About This Role
Solairus Aviation is hiring a full-time corporate Flight Attendant for a private business-jet operation (Falcon 900EX EASy) based in the Chicago, Illinois area. The role delivers exceptional personal service while ensuring the safety and comfort of passengers in flight, covering safety briefings, emergency response, cabin preparation, and in-flight catering. Culinary experience is required, and the ideal candidate is a flexible team player able to manage a constantly changing schedule, late-night flights, short-notice call-outs, and deployments of up to 16 consecutive days.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide a high level of service to clients, ensuring the safety and comfort of all passengers during flights.
- Greet passengers, explain the use of safety equipment, and serve food and beverages.
- Direct and assist passengers in emergencies and administer basic first aid, including CPR and AED.
- Secure the cabin in compliance with federal regulations before take-off and landing, and reassure passengers during turbulence or other unsettling situations.
- Conduct preflight briefings and complete preflight, in-flight, and post-flight paperwork.
- Ensure that food, beverages, blankets, reading materials, emergency equipment, and other supplies are on board and sufficient for the trip and number of passengers, and shop for items specially requested by passengers.
- Inspect, clean, and stock the cabin, galley, lavatories, and flight deck after each leg, ensuring the aircraft is always prepared for flight, cleaned, and stocked, and conduct periodic cabin checks for passenger comfort and cleanliness.
- Operate audio and video systems.
Requirements
- Knowledge of Federal Aviation Regulations and a current First Aid Training Certification. Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Corporate Flight Attendant. Flight attendant-specific training from FlightSafety, FACTs, or similar is preferred, with annual recurrent training required
- candidates without formal training may be considered based on other qualifications but must complete initial flight attendant training before flight assignment, and preference is given to those who completed such training within the past 12 months. Must be technologically savvy, flexible, and patient, and must have culinary skills and culinary-specific training (advanced culinary training strongly preferred). Able to manage a constantly changing schedule and late-night flights, available to fly on short notice (2–3 hour response when on standby), hold unrestricted ability to travel worldwide (health and visa status considered), and able to deploy for up to 16 consecutive days. Able to operate all features of the Cabin Management Systems, all galley equipment, and all cabin features including berthing seats and configuring the divan into a bed. Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills and a high level of attention to detail. College degree, fluency in one or more foreign languages, and experience with small children are preferred. Physical requirements: vision correctable to 20/20 (uncorrected no worse than 20/20)
- clear speech and adequate hearing to communicate in flight
- able to stand for up to 14 hours with limited ability to sit and work long hours in various climates
- able to kneel in the luggage compartment and maneuver in tight confinements
- able to push open/pull closed the main cabin door, which weighs up to 130 pounds
- and able to lift supplies of approximately 25 to 30 pounds from floor to waist height repeatedly.