Seasonal Contract Cabin Crew

Ryanair and their agency partners regularly recruit summer contracts for a limited number of contract cabin crew positions to allow the airline to cope with the increased seasonality of Ryanair’s flight schedule.

St James Management normally recruit for these positions for courses due to start in March/April. We expect the next courses to commence in March 2011.

The training takes at the St James Management training facility near to Stansted Airport. These positions will be with one of Ryanair’s contract cabin crew agencies and will primarily be based in Dublin or Stansted and will last for 6-7 months, commencing in April/May and concluding in September/October.

These places are ideally suited for students who are looking for work placements as part of their study programme or anyone who would prefer to work on a seasonal contract.  During your time in training and employment, you will also complete an Aviation Cabin Crew NVQ level 2.

Acceptance onto the course is via attendance at an open day in Stansted and successfully passing an interview.  The basic requirements of the position are as follows.

• Experienced in dealing with the public & comfortable in a selling role
  
• Physically fit with a good attendance record in your current position
  
• Hard working, flexible & willing to operate on a shift roster
  
• Over 18 years of age
  
• Over 5'2 (1.57m) in height with weight in proportion
  
• Of normal vision (contact lenses acceptable)
  
• Able to swim well
  
• No visible tattoos when wearing uniform including short sleeve shirt/blouse
  
• You must be in possession of a valid European Union passport and have the right to work in both the UK and Ireland
  
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)
  
• Prepared to live within one hour's travelling time of any Ryanair base
  
• Ready to meet the challenge of dealing with people and demanding situations
  
• Friendly and outgoing with a lively personality

The cost of this course will be reduced to £850.  A non-refundable £250 deposit is to be paid 6 weeks in advance of the course with the balance of £600 being deducted from your salary in 4 equal instalments of £150. Alternatively you can pay £800 in advance saving a further £50 off the course fee.

A completion payment of up to €500/£500 gross will be made to any crew member who successfully completes the full term of their contract.  The payment is made at the conclusion of the contract.  The amount of the completion payment will be calculated based on the individual’s performance including; attitude, onboard sales, attendance, punctuality, mystery passenger/supervisor reports etc.

Individuals who complete a summer contract will not be offered a longer term contract with a contracting agency or permanent employment with Ryanair until they have completed at least 2 summer seasons.

There may be opportunities for some summer contract staff to return to flying duties during peak periods such as Christmas, Easter, school holidays etc.
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Further details will be provided at one of our recruitment open days. Attendance at an open day is by invitation only.

To apply for one of these positions, please apply as normal using the online application form.

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