Flight Attendant Career Investigation?

Aside from the unique benefit of totally free flights - while on duty and being paid - the job is rather humdrum. You're either telling people to fasten their seat belts or else you're walking up and down with trolleys of hot meals or cold snacks. Except in emergencies - did I forget emergencies - helping passengers off a crippled or crashed plane - showing them how to use the escape chutes - the pilots are only interested in supervisory cabin crew, so it would be a few years before you get to see the cockpit during a flight