Flight Attendant Fast Track Career Guide

About the Book

Professor of Aviation Science and Flight Attendant Program Director, Carlin Laviolet Clarke, introduces you to the dream job of a Flight Attendant and what it takes to get hired in this competitive position. Get an insider’s view about the Airline Industry, Crew Lifestyle, and Flight Attendant Job Outlook. Carlin explains the Flight Attendant Qualities that all airlines look for and outlines what today’s airlines expect in an applicant, including furthered qualifications & skills in Customer Service, Professionalism, and more. Additionally, Carlin teaches you how to prepare an Airline Resume & Application that will get noticed and has included over 50 real questions asked in airline interviews. Take a peek into her classroom and get ready to get fired up as you learn from the best in the industry how to prepare yourself for success!

About the Author

Carlin Laviolet Clarke has been involved in the airline industry her entire life and practi­cally grew up on an airplane! Her father is a retired pilot for Continental Airlines and gave her her first taste for international flying and her three brothers have also followed suit. Education: Carlin graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from McNeese State Uni­versity with a focus in Health and Human Performance. She received her Masters Degree in Commercial Aviation Management, MCA, from Delta State University. Carlin also at­tended the Presidio of Monterey Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, where she certified as a Novice Linguist in Serbian/Croatian languages and served in the military as a 97L Translator/Interpreter for U.S. Army Military Intelligence. Career: Carlin became a FAA certified Professional Flight Attendant in 1997 with Delta Airlines, where she recently retired from a fulfilling job full of adventure! She has industry certifications as a Flight Leader and International Purser and regularly flew as Purser to destinations all over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and South America. She has been based in Atlanta, Boston, Salt Lake City, New Orleans, and New York City. Carlin has been privately coaching people into the Flight Attendant career for over 15 years. She founded the company, Airline ACE, Aviation Career Education, www.airlineace.com, which offers specialized career courses for those looking for extra qualifications to help them get hired and/or promoted. She is the author of the popular book, Sky High Careers: Your Guide to Becoming a Flight Attendant, which has helped hundreds of people gain understanding of the commercial airline industry, what it takes to beat the competition, and find employment as a Flight Attendant! Carlin is a faculty member in the Department of Aviation Science, at Utah Valley University, which boasts one of the largest and successful aviation programs in the United States. Her courses include: In-flight Service Awareness, Airline Management, Aviation Security, Air Transportation Management, Aviation Management, Ethics in Avia­tion, and Aviation Administration, among others. Carlin has been a speaker selectee at industry conferences such as the European Airline Training Symposium and the 13th Annual Oklahoma Aviation Education Research Sympo­sium. Her interests include “Rising Attrition Rates In Regional Carrier Airlines And Pre-Qualification Training As A Best Practice For Employee Retention And Airline ROI” and “The Application Of Menthol x Piperita As A Mitigation Technique For Crew Fatigue.” Recently, Carlin has partnered with China-based Ming Tao World Sky to be the Director of Flight Attendant Training with the newly-established American International Aviation Acad­emy of Utah, AIAAU, with base locations in Provo, Utah and Hangzhou, China. This partnership takes Carlin’s innovative coaching and curriculum to ex­citing new depths as AIAAU works to provide students with leading-edge career training, cultural exchange opportunities, pathway partnerships with airlines, and more! AIAAU is the only school of it’s kind in the world and works with students from founda­tional career training all the way through the interview process. It’s convenient locations in China and in the MidWest, USA serves a global community with students representing countries all over Europe, Asia, and America. Personal: Carlin feels her greatest accomplishment has been raising a family and feels gratitude for the many opportunities the airlines have afforded in travel, experiences, and education. She shares 7 children with her husband; her youngest is severely autistic. Car­lin volunteers as an educator lecturing on autism, natural health, and success strategies. Carlin loves sharing her enthusiasm for aviation and exploring the world with her family. Her husband is her favorite travel buddy and work partner and the two have logged many hours together traveling the globe. They split their down time between Utah and the UK and enjoy family activities such as: skiing, hiking, traveling, and Disneyland. Contact: Airline ACE: www.airlineace.com Having fun at Recurrent Training, MSP