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About the position

Responsibilities

  • Practice safety conscious behaviors in all operational processes and procedures
  • Provide exceptional customer service
  • Work both independently and as part of a team to accomplish work tasks
  • Manage unexpected changes in a time-sensitive and stressful environment
  • Answer questions and assist customers when necessary, particularly those with unique needs and circumstances
  • Demonstrate the use of safety and emergency equipment and ensure safety requirements are met
  • Administer and coordinate emergency procedures or provide emergency care (e.g., performing CPR and basic first aid) when needed
  • Respond to and provide clear and accurate directions (verbally and/or non-verbally) to customers in the event of an emergency
  • Make decisions that address issues keeping in line with Delta policies, procedures, and core values
  • Prepare, serve, and sell beverages (including alcohol) and meals
  • Assist customers in lifting and stowing luggage into overhead bins
  • Actively seek to ensure the safety and comfort of customers if an aircraft experiences delays or hits turbulence
  • Regularly make public address and safety announcements in compliance with company and federal standards
  • Must be capable of performing duties in changing environments, including the physiological effects at altitude

Requirements

  • Eligibility to work in the U.S.
  • Be at least 21 years of age at time of application
  • Have a high school diploma or GED
  • Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently
  • Ability to acquire and keep current a passport and travel documents to freely enter and exit places where Delta flies
  • Complete a pre-employment Department of Transportation (DOT) drug test, and comprehensive background check
  • Ability to sit in an assigned jump seat with seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened
  • Ability to open emergency exits and close aircraft doors weighing up to 60 pounds
  • Demonstrates that privacy is a priority when handling personal data
  • Embraces a diverse set of people, thinking and styles
  • Consistently makes safety and security, of self and others, the priority
  • Ability to work flexible hours, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended hours when needed
  • Ability to work in a physically demanding role which requires frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, pushing, pulling, reaching, and lifting

Nice-to-haves

  • 1 or more years of experience in jobs with responsibilities similar to those of a flight attendant
  • Completion of a degree beyond high school or GED preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives
  • 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%
  • New hires are eligible for up to 2-weeks of vacation
  • In addition to vacation, new hires are eligible for up to 56 hours of paid personal time within a 12-month period
  • 10 paid holidays per calendar year
  • Birthing parents are eligible for 12-weeks of paid maternity/parental leave
  • Non-birthing parents are eligible for 2-weeks of paid parental leave
  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life insurance benefits
  • Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care
  • Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health
  • Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members
  • Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals
  • World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability
  • Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests
  • Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together
  • Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks
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