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Why 90% of Emirates Cabin Crew Leave within 5 Years? TRUTH About Salary, Health & Freedom

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Thinking about joining Emirates as a cabin crew? Before you make the leap, you need to know the REALITY behind the glamorous lifestyle. From salary breakdowns to the mental and physical toll of the job, I’m sharing my personal experience of 4 years as an Emirates flight attendant. 🛫💼

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Timestamps:

Introduction: 00:00
Financials & Retirement: 01:01
General Health: 03:29
Mental Health & Freedom: 05:05
What happened to me: 07:51
Career options: 10:33

20 Comments

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@ChipoNhemachena-dm4pz 2 weeks ago

Listening to the part of you getting bullied sorry about that 💔but thank you for not stopping cause your videos have been helping me a lot 🙏

@ThomasMakai 1 year ago (edited)

It's so nice to see you on YT again!
As someone with 15 years of Ryanair service in my rear view mirror, I cannot emphasize enough how important it is to resign sooner rather than later.
Although I have zero long haul experience, I would add to the health perspective that doing sports regularly, eating well, and sleeping well will do wonders in keeping your brain and psyche healthy and capable.
I am looking forward to your new videos.

@lucabasile9957 1 year ago

I have been a cabin crew for over 15 years now (in europe) and I cannot agree more with what you have said. I personally think that some companies especially middle eastern are a kind of "golden cage" in which you end up in and can be really difficult to come out. We as humans we tend for stability and sometimes ismt is difficult to give up your routine and jump into the dark. Through my career I have personally experienced months of low energy and depression as i had the feeling I was doing rhe same things over and over again. But in the end, passion for flying and being on that aluminium rocket speeding through the sky at 900km/h still gives me shiver of happiness.

@PsychologyCompact 6 months ago

I was with EK for 1,5 years and was done. The job was exhausting, I experienced a lot of bullying by other crew as well as sexual harassment by pilots on several occasions. You are definitely a slave in a golden cage and Dubai is a very lonely city built on slavery. I remember one EK doctor was very creepy and told me I was fit to fly when I had a severe chest infection and a fever.
Thank god I got out, became a clinical psychologist, got married and live a blessed life now.

@SkyWide6 1 year ago

straight to the point, honest and insightful. thanks for sharing! take care ☺

@mounirnour8882 1 year ago

Congratulations on your marriage and the arrival of your child! As a fellow flight attendant, I can definitely relate to the unique challenges and rewards of the job. I've been fortunate to work for my national airline, which offers a more balanced workload compared to the demands of Emirates. That being said, while I don't see this as a lifelong career for myself, it's been an incredible journey that I wouldn’t trade for anything.

@ДаляКотова 1 year ago

Agree with every word. No nonsense, no drama, just facts.

@MytempusIC 1 year ago

Ex EK purser here.
Never met you at work though.
I enjoyed watching your articulate presentation. Well-done & all the best. 🙂

@alicecolomberotto610 1 year ago

Orlando I left finally ek 3 months ago, honestly the exhaustion was just destroying my body. I m so so so happy I m back in Europe, only thing I miss is meeting wonderful colleagues like you! Like the amazing layover we had in Tunisia! All the best!✨️

@MissFaithB 1 year ago

Orlando! I joined EK because of your YT masterclass. Thank you so much 🙏🏾 it’s been a year now and I’m happy to see you back on YT.

@jessebelmendoza8740 1 year ago

Welcome back Orlando! Thank you for being transparent on your videos! Godbless

@josemariacampos8694 1 year ago

Habibiiiiiiii!!! You haven’t aged a day! I’m so glad our paths crossed! Can’t wait to squeeze you again, until you squeak!! 🥰

@asmaafarih709 1 year ago (edited)

I’m two years working now with middle eastern airline (no need to mention the name .and I’m already tired and not happy bcz I feel I do hard and risky job with average salary of 3000 to 3500 dollar per month . At the beginning I was thinking it’s big money especially that I came from middle family and my situation before wasn’t the best . But later I discovered that half of my salary goes for my basic needs and the other half goes for loans , family support … and I feel I deserve more bcz of night shifts , and lack of rest and the company is so strict . I was happy when I joined and started but the sparkles remained only for one year more or less and then I woke up to see the reality . No pension .And the life style is amazing but mentally tiring .now I started thinking what should I do next . But I cannot leave now until I find better thing to do

@Kai-NikolausSchmitt 1 year ago

Hey' following a while during you4 flight time. Today you Look much more healthier and hopefully much luckier. This job is only for a special time. Shopping is.not a whole life and all the glamour is Not all. Each has to decide how long it is able to work for such big Compagnie. Best wishes .greetx from FRA. K.

@personanongrata0 1 year ago

EK Cabin Crew here…my second year in the company (still feeI excited) but completely understand your point of view and thank you for sharing your truth with us, because behind this glamorous job and lifestyle, there are also challenging aspects of the job..

@papi8659 1 year ago

You should see the burnt out senior cabin crew on US airlines drinking themselves silly in their European hotel room stopovers - at the end of the day its a 3 year job maximum

@onthegowithcaleb 1 year ago

Being a flight attendant is a great job and in my opinion, you said nothing but the truth. There is so much of your personal freedom you have to give up for this so called fabulous lifestyle we are known to have. You are constantly tired from flying from east coast to west coast. This job is not made for everyone. You have to really love it to stay in long term.

@marcel_max 6 months ago

Dear host, I am very sorry learning about what you went through, even though it's not that tragic as I left my hometown too 28 years ago. One thing I'd like to add is that I learned emirates is going through lots of problems because they need to divert flights also losing passengers. Anyways, I don't feel sorry for them knowing how they treat people. I hope you already found something better now as I write this one year after you published your video.