Personal services
Flight attendant
Key facts
Employment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +7.9% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Travel attendants and travel stewards (ISCO 5111). Travel attendants and travel stewards ensure the comfort and safety of passengers, serve meals and beverages and render personal services, usually on aircraft and on board ships.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
42 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- air crew member
- aircraft attendant
- cabin attendant
- cabin crew
- cabin crew head
- cabin crew manager
- cabin crew member
- cabin service director
- cabin service manager
- chief purser
- cruise ship guest services associate
- cruise ship guest services officer
- cruise ship guest services professional
- cruise ship steward
- cruise ship stewardess
- customer service director
- ferry steward
- ferry stewardess
- flight attendant
- flight crew member
- flight service manager
- head of cabin crew
- inflight service attendant
- inflight service manager
- manager of cabin crew
- ship guest services associate
- ship guest services officer
- ship guest services professional
- ship steward
- ship steward/ship stewardess
- ship stewardess
- steward
- steward/stewardess
- stewardess
- train attendant
- train customer service representative
- train on-board customer service representative
- train on-board staff member
- train on-board steward
- train on-board stewardess
- train steward
- train stewardess
Training
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Gauges
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Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.