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American Airlines

Crew Manager, Inflight

Boston, MA · On-site

$20 - $22.25/hr

An understanding of working with a contract labor group is desirable Skills, Licenses & Certifications * Ability to coach, develop, and lead a team of Flight Attendants * Available to work shifts ...

Pae

Unit Trainer, Maintenance

Las Vegas, NV

$62.87/hr

Performs flight attendant duties as needed. Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities ... contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer ...

Amentum

Unit Trainer, Maintenance

Las Vegas, NV · On-site

$62.87/hr

Performs flight attendant duties as needed. Minimum Position Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities ... contracts. Each employee must read and understand his/her Quality Management and Customer ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Mesa, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Glendale, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Chandler, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Mesa, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Gilbert, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Scottsdale, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Peoria, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

LSG Sky Chefs

Account Supervisor

Phoenix, AZ · On-site

$68K - $85K/yr

You will play a pivotal role in ensuring contract compliance, enhancing customer satisfaction, and ... Manage and analyze flight attendant feedback, service comments, and delay trends to identify ...

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How much do contract flight attendant jobs pay per year?

As of Aug 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for contract flight attendant in the United States is $47,079.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $35,500.00 and $50,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a contract flight attendant?

To thrive as a Contract Flight Attendant, you need in-depth knowledge of in-flight safety procedures, excellent customer service abilities, and relevant experience, often supported by FAA certification and CPR/First Aid training. Familiarity with cabin management systems, in-flight emergency equipment, and scheduling tools is typically expected. Exceptional communication, flexibility, and discretion are standout soft skills, especially when serving high-profile or diverse clientele. Possessing these skills ensures passenger safety, smooth operations, and top-tier service, which are crucial in dynamic and independently-managed aviation environments.

What are the typical work schedules and travel demands for contract flight attendants?

Contract flight attendants often work on an as-needed basis, with assignments that can range from single-day trips to extended international travel lasting several days or weeks. Schedules tend to be irregular and may involve last-minute requests, requiring a high degree of flexibility and readiness to travel on short notice. Unlike airline-employed attendants, contract flight attendants typically negotiate their availability and can choose assignments that fit their preferences and lifestyle. This independence offers a unique work-life balance but also means that periods of high travel can alternate with time off between contracts. It’s important to be adaptable and maintain open communication with employers and crew to successfully manage these demands.

What is a contract flight attendant?

A Contract Flight Attendant is a freelance cabin crew member who works on a per-trip or temporary basis instead of being a full-time employee with an airline. They are typically hired by private jet operators, corporate flight departments, or charter companies to provide in-flight service, safety oversight, and passenger comfort. Responsibilities include catering coordination, emergency preparedness, and ensuring a seamless travel experience. Contract Flight Attendants have flexible schedules and may work on short notice, often traveling to various locations worldwide. This role requires prior flight attendant experience, specialized training, and excellent customer service skills.

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Infographic showing various Contract Flight Attendant job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 5% Locum Tenens, 90% Full Time, and 5% Part Time. Highlights an 100% In-person job distribution, with an average salary of $47,079 per year, or $22.6 per hour.

Crew Manager, Inflight

American Airlines

Boston, MA • On-site

$20 - $22.25/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement

Posted 4 days ago

American Airlines rating

8.0

Company rating: 8.0 out of 10

Based on 370 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

6th of 26 rated airlines

Job description

8/11/26
Location: Logan Intl Apt (BOS-TRML)
Cities: Boston - MA
Requisition ID: 87426
Job Description
Intro
Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you'll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!
Why you'll love this job
  • This job is a member of the Inflight Team within the Customer Experience Division.
  • Must be energized by a fast-paced dynamic environment and passionate about safety, teamwork, leadership, and delivering a quality product to our customers, front-line, and vendors.
  • Responsible for collaborating interdepartmentally to drive reliability, engagement with crews, problem solving and supporting continuous improvements.
  • Supports crews in the actual operation while consistently helping to deliver an on-time departure for our passengers

What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
  • Drives operational excellency while maintaining safety standards
  • Supports departmental and station goals and metrics
  • Establishes and promotes effective relationships with team members that fosters compassion, authenticity, integrity, respect and dignity through visibility and engagement.
  • Effectively allocates resources and provides appropriate support to enable teams to deliver on operational goals in a safe manner
  • Ensure the ongoing safety and reliability of our operation by engaging crews in the operation and promoting safety standards and initiatives
  • Ensures a quality product is consistently delivered to our customers
  • Promote effective communication among departments to engage our team to work together to achieve common goals.
  • Familiarity with Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and ensure team members adhere to corporate policy/procedure.
  • Ability to analyze and make decisions based on data and work in an increasingly digital environment while leading people.
  • Manage escalated service issues and be visible to your team members when problems arise.
  • Deliver key corporate and local information to frontline leaders in an efficient and effective manner. Set the expectations and ensure team members understand the why behind the focus/criticality.
  • Ability to learn and apply union contract rules/regs in daily interactions with crewmembers and APFA

All you'll need for success
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience/training
  • 3+ years of relevant experience
  • Must be able to work shift work, including weekends and holidays.
  • Must be able to work on-site at assigned base/location.

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Current Flight Service, Passenger Service or Passenger Sales experience
  • An understanding of working with a contract labor group is desirable

Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • Ability to coach, develop, and lead a team of Flight Attendants
  • Available to work shifts that include early mornings, late nights, weekends and Holidays. Along with the
  • flexibility of shift changes for operational needs
  • Excellent interpersonal, planning and organizational skill
  • Must be able to Meet the qualifications to train as a flight attendant, to enable better leadership of your team
  • Neat, well-groomed and capable of making a positive impression
  • Be service oriented
  • Able to push/pull force of up to 60 pounds
  • Successfully perform physical requirements of the job, including emergency evacuation drills
  • Ability to effectively coordinate multiple projects at the same time
  • Must fulfill FAA criminal background checks to qualify for unescorted access privileges to airport security
  • identification display areas (SIDA), if applicable
  • Ability to secure appropriate airport authority and/or US Customs security badges
  • Must Pass U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) mandate drug test

What you'll get
Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:
  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
  • Health Benefits: On day one, you'll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that's just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself - that's why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American
From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.
Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life's journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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