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"What are the travel benefits at different airlines?

At AirlineJOB.net, we track jobs for 121 airlines worldwide. Here are some examples of the benefits you can expect if you get a job at one of three airlines in the United States:

If you get a Southwest Airlines job, you are offered free travel anywhere the airline flies – from the very first day you start working, providing that space is available. Even you’re your immediate family, including your spouse, your dependent children and your parents, can travel for free when space is available.

As a Southwest Airline employee, you will also benefit from discounts with other airlines with your SWA Pass Bureau. Southwest Airlines is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and flies way beyond the southwest. The company employs people across the United States, so the travel benefits are great for people wanting to work for an airline that flies throughout the US.

As a full-time Delta Airlines employee, you are offered worldwide travel privileges, which means you get significantly reduced air travel anywhere Delta flies. However, some employees have to wait a certain period before they are eligible for these travel benefits.

Regional ground-handling airlines like Air Wisconsin can also offer great travel privileges through interline agreements. If you get a job with Air Wisconsin as a regular full-time or regular part-time employee, you and your immediate family, which Air Wisconsin defines as your spouse or domestic partner, your unmarried dependant children, and your parents, are all for free or reduced-rate, world-wide travel benefits on Air Wisconsin, United Airlines, and other airlines.

Your flight benefits will also vary by position.

Flight Crew, such as Pilots or First Officers and Flight Attendants have the most flexibility in terms of time-off for personal travel, Often in-flight crew can get as many as seven days off in a row, as they work irregular hours. It’s during these days, that these airline employees take time for personal travel.

Naturally, Flight Attendants and Pilots travel, as part of their employment. In most cases, people with Flight Attendant jobs and Pilot careers receive a per diem allowance, or an hourly allowance, when they are working out of their base city. This can range from $1.00 to $2.50 or more per hour, and is to cover your meal expenses while you are away. Naturally, Flight Attendants and Pilots also enjoy free hotel accommodation, sometimes at fine hotels, while they are staying overnight, away from your base cities.

You get a lot more than FREE air travel as an airline employee

As an airline employee you get can get amazingly low rates on flights, hotels, cruises, vacation packages, restaurants & more.

Not only do you get to fly to far away destinations for a few dollars, but as an airline employee you also get incredible discounts on almost everything travel related. Depending on where you live, you can even use your airline employee card to get discounts from 10% - 20% in local restaurants and bars in your home town.

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Ross - From Aircraft Cleaner to Maintenance Technician

I went to California in 1992 and thought "I love this place" and I knew I needed to get a job where I could travel all the time. At that time, the major airline in my city was hiring Station Attendants (they do baggage handling, and they drive the tugs that push the aircraft out off the jetway) and Aircraft Cleaners. I applied, and when I finally got the call for the interview it was the coolest day!

I went in and I remember being asked the negative type questions, like how I would deal with less pleasant situations in the plane, and I remember I just responded positively, by saying something like "I would just clean it up". They also asked how I would deal with shift work, and again I responded positively, "perfect, excellent, no problem". So the advice I would give when being interviewed is to be positive. The airlines are looking for people that are willing to deal with adverse situations and people that are flexible.

I worked as a cleaner for 4 1/2 years but I knew that I wanted more responsibility. So I took a leave of absence for 6 months and studied aircraft maintenance and graduated as an Aircraft Interior Technician, which involved how to repair and maintain the interior of the aircraft from repairing and replacing wall panels, overhauling passenger seats, and manufacturing aircraft insulation blankets. I've been doing this for 6 years and I like the variety in my day - I work for a major airline, so I'm always working on different aircraft and doing different jobs.

And of course I Iove the travel benefits! My friends laugh because I have been to California 18 times since I started working for the airlines!

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