuttle and arrive, and everyone is staring at you. That is one of the worst feelings ever. And that's not the one where you want to start your day either. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 10:24

One and the only time that I ever was in a situation like that. Thankfully, I was at in Hartford and I was at the airport hotel. Oh, good. Right. I got out of the call. Because my I don't know. I guess I forgot to set my alarm and literally they were calling, like, hey, we're waiting on you. Baby, I don't know.

SPEAKER_02 10:42

That's the worst feeling in the world.

SPEAKER_01 10:44

To just jump into clothes. Like and throw things in a bag.

SPEAKER_02 10:48

You can barely brush your teeth.

SPEAKER_01 10:49

Thankfully, we just was walking down the hall. But just imagine, like, go without me, and then that again puts a target on you. I don't want to say on your back, but it puts a target on you. It's putting you on radar of now, if it's late, and the pilots are showing up late and the rest of the crew are showing up late, scheduling is going to be involved. If they leave without you, and now you have to take an Uber, you gotta hope and pray that Uber is showing up right then right then and then 15 minutes away. Because even if it gets to the ops agent, the ops agent is now calling, scheduling, and you have a target on you.

SPEAKER_00 11:34

So yeah, that is that is a laundry list of problems, and you haven't even started your day. So now you are in the red or already playing, and that's not coupled on whatever potentially could be happening for the rest of the day. And you don't want to start your day already zoned in the, you know, in the red or already stressed to begin your day. And who knows what the rest of the day is. You need to start your day calm, with the right mind, you know, ready for whatever the day is gonna bring. And you can't say if you have an emergency, oh, I'm so sorry, I'm stressed. I can't deal with this today. That's not the right mind. We talked on our last episode about being calm and kind and collected and ready for the day, right? And that's what we need to have when we start our day as a flight attendant, especially as a new flight attendant. Because as we know, re-ro reroutes happen, things happen, turbulence happen, potentially an accident or incident can happen. And if you're already thinking about I was late, where's your brain gonna be? Not focused, not focused on the task at hand. We need to be ready for whatever the day is gonna bring. Speaking on that, golden rule of the galley. Listen more than you talk. Hello. If you step on and you're that new flight attendant, and someone singer to you says, Well, I need you to do this, please don't counter with well, um, actually, probably not the best thing to say. Just listen, listen to learn, don't listen to object.

SPEAKER_01 13:12

And one thing I was I was going to wait to point this out after we got through some of this, but I'm gonna I'm feeling that I should point it out now.

SPEAKER_00 13:21

Point it out, friend.

SPEAKER_01 13:25

New hires. Your flight attendants that you're working with that are not on probation, we receive emails that want us to evaluate you, not the other way around. Be kind and don't, as Michelle just put out, be a know-it-all of you think you know better than because one, even if you think you know better in that one situation, it is majority of the time a day or two left. And that one slip up is now going to have me remember you. When majority of the time, it might not happen where because the email comes and I done forgot, I can't evaluate. Why am I gonna try to evaluate somebody I flew with that majority of the time probably they did their job, it was uneventful. Absolutely, you know, can't really speak to it because when it comes. But let you have an attitude or let you try to overstep yourself. Um, and we said in our last episode about delivery, be mindful of your delivery, even if you are maybe correct in a situation, the way you show up and how you deliver that says a lot says a whole lot because one thing if you don't know, most flight attendants keep lists of who they will never fly and slide with. I know I do, and you do not want to end up on someone's personal list of no fly list, no mm-mm, never flying with this person again as soon as they see your name, changing trips or doing whatever. Um and then because you're a new hire, you cannot majority of the time control who you fly with. Because one thing that will I can now come off that uh soapbox and go into most airlines have you on reserve. Yes, and for each airline, as we pointed out, um, it's different. Um, and we're not going to specify what airline does what because we're not going to get that incorrect. Um, but the one thing you do need to understand reserve means on call. Means your life belongs to that company for however many days it is. There is no ifs, ands, or buts about that. And majority of the time, even in the first six months and being on reserve, you want to be mindful on how often you call in sick. Um, if you you, you know, making sure you are in the base for most airlines within whatever that call time uh is being within um a radius of the airport. Make sure you two hour driving distance. Two hour, yeah, driving distance for most airlines, two or three. But find out those, those are the things you need to be focusing on because a lot of times that's what catches up probation flight attendants. Too many sick calls, because you don't you you're not able to be covered by FMLA or um any other doctor's notes and protections, certain uh certainly because you're still probation. Yeah, meaning the company is testing if they if you're gonna be a permanent employee or not, and if this is going to be a permanent workout. And yes, our comp our most airlines, I'm not gonna say most, some airlines have unions, some don't. If you are lucky to work with an airline that has a union, there are some protections for you as a probation, Nary uh flight attendant, but the majority are still the majority, you're still not covered fully. Am I right or wrong?

