Galley Gossip: A question about "flight attendant training schools"

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I completed an online flight attendant school 2 years ago (exactly). I had applied to airline after airline, year after year since I was 18, with nothing so much as a phonecall. I completed this course online at the end of Sept 2007, revised my resume and applied again, and on November 23rd I got the first phone call. Got hired in December and started Initial training Jan 8th 2008.

Having said that - I did NOT shell out $4000 for this course. It cost me $250 (if that). It's a prerequisite for my airline, as well as 5 or 6 others. So even if I had been hired before ever taking the course, I would have still had to take it, because our training is only 2 weeks long, they want us to already have a basic understanding of what we're getting ourselves into. It was pretty clear it wasn't a scam because it's mentioned on the airline's application forms on their websites that you need this course. But all in all, I believe i'd still be where I was 2 years ago..working in a deadend job, if I hadn't of taken this course. My only regret is not taking it 2 years earlier!

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