You still have a chance to be a flight attendant amidst turn-downs

I once featured a story about a flight attendant who was turned down 15 times by the company that took her on the 16th attempt. She is currently still now flying. This proves that you still have a chance to be a flight attendant amidst many or multiple turn-downs.

First important thing is to never give-up

How often were you rejected or turned down by the airline you were applying to? Did they tell you “you are not fit to be a cabin crew”? Yes, they are painful but wouldn’t it be even more painful to give up? If you have read my story of Dan Emile, she was rejected 15 times by the same airline that took her on the 16th attempt. In 2020, she was retrenched as a result of the pandemic. However, in 2022, she was taken back in by Cebu Pacific. Just imagine if Dan gave up on the 15th attempt. Would she be a flight attendant right now?

How did she do it? Dan knew deep in her heart that she was meant to be a flight attendant and never gave up until they arrived. 

You see, success never happens overnight. It takes constant change, a lot of focus, learning from experience, and, yes, a lot of prayers.

Learn from mistakes

The second important thing all the six flight attendants did was to learn from their mistakes and constantly change for the better. No matter how long you have been trying to be a flight attendant, be it ten years or so, for as long as you do not change and be a better version of yourself, for as long as you shun the advice of others helping you, your flight attendant will be a pipe dream, forever. It is like wishing you would win the lottery, but you don’t like to bet at the lotto stations. 

Every lesson must be accompanied by action, and that is to keep changing and trying again. Every time each of these six flight attendants would get a “rejection slip,” they would work hard to make improvements on themselves and try again. Trying is not enough; you have to really make constant changes and be a better version of yourself.

Take every failure constructively and never blame others

Third, you must be positive and not blame your failures on others. Take things positively and see every rejection as an opportunity to grow instead of seeing things negatively like it’s “the airline’s fault for having high standards.” In real talk, it is painful to be rejected, sometimes accompanied by a “you are not fit to be a flight attendant” time but will you allow this to shatter your dreams? These six featured flight attendants did not; they proved they were meant to fly by, not allowing negativity to take over their dreams.

Have faith and always pray

Fourth and lastly, accompany everything with prayers and faith in yourself. To God, nothing is impossible, and if He sees you doing your best to become a flight attendant one day, He will reward you.

In the end, it is not the number of rejections you go through but the number of times you rose from those rejections until you finally get to your goal, which is to be a cabin crew.