SPEAKER_00 17:36

No, you're correct, because think about it like this while you're on probation, you're still technically in that interview process. That interview doesn't end until your probation ends. So, yes, you have the wings. You're still proof technically you're still in that interview process, you're still being interviewed by that company until your probation ends. You're technically still interviewing. It doesn't end. So that's why it's best as you were saying to kind of keep on your listening ears. You're still listening and learning.

SPEAKER_01 18:08

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 18:09

And you don't know it all. And for those who may come from one company to another, don't come with the perspective of well at my other airline, I did. Please don't come with that because every single airline's standards, rules, you know, job requirements are different. I can't go to this carrier and say, Well, at this carrier, I did, well, this is another carrier that was different. Every single carrier is different. And for those of you who are lucky, because it is it is a privilege to be able to come from this carrier, get hired at another carrier, and be able to do this job. It's a privilege to get hired once. Yes. But the privilege and ability to get hired at another carrier is phenomenal. The privilege and ability to get hired at a third carrier is phenomenal. So shout out to those who have had multiple careers at multiple carriers. That is truly a milestone. Yes, it is. We love our regional brothers and sisters just as much as we love our mainline brothers and sisters. So I do want to, you know, give love for both, um, for both carriers. I know sometimes our regional brothers and sisters don't get that. They deserve it because they do the same job we do just on smaller planes. Sometimes they work harder. They work harder. They do five, six legs a day than our mainline carriers. This is not too shade, our mainline brothers and sisters, but I have a lot of love for the regional, um, for our regional brothers and sisters, pilots, flight attendants, and y'all.

SPEAKER_01 19:40

Actually, we haven't even got into it. Darien spoke on uh, and we're going to do an episode specifically dealing with private private flight attendants. Absolutely. They do above and beyond what we're absolutely, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 19:52

I absolutely love y'all. That will come in a uh future, you know, future episode. So I do um want to definitely touch on that. That, you know, when you're on reserve, you're still interviewing. Yes, you know, you have wings, but it's kind of you know, it's kind of you're still interviewing for the entire process. So don't mistake that that you know, oh, nothing can happen to me because I have my wings now. Well, technically, you have your wings with an asterisk because you're still in that interview process.

SPEAKER_01 20:19

It's better to be seen and not heard.

SPEAKER_00 20:23

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 20:23

And that's not that's because I don't want it also to come off as if we're bashing new hires. It's not that we absolutely love you guys, we love you guys, and and we are thankful that you're there because you help not only increase our seniority, um, it also is a sign that our our companies are growing and growth is always good in this industry. However, just like we talked in our first episode about the the way we have gotten bad reps with the normal public on being hoes and all the other stuff, perception um because of some bad apples. There have been bad apples when it comes to probationary flight attendants in their approach. Understand that every flight attendant that you work with is not the same. So come on each and every plane. Clean slate, brand new, absolutely, not thinking just because you had fun with um you know the last flight attendant on the last trip you've worked, that it's going to be the same energy on this because there are people are slow burns. You got some slow burn flight attendants that it takes a little while to warm up to.

SPEAKER_00 21:36

You got some that some that come in and immediately you your energy, you know, meshes and matches. So just come in, clean slate. Clean slate. This is who I am. Introduce yourself and let your personality speak for you as soon as you come in. Don't come in with preconceived notions about a base or a place or a situation. Every single Crew is going to be different.

