Hi, I looked into being a flight attendant 10 yrs. ago. I lived 2 hours from the air port and didn't know about the commute. I called some air lines and asked when they would be doing interviews. Went on a couple. They were fun and met some cool people at the interviews.
They were mainly interested in FLEXIBILITY, SAFTEY and alble to speak another language, Spanish or whatever. Those that could had a better chance at the world travel flights. I know one girl that learned just enough Spanish to get through the interview.
If you get selected, the air-line pays for your schooling about 6wks. if I remember right. I believe the starting pay was $20.00 an hour. plus all the perks of travel, great hotel rooms, free trips.
If you don't live near an air-port, you can still do it. You work 3 days on 4 off, you sublet an apartment near the air-port with other flight attendants on the day's you work. Sometimes, they are all off traveling so you may have the apartment to yourself. Everyone splits the rent.
I decided not to do it, the commute just wasn't for me. Two of the girls I met on interviews got the jobs, one with United and the other with South West. They loved it.
The interviews are not one on one unless you get called back after the first. At the first, all interviewers meet in a big room at a hotel. Everyone sits in circle, you stand up and tell a little about yourself, answer some on the spot questions about being a flight attendant ( why would you want this job)?
Just something you might like to think about since you like travel.