A professional who performs variety of personal services conducive to safety and comfort of airline passengers during flight. Respnsibilities include:

• Greets passengers, verifies tickets, records destinations, and directs passengers to assigned seats.
• Assists passengers to store carry-on luggage in overhead, garment, or under seat storage.
• Explains use of safety equipment, such as seat belts, oxygen masks, and life jackets.
• Walks aisle of plane to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to take off.
• Serves previously prepared meals and beverages.
• Observes passengers to detect signs of discomfort, and issues palliatives to relieve passenger ailments, such as airsickness and insomnia.
• Administers first aid according to passenger distress when needed.
• Answers questions regarding performance of aircraft, stopovers, and flight schedules.
• Performs other personal services, such as distributing reading material and pointing out places of interest.
• Prepares reports showing place of departure and destination, passenger ticket numbers, meal and beverage inventories, palliatives issued, and lost and found articles.
• May collect money for meals and beverages.