Minimum height to be a flight attendant
Is there a minimum height requirement to work as a flight attendant? Are there any factors that can affect the minimum height requirement that some airlines list on job postings?
Donald Wecklein is a cabin safety expert with over 33 years in inflight operations. He has worked as an Air Transportation Supervisor, Aircraft Ground Instructor, and has a private pilot certificate and an Aircraft Dispatcher certificate as well. He has also presented as a cabin safety expert at an ICAO Cabin Safety conference in Bangkok in 2016, an event exclusively for Asian airlines, as well as at the IATA Cabin Operations Safety Conference in Bangkok in 2018.
Is there a minimum height requirement to work as a flight attendant? Are there any factors that can affect the minimum height requirement that some airlines list on job postings?
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