Before applying as cabin crew a student must understand that the job involves much more than wearing a uniform and travelling. The role demands responsibility discipline good health and strong interpersonal skills. According to the article Cabin Crew Responsibilities and Smart Tips for New Students the cabin crew's main duty is to ensure passenger safety and comfort from safety demonstrations and helping with boarding to assisting special needs travellers and handling emergencies.
Most airlines expect applicants to meet certain minimum criteria: generally a 10+2 pass or equivalent academic education. Fluency in English (and often additional languages) is important. Basic physical criteria such as minimum height and proportionate weight plus good eyesight and general fitness are also required. These help ensure you can handle duties like reaching overhead bins managing safety equipment, and standing or walking for long hours.
Before Flight: You must check uniform and grooming ensure hygiene and prepare mentally. Time management is crucial.
During Flight: Greeting passengers giving safety demonstrations guiding boarding providing service (food assistance) and being ready for emergencies. Cabin crew must stay calm alert and ready to act quickly.
After Landing: You still have duties supervising orderly disembarkation checking cabin safety giving assistance to passengers and learning from feedback from senior crew.
Many new applicants imagine a glamorous life but airlines carefully check communication skills body language grooming, attitude, teamwork and adaptability under pressure.
You should be polite friendly patient and emotionally aware. Being able to stay calm during turbulence or emergencies and treating passengers from different cultures respectfully that matters. Also confidence matters but overconfidence or arrogance can hurt your chances.
Practice your communication and English regularly. Good clarity and pronunciation will help you in interviews and with passengers.
Maintain good grooming posture and overall presentation that's your first impression.
Work on soft skills: teamwork stress handling empathy flexibility. These matter wildly during flights.
Be ready for irregular hours long flights and physical demands like standing walking assisting passengers or lifting luggage.