Flight Attendant Resume Template

Free flight attendant resume template for Word and Google Docs. FAA certificate, aircraft types and languages sit in one block right under the summary.

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What is in the file

[Your Name]

[Flight Attendant] · [Regional, mainline, charter or corporate] · [Languages you speak at work]

[City, State] · [email@example.com] · [(555) 555-0100] · [LinkedIn or portfolio URL]

Summary

[Flight attendant with N years on (regional, domestic, international, charter) flying, trained on (N) aircraft types. Work as (line, lead, purser or premium cabin) crew on (routes or trip lengths). Known for (one strength a captain or purser would name, e.g. a quiet cabin on a diverted flight).]

Certification and Qualifications

[FAA Certificate of Demonstrated Proficiency], [Year issued] · [Current, or eligible for requalification]

Aircraft types: [E175, CRJ900, A320, 737: only types you completed training on]

[CPR, AED and first aid], [Issuer] · Expires [Mon YYYY]

Languages: [Language and level, e.g. Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (conversational)]

Experience

[Flight Attendant, Lead or Purser], [Airline or charter operator], [Base airport]

[Base city, State] · [Mon YYYY] – [Present]

[Fly (regional, domestic, long-haul) trips of (N) legs a day or (hours) per flight on (aircraft), in (position: A, lead, galley, premium cabin)]
[Safety record: (line checks, compliance audits, recurrent training) with (result, e.g. no findings)]
[One event you handled: (medical emergency, disruptive passenger, diversion) and what you did with (captain, ground staff, other crew)]
[A service result the airline tracks: (onboard sales, premium cabin feedback, named compliments, on-time boarding)]

[Previous role: flight attendant, hotel front desk, server or other guest-facing job], [Employer]

[City, State] · [Mon YYYY] – [Mon YYYY]

[Served (N) guests or passengers per (shift or flight) in (setting), including (VIPs, groups, families, guests needing assistance)]
[A moment under pressure: (complaint, overbooking, injury, alarm) and how you resolved it]
[Teamwork with people you had not worked with before: (rotating crews, banquet teams, new hires you trained)]

Skills

Safety and medical: [Evacuation procedures, emergency equipment, first aid, AED, security procedures]
Service: [Galley operations, premium cabin service, onboard sales, special assistance, de-escalation]
Systems: [Crew scheduling app, inflight payment device, the airline's reporting tools]

Education

[High school diploma, associate or bachelor's degree], [School], [YYYY]

[Airline initial training or a private flight attendant course], [Provider], [YYYY]

Airline recruiters screen flight attendant applications for facts that are pass or fail before they read about service: whether you hold a current certificate, which aircraft you have been trained on, which languages you speak and whether your first aid training is in date. This template gathers all of those in one Certification and Qualifications block directly under the summary, so a recruiter sorting applications for a new-hire class finds them without hunting.

Experience follows, and each bullet slot asks for what an airline can compare across candidates: the kind of flying (regional, mainline, charter, corporate), legs per day, cabin position, and specific safety or service events you handled. Skills and education are short and last, because the airline will train you on its own procedures anyway.

Replace each bracket with your own facts and delete any line that would be padding. If you have never flown, the qualifications block can hold CPR, languages and training you have finished, and the experience slots take hospitality jobs. The flight attendant resume example shows a crew member's version filled in.

Updated 2026-10-13.

How to fill in each section

Summary: type of flying, position, one strength
Name the flying you do in the first sentence, because a regional carrier, a long-haul airline and a corporate flight department each look for different crew. The second sentence gives your cabin position and the routes or trip lengths. The third is a strength shown by an event, not an adjective. Each airline describes its service in its own words, often on its careers page; borrow those words when they are true of you.
Certification and Qualifications: the screen before the screen
This block sits under the summary because these facts decide whether you move forward at all. Give the certificate with its year, then aircraft types as the airline names them in its fleet list, then first aid with an expiry month so the reader knows it is current. Languages go here with an honest level; an interviewer may switch to that language mid-conversation. Without a certificate yet, keep the block and lead it with CPR and languages.
Experience: legs, cabins, events
Every flight attendant does safety demos and beverage service, so bullets that only list them blend in. Give the count where you have one: legs per day, hours per trip, passengers per flight, the cabin you worked. Then pick one safety moment and one service result from your own flights. Write the safety event factually and briefly, with your part and the coordination with the flight deck or ground staff. Two jobs are enough; older roles can go.
Skills: safety, service, systems
Three short lines keep this readable. Safety and medical come first, in the words of the posting. Service skills should show range: premium cabin, sales, passengers needing assistance. The systems line is small but useful for crew moving between airlines, since it shows you have already worked with crew apps and onboard payment devices. Leave out generic items like teamwork; the experience slots demonstrate it better than a list can.
Education: short and at the bottom
Most airlines ask for a high school diploma or equivalent, and a degree is a plus rather than a gate. One line for the highest one you hold. A second line can show airline initial training or a private flight attendant course, with the year. Do not present a private course as a certificate: the FAA certificate is issued only after an airline's approved training program, and recruiters know the difference.

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Questions about the flight attendant resume template

Why are certification and aircraft types above experience in this template?

An airline can only place you on aircraft you are qualified for or can be trained on, and a lapsed or missing certificate changes how they bring you in. Putting those facts in one block lets a recruiter sort your application on the first pass. Experience then explains how you fly.

What goes in the qualifications block if I have never flown?

CPR, AED and first aid with the expiry date, every language you can serve passengers in with an honest level, and any lifeguard, security or emergency training. Leave the certificate line off; you earn it in the airline's initial training. Use the experience slots for hotel, restaurant or retail jobs.

Should I mention bases, commuting or relocation?

A short note helps when the posting asks about it. Name the base you flew from in each job heading, and add your willingness to relocate or commute to the summary if it is true. You do not need to explain reserve schedules or seniority.

How do I move from a regional to a mainline or international airline?

Rewrite the summary for the new airline's network, move premium cabin and language lines up, and add any international, long-haul or purser experience you have. Keep your aircraft list current, and include line check or lead roles as evidence you can work a larger cabin.

Is it free?

Yes. The Word files and the Google Docs copy are free to download, edit and use for any application. There is no signup and no email.

Will it read correctly in an applicant tracking system?

The layout is one column with standard headings and real text: no tables, text boxes, icons, columns or images, which are the parts parsers most often misread. Keep it that way as you edit.

Word or Google Docs?

Use whichever you edit in. The Word file opens in Microsoft Word, Pages and LibreOffice. The Google Docs link asks you to make a copy in your own Drive; the original stays blank for the next person. Send the posting the format it asks for, usually .docx or PDF.

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