SPEAKER_02 22:03

Come on with the right attitude.

SPEAKER_00 22:04

You know, and come on and just be ready for, you know, just like in aviation, how we have, you know, ride the wave for whatever is going to come.

SPEAKER_02 22:12

Yeah, because you don't know what to expect, especially to bring really back into the reserve life. Like, you don't know where you're going until they ring, ring, ring, call your phone, absolutely. And they say, hey, you're headed here. You might be going to Tokyo. You might be ending up in LA. You might end up in New York. You don't know where you're going until they call you. And there is no saying no.

SPEAKER_00 22:32

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 22:32

You might have four legs, five legs. There is no saying no, I don't want to do that. You have to, whatever they give you, you have to accept. And keep in mind, when you're talking to scheduling, everything's recorded. So make sure that your responses and your attitude and the way you do the delivery with them in dialogue with them is right because everything's recorded.

SPEAKER_00 22:51

Absolutely. And even and even with that, so how do we pack? Like, so so what am I supposed to put in this bag? I've now got this bag. The night before you say I'm going to Tokyo, I know it's potentially cold and rainy, but then you say I'm going to LA. So what do I put in my bag? How do I know what to pack? I've got this job. I don't know what to pack. I know if I'm going to Tokyo, I'm trying to put everything in a bag. But I have to carry it. So what do I pack? How do I pack? I know one thing for me that was effective for me when I started packing cubes. Oh my goodness, packing cubes. For me, they are like four or five little bags. I can put everything, I can divide everything up so that I just don't have random clothes, just look like it exploded in my bag. I can find those on Amazon. You can find them in the store. You know, most economical for me was finding them on Amazon. They're washable. You know, I can take them out. I just have pull out my bags. It keeps everything organ organized. I'm such an organizy person. So I absolutely love those. Um you can put uniforms in one bag, you can put clothes in another, you can use another one for toiletries, you can use one for a makeup bag or you know, a toiletry bag, and then I don't have to worry about where's everything. Everything it's a place for everything and everything in its place.

SPEAKER_01 24:10

I love it. And keep your clothing simple.

SPEAKER_00 24:15

Thank you.

SPEAKER_01 24:16

I I know we we uh you know have these overnights where we expect to do A, B, and C as we forestated in other episodes.

SPEAKER_00 24:26

I think it was episode one, we talked about one.

SPEAKER_01 24:28

One or two, yeah, where it's like moment's notice, your schedule can change. So be mindful of that. But also the heavier your bag, the more exhausted you gonna be. The more exhausted you're gonna be. You might slow the rest of the crew down because you asking for help to with your bag and stuff like that. Rule of thumb, you probably only need one uniform, and maybe if if it's top and bottom, maybe an extra shirt or something like that.

SPEAKER_02 24:59

Like one uniform? Huh? What you mean, one uniform?

SPEAKER_01 25:02

Another one. The one they're wearing. Oh, I'm about to say and maybe an extra shirt or something. Okay, but I'm gonna do that.

SPEAKER_02 25:08

And I was gonna speak on that. I was gonna speak on that.

SPEAKER_01 25:11

No full three uniforms for the day. No, no, no.

SPEAKER_02 25:15

Yeah, I tell people all the time bring extras because you might spill something on you. Somebody might happen to me, somebody threw up on me on the plane. You might deal with cleaning and something gets on you that's sustained. So for me, what I do is I bring one pair of slacks and I bring three, a shirt for every day.

SPEAKER_00 25:36

There you go.

SPEAKER_02 25:36

Because I am re-wearing a shirt two days before. My mama raised me. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 25:41

And for me, and definitely for me as a as a female, if I wear a dress, you know, I am a I am a whole uniform-changing person. So if I'm wearing a skirt and a shirt on day one, if I'm wearing a dress the next day, that's another dress. If I'm wearing pants, or if I'm wearing pants, same thing. I'm bringing another spare pair of pants. I'm bringing different shirts. Because you never know. More than enough underwear. I know you're more than enough underwear. I know, I know your grandmama told you, bring more underwear than you think you need. Because you never know what can happen if you run out of uniforms. At least you can keep your bottoms, your bottoms clean. And bring spare pantyholes, bring spare socks. Always, you know, go through your bag, everybody. This every flight attendant, I'm gonna I'm gonna challenge everybody to do this. Go through your bag and look at what you want versus what you need. Because I promise there's something in that bag that you've been carrying, and you like, I really don't need this. I want it, but I don't need it. Oh, and bring some workout clothes. Bring some workout clothes. Bring some work, absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 26:52

I was on the S if you want to work out, or you can be like me and take GLP one.

