Sunday, April 24

Flight Steward/Stewardess of MAS Airlines


HAHA do you have what it takes to be a flight attendant? LOL. 
My ambition used to be a stewardess when I was young, DON’T LAUGH2, because, since I was a kid, I always fly at least once a year, then u know la kan budak2 kalau tengok macam best, macam cantik, mesti maw jadi macam tu kan. 

From my observation:
The stages of interview for flight steward/stewardess (Malaysia)
1st stage- Height check! For female 157cm minimum while for male 165cm minimum. Even you are one cm shorter than minimum height; you are absolutely rejected. No compromise. Seriously. Saya sangat kasihan pada sorang Chinese Sarawakian, degree holder, sempat juga saya berbual sama dia. Dia sanggup datang Sabah semata2 mahu hadir interview ini, tetapi dia hanya 156cm. Ya Tuhan, kesian. Then saya cakap, try la begging them, dia cakap tetap tak boleh. MAS Airlines sangat strict okay. Perghh~ Quite a lot of people were rejected sebab tak cukup ketinggian especially female, tapi serius lah muka diorang semua sangat cun and gojes. Mantap dan santik!
2nd stage- Certificates and qualification! Bawalah semua keperluan yang mereka mahu. Tetapi part ni, sesiapa yang tak buat cover letter, boleh tulis tangan. HEHE. Good2. Minimum SPM, sesiapa yang mempunyai lebih tinggi kelayakan seperti diploma atau degree adalah satu kelebihan. J
3rd stage- This is a killer stage. They were divided into a group of six. Then, they kena interview lah satu2. Introduce yourself, interesting place that u have been, mostly mungkin current issue or general issue. I used to attend a talk about steward/stewardess, itu pun teman adik je taw. Dorang cakap dari first kita enter the room, dorang dah tengok cara jalan, attitude, penampilan, dan yang penting kekemasan! Bukan sahaja fluency in English dan pandai bercakap, semua yang saya sebutkan tadi diambil kira. Pasal tu mungkin dalam satu group, satu dua sahaja yang pass, dan mungkin tiada seorang pun yang pass. After u passed through all these stages, u will proceed to the next stage, grooming.
Grooming stage- Ok stage ni dah boleh tarik nafas lega lah. Sebab just check kalau u all ada scars yang tak boleh tutup dengan concealer ke, ada tattoo, ok here I want to emphasize this statement, those yang ada tattoo, di lokasi2 seperti leher, dan bahagian tangan especially, totally rejected! Saya terdengar lah perbualan dua orang perempuan gojes ni, bukan pasang telinga taw, HAHA, sedih dia sebab semua stages dia lepas, kecuali grooming sebab dia ada tattoo di leher walaupun bahagian belakang bawah leher. Dorang akan selak sedikit tu. J Tangan sangat penting sebab steward/stewardess kan nak serve orang, so tangan kena licin dan cantik. HAHA.
Interactive stage- After grooming session, after you have made through all the stages above, u will be given a slip. That slip stated that u must attend to the interactive stage the next day. They discussed about general issue like global warming, water global crisis, culture. J Okay this one also could be very tough. We have no idea what they want actually, what are the qualification, criteria2, blah, blah.. Same like yesterday, group of 6 then who made it through just a person or two or non at all~
Final stage- I don’t have any idea. It could be interviewed by GM.OMG! No~~~
Just wanna add some extra information. Before pegi interview tu, ukur dulu tinggi tu betui2, betui ka lepas 157cm and above, kalau tak, sila jangan buang masa, mereka sangat2 strict. Then nak menunggu giliran tu sangat lama okeh. Reject! Then prepare la documents2 dengan sepenuh hati, jangan dok cikai2, memang menampakkan tidak bersungguh2. Reject! Next, please2 dress appropriate formal attire, jangan lah sexy sangak, ingat nak pegi disco ke weyh! Panel2 pun bukan tergoda pun, dorang dah lali kot tengok sexy2 bagai ni. HAHA. Next! Kalau speaking speakang omputeh setakat pas2 langkah longkang, please go brush up dulu. Candidate2 yang datang ni daripada pelbagai etnik, u know lah how Indian, Chindian, Chinese ka, yang kalau speaking berabuk punya~ Bukan mahu cakap jahat, lebih baik honest kan.