One of the most important factors in the Airline Industry is on time performance. In Flight Attendant School this concept is introduced to you quickly. Flight Attendants must be on time, all of the time, beginning with the first moments of their Flight Attendant Careers.

Flight Attendant Schools have various sets of on time rules, however none will be too lenient for too long.

When I was in Flight Attendant School our rule was three strikes and you were out, that meant kicked out. It was really two strikes, because on the third strike the game was immediately over.

You will see it happen. You will make a close friend, and boom they are gone. This applied in our case even if there was an emergency in the family.

I believe this seems harsh in order to prepare the Flight Attendant for their career. At our Airline if you are over three minutes late for check in, you were replaced.

Traffic, alarm clock malfunction, parking problems, did not concern the Crew Scheduling people. If you are not on time, you are a no show. If one collects enough no shows, one may receive a long vacation, without pay.

The industry revolves around this on time rule. If the Miami to New York flight is late, that same aircraft that continues on to San Francisco is late.

If that same Miami flight is real late, the passengers connecting to other cities in New York either will be re-routed, wait for the next flight, or be canceled.

Always have a back-up time piece. Cell phone, extra alarm device, and wake up call, when on the road.

If you are a Johnny come lately kind of person, think twice before you give up a career to become a Flight Attendant.

Don’t subscribe to the Rolling Stones song, time is not always on your side.

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