From Candidate to Crew
A Behavioural Approach to Getting Hired.
The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy isn’t a crash course. It’s a shift in identity.
What began as a blueprint for getting hired has grown into a full behavioural framework for building a sustainable, professional career in aviation.
- For serious candidates pursuing a long-term career in aviation
- Grounded in real-world insight and cross-checked against operational regulations
- Designed to develop better crew — by aligning candidates with the real demands of the role, not just the format of the interview.
- Shaped by three decades of continuous research and lived experience
- Anchored in five behavioural pillars
“I got the Golden Call this morning and I’m so ecstatic. My dream is finally coming true.”
Delara Abernathy – Emirates Cabin Crew (2014, United Kingdom)
Don’t cram for assessments. Condition for the role
Crew isn’t something you say. It’s something you show.
Five Behavioural Pillars to Cabin Crew Interview Success.
- Drop the Applicant Mindset
- Align with the Airline’s Culture and Standards
- Understand How Recruiters Assess
- Show Up and Self-Regulate Like Cabin Crew
- Approach the Interview as a Simulated Flight
When you’re aligned with the role, the airline, and the real demands of the job — you’re not just interview-ready.
You’re crew-ready.
“I’d like to say thank you for the precious book and all the important information you gave every time I wrote you. I’m so happy because they called from Emirates telling I was approved to work with them. I’m going to Dubai in January.“
Claudia Mello – Emirates Cabin Crew (2005, United Kingdom)
A Behavioural Framework
Move from self-focus to crew-awareness.
Airline interviews are high-pressure simulations. Stress tests. Behavioural filters engineered to strip away surface polish and expose the real habits beneath — qualities dulled by cheat sheets and generic advice.
And they’re led by seasoned crew — industry professionals whose expertise lies in observing authentic behaviour, instincts, and alignment with the airline’s culture and operational standards.
They know what real crew look like, and they’re watching for it.
The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy will prepare you for that.
Not with performance tricks or memorised scripts — but with behavioural readiness, operational awareness, and long-term alignment.
If you’re serious about a professional career in aviation — not just passing one assessment — The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy is the serious prep.
Twenty Years
Originally published in 2005, this special 20th anniversary 7th edition has been fully refined and rewritten — updated for a new era of airline recruitment and built to serve the next generation of serious candidates.
With new tools, sharper strategy, and a stronger focus on long-term career readiness.
What hasn’t changed? The commitment to cutting through noise and helping you get from where you to are today and towards your clipped wing.
“I bought your book in early 2006 when I was starting our my Cabin Crew Career and at the time you gave me lots of really good advice.
Since securing my first Cabin Crew Job last year with Excel Airways I’ve been having a fantastic time working for a Swedish Airline, Viking…
…I’ve been based in Crete this summer and have been flying from Heraklion Airport, mostly to France and Belgium, I even qualified as Senior Cabin Crew earlier in the year.”
Camilla Gavin – Senior Cabin Crew at Viking (2008, United Kingdom)
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THE 20th Anniversary EDITION
The Cabin Crew Interview
Made Easy
7th Edition
Coming August 2025
The new edition is stitched from the same obsessive research, lived experience, and no-nonsense grit that made The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy a bestseller, except it isn’t a passive little paperback to be shelved or wedged inside your neglected dream box. Nope.
This book throws open the galley curtain, straightens your lapel, and struts you into multiple simulated interview rooms where you’ll learn to sharpen your interview instincts. Plus, you’ll witness some training adventures and misadventures at Emirates Aviation College — debunking several hiring myths.
No need to cross-reference seven dog-eared editions because I’ve distilled all the best bits, thrown out last-season’s information, added some fun new pieces, and folded it all neatly into one seamless programme that walks you from wherever you are today… straight towards that coveted clipped wing.
What began with a biro, a napkin, and a box of tissues after a failed Emirates open day quickly became a cult classic.
For two decades, The Cabin Crew Interview Made Easy has circled the globe, nestled into cabin crew totes and carry-ons, scribbled on, highlighted, dog-eared, and passed along by thousands of hopefuls…
…and now, like any fabulous 20 year old, it has come of age and got itself some airline-level polish.
“This is so great because it is really training you to be prepared for the open day and interview. I am so excited to one day join Fly Emirates!!! Thank God I found this book to practice.”
Wendy Vanesa Mosquera Ortiz (2020, United States)