Sullivan admits that it’s not a career choice that is suitable for everybody. She said:
“It's irregular hours, it’s hard work and it’s not as glamorous as everyone else thinks it is.”
The Atlantic Flight Attendant Academy Ltd. Offers a 12-week course that is quite intensive. Training is given in aviation terminology, procedures for evacuation and firefighting, customer relations, French immersion, airline regulations and policies, personal grooming, service techniques used on board and emergency and safety measures.
Bilingual students who pass the given French exam can take the six-week training for flight attendants only, as six weeks out of the 12-week course deals with the subject of French immersion.
Tuition costs for the 12-week course are $4,196.00. Student loans can be used towards the funding.
Approximately 1,000 students have graduated this program. About 90 per cent of the students are female. The success of the course is partly due to how well it is promoted; brochure printers in Halifax can produce first rate promotional materials that reflect upon how prestigious such a course is, which is vital in attracting students.