Airline Wings as a Career

About the Book

Airline Wings As A Career provides valuable information to those seeking a career in the airlines or the related air travel industry. This book could help in reaching one's goals and career quest.

It is very important in life to have a career that matches ones interests, personality, and talents. One's working years can be dull, or they can be an interesting adventure. Airline careers get better with each year. The airline's generous employee travel benefits are excellent.

Find out what it is really like to have a career in the airlines and air travel field from one who has been there and knows.

Airline Wings As A Career is unique in that it encompasses the following: Important information regarding airline jobs - Flight Attendant, Pilot, Passenger Service Agent, Travel Agent, Reservation Agent, Ticket Agent, Gate Agent, Flight Dispatcher, Flight Operations Agent, Radio Operator, Fleet Services Agent. Baggage/Cargo/Air Freight Agents, Station Manager, Mechanic/Electronic Technician, and Air Traffic Controller. Also - Employee Benefits, Airline Operations, Aircraft, Airports, Aviation Weather, the FAA, and Applications/Resumes/Interviewing/Hiring.

It is important to know about many airline positions as each job is related and inter-connected with others. This extra knowledge could help one land the desired position.

Gaining important knowledge regarding the airline industry before interviewing with an airline is imperative. These are highly sought-after, desirable and competitive positions. This book will help give the confidence needed to apply for and perhaps get that dream job with the airlines. The confidence one feels and the quality of information gained from this book will help impress the interviewers favorably. Assuming one has all the qualifications the airlines are looking for, this book might help one realize hopes, dreams, and aspirations of an airline/travel career.

About the Author

Mickey McCoy has held several positions while in the airlines and the related air travel industry over a period of many years. She has flown more than 3,500 flights while in the airlines. She has spent many years doing extensive airline and air travel research to update this third edition of Airline Wings As A Career.

Mickey used an earlier edition of Airline Wings As A Career for seven years as an aid while teaching "Airline Careers" at the community college and high school levels in Southern California. She has a lifetime California vocational teaching credential from U.C.L.A. and has attended several aviation education workshops in San Francisco and Los Angeles. She joined the California Aerospace Education Association and the Red Baron Club.

Mickey has also written another nonfiction book, Birds, Our Fascinating Feathered Friends and is a member of the National Audubon Society.

She also researched, wrote, published and sold a 1,000 copies of a 12-foot long "Scroll of Historical Events"with carved wooden handles. It lists the most important events in history from 4 1/2 billion B.C. to the present.