Ground staff work at the airport at check in counters boarding gates baggage handling areas or other terminal zones. In contrast cabin crew work inside the aircraft during flights. They travel to different cities or countries often staying away from home overnight.
Ground Staff handle tasks before the flight and after landing issuing boarding passes managing check in, verifying travel documents baggage drop off assisting passengers at the gate helping in case of delays or cancellations and solving luggage or ticket issues.
Cabin Crew take care of passengers during the flight greeting passengers onboard giving safety instructions serving food and drinks ensuring comfort handling emergencies or medical situations and ensuring flight safety.
Ground staff enjoy a more stable predictable routine. Their work is shift based and usually they return home after their shift.
Cabin crew's work is dynamic and less predictable. They travel frequently work on flights at odd hours and their schedule can include nights weekends and long layovers in different cities.
Ground staff jobs focus on customer service baggage/ticket handling communication with passengers airport operations and logistics. Cabin crew roles demand strong communication good grooming hospitality calmness under pressure safety training and ability to manage emergencies.
If you want a stable job at one place prefer fixed working hours and like helping people navigating their flight ground staff might be a better fit. If you enjoy travel meeting new people dynamic work and adventure and are okay with irregular hours cabin crew could be ideal.