SPEAKER_00 26:57

You can be like whatever works for you, get the job done.

SPEAKER_02 27:03

These two.

SPEAKER_00 27:04

These two. I know he's gonna get to it. I know he's gonna get to it.

SPEAKER_02 27:24

We'll get you right, get you nice and smash. I'm telling you, I'm working up, but I ain't been on the workout.

SPEAKER_00 27:29

It is good for your mental health when you've been dealing with people. Yes. Workout, bring some workout to mind.

SPEAKER_01 27:37

Probably don't want to be a big thing. Don't y'all go to the don't y'all go to the bar. Because I mean y'all, y'all, y'all go a little too far. The pilot like having too much fun.

SPEAKER_02 27:48

That don't get too late on your overnights because you be like me and you oversleep and was late.

SPEAKER_01 27:53

But never fall. One thing I do want to go into. If a pilot or flight attendant is being kind to you as a new hire, do not take advantage of that. Yes. Do not, if the pilot is willing to pay for your meal, don't order the most expensive thing on the menu. If the flight attendant is willing to, you know, get your van took. Don't expect that the next city y'all go to if if there's another day or two left, that that's going to happen. Prepare yourself for you. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 28:33

Absolutely. Those are those are exceptions, not the rule.

SPEAKER_01 28:37

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_00 28:37

Yep. That's all it is. So we're gonna touch quickly on financial survival. How can I survive? I don't have a paycheck. What can I do? How can I how how can I make it work?

SPEAKER_02 28:49

Pack your food.

SPEAKER_00 28:51

Bring your own food. So good um crew bag coolers that you can find. Um some good brands that we like at uh here at Jumpseat Chronicles. We like the Mogecto Um Crew Cooler, Life With Um Insulated Cooler Bag, and a Travel Pro Max Lite. You can find those three on Amazon.com or at CrewOutfitters.com. Invest in the Hot Logic, y'all. It is the best thing ever. You can use it to heat your food up. You can also find that at Amazon. And also buying sustainable food. I know it's not always everybody's favorite to bring soups, tuna, fruit, those kind of things. But when you're on probation and you're not making very much, it works, it works for you.

SPEAKER_02 29:40

Shout out a couple noodles. I had to eat a few of them on my when I was in my first year.

SPEAKER_00 29:44

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_01 29:45

And we got the job tuna in the bag with saving grace. Oh, yeah, those are good. In a good protein. Absolutely. Tuna in the bag.

SPEAKER_02 29:52

Because you're gonna be there's times where you're gonna be on a plane working four or five legs, and you don't get chances in between those flights to eat because you gotta get ready to start boarding. So when you're in the air, you need little things sustainable that you can snack on to sustain you until you get your mail. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 30:07

No tea. Things that don't have you below uh PBJ.

SPEAKER_02 30:12

Yes, the little what's some things the uh the the Uncrustable.

SPEAKER_00 30:16

Uncrustibles, yeah, uncrustible. Listen, nothing wrong with it. I still, after 20 years, will grab me an uncrustable, bananas, fruits, all of that. Those are things that you can have and eat. I know we'll make a lot of money, you know, when you're first starting, but keep those things in mind when you are a new flight attendant.

SPEAKER_01 30:33

And hydrate. Please drink water. Hydrate.

SPEAKER_00 30:36

Please drink water.

SPEAKER_02 30:37

Drink in the air at that altitude. Oh, you'd be dry as a reptile. You gotta drink you can get lightheaded.

SPEAKER_01 30:44

Don't be gonna plane drinking coke all day. And you can collapse if you are not hydrated. So please hydrate yourself because the the consistency of going up and down in the altitude weighs on you. So hydrate.

