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A cabin crew member in a pale uniform stands at the far end of an airliner's aisle during a flight, seen past rows of seated passengers from behind and lit seatback screens on either side.

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What airlines ask of cabin crew, and how differently they ask it

Nine airlines' own recruitment pages, compared. The biggest US carriers publish no height, only reach tests. Turkish Airlines publishes a permitted weight for every centimetre of height, separately for women and men, and Air India sets a BMI band that is narrower for women. Then experience, age, pay, training, bases and who can apply at all.

The Skylane · 25 Sept 2026Read the full story →

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The tails of seven long-haul airliners parked side by side at Los Angeles International Airport, from left British Airways, China Airlines, Emirates, Air France, Japan Airlines, Lufthansa and Asiana Airlines, with ground vehicles on the apron below.

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Fake airline job offers: what 18 airlines say about them

Eighteen airlines publish a warning about fake job offers, or a promise never to charge applicants, on their own careers sites. Read side by side, the same few points recur: no fees, no bank details, and email only from the airline's own domain. Etihad Airways lists the telephone as an interview format; IndiGo warns against offers that follow telephone interviews alone.

The Skylane · 24 Sept 2026

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