SPEAKER_00 31:02

And really quickly, you are going to get sick your first year. Whether you think you're not going to, and oh, my immune system is great, it doesn't matter. You are going to get sick because of the people you are around, the temperatures and atmospheres that you are dealing with, you're gonna get sick. People cough for the sneezing, get your vitamins, invest in some vitamins, a daily vitamin, multivitamin, yeah, a multivitamin, and also just get you a small little first aid kit with medicines in it. And bring emergency. You know, I love emergency. I'll both say that emergency.

SPEAKER_02 31:34

Those little packets of emergency are really good for your immune system. Because you don't need a strong immune system for this job, y'all because you're going to get sick. And when I tell you, it's no joke.

SPEAKER_00 31:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 31:42

Because you're a male tube with germs and people sneezing and coughing all day long.

SPEAKER_01 31:46

Make sure you have a primary care. If you don't have one, look into that. Get one. So when you have ear infections or sinus infections, and because again, that happens often. I know many flight attendants that have I've had sinus infections and ear infections, but I've never had to have tubes put in my ear. But some flight attendants end up having that done. As a probationary flight attendant, that's something you need to know that happens with this job. The consistent up and down and altitude does weigh on you. So please get with a primary care if you don't already have one because it's important healthy. Yeah.

unknown 32:24

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 32:25

Yeah. So that's about all that we have for this episode. So um, you can find us on all of the socials.

SPEAKER_01 32:36

Jumpseat Chronicles Podcast.

SPEAKER_00 32:39

Yes, you can find us on Facebook.

SPEAKER_02 32:40

Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, everywhere. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 32:47

Yeah, and you can also find our Buzz Sprout page that has all of our socials there. And if you would like our personal socials, you can find me on Instagram at Miss Mitchet. You can also find me uh my personal clock at uh M-S-M-I-T S N Tom C-H-E-T. You can find me on the clock app at me like me, she like the girl, Marie M-A-R-I-E, on the clock app. Uh Darien, where can they find me?

SPEAKER_02 33:26

You can find me on Instagram, Instagram, Instagram, I G at Foy Boy Forever, F-O-Y, B-O-Y, the number four, E-V-E-R. Foy Boy Forever.

SPEAKER_00 33:36

All right. And J J, where can they find you?

SPEAKER_01 33:38

Of course they can find me at J J Boyd on Facebook or I am JJ Boyd on Instagram. Um, and also, if you see us out, take pictures. We love them. And if you're gonna post them, please tag us so we know they're out there. Uh but we love, we love when you all walk up and engage in us. We love that um you all are encouraging us because so many times I've heard out there. One, I heard recently, because everybody knows Darien. Everybody knows Darion. But I had one person go, oh, that was you? I didn't know who that was. Like, I didn't even because I'm not as known as Darien. Everybody knows this one, but I thought that was funny. It was like, oh my God, I didn't know that was you or those that happened to run into me because we work for the same airline. I didn't know y'all, you worked here. Did the other ones work at this airline? I was like, well, you'll have to find that album them. However, yes, I work here.

SPEAKER_02 34:44

Uh we love and we love feedback. Tell us what y'all think. Well, tell us what y'all want to know, what y'all want to hear more about, and what you all want to, what we what y'all want us to cover because we're here for you all, and we appreciate any feedback, good and bad, because we want to continue to grow and be here as a resource for you all.

SPEAKER_01 35:00

Yes, we want you to be engaging um because otherwise we are flying by the seat of our pants in these seats. Uh, those that do look at us on Instagram and TikTok, specifically this where most views will come from our clips, please still come and listen and watch because we need that engagement on Apple Music and on YouTube because those that want to sponsor us want to see that engagement transfer over that way as well. Um, so we appreciate each and every one of you.

SPEAKER_02 35:36

All right. As a reminder, the opinions shared on this podcast are our own and do not reflect those of our employer or any affiliated organization.

SPEAKER_00 35:46

It's not about the destination, it's about the perspective. We land in places only seen on television or read about in books. We recognize how big and small the world truly is at 35,000 feet. Thanks for riding the jump seat with us. Until next time, we'll see you on the next flight.