Built for the crew, by people who love this world

Who runs this site

CabinCrewStar is an independent publication. It is written, edited and maintained by Frank Diakos, founder and editor, with corrections and first-hand accounts from working crew through the forum. There is no editorial team beyond that and no airline, academy or recruiter has a say in what is published. Every airline page and guide is reviewed by the editor before it goes live; the dataset was last reviewed end to end on 1 Sep 2026, and that date is shown on each airline page.

Reach the editor at hello@cabincrewstar.com or through the contact form. Corrections are answered and, when they check out, applied within days.

Editorial policy

What the numbers are. Salary figures are independent estimates in USD, compiled from published pay scales and collective agreements where they exist, public reporting and accounts from crew. They are not official airline figures. Where a primary source exists it is linked on the airline page under Sources & reliability and it should be read first: the APFA, AFA and TWU 556 contracts publish the real pay tables for American, United, Alaska and Southwest; Hava-İş publishes the Turkish Airlines agreement; most European legacy carriers have a public Tarifvertrag or CAO. For the Gulf and most Asian carriers no agreement is public, which is where a compiled estimate is the best available reference, and where this site is most useful.

Crew ratings are editorial baselines plus member ratings. Each airline carries a score out of 10 on pay, roster, base life, career and lifestyle. The baseline was set by the editor from the evidence on the page; registered members can add their own rating on each airline page and the displayed score blends the two, with the member count shown. It is a ranking aid, not a scientific survey, and the methodology is public.

Hiring status goes stale. "Actively hiring", "Periodic intakes" and "Paused" are checked at each dataset review and the check date is shown. Airlines open and close recruitment without notice. Confirm on the airline's own careers page, linked from every profile, before you make a decision.

Requirements change. Height, reach, age, tattoo and language rules are taken from the airline's published requirements at review time and from crew who went through the process. They are the best current reading, not a guarantee.

Corrections. If you fly for an airline and something on its page is wrong, say so through the contact form or the site feedback board. Corrections that check out are applied and, where useful, acknowledged in the thread.

How the site is funded

Everything on this site is free to read and there are no paid placements: no airline, academy or recruiter pays to appear, be ranked or be described a certain way, and there are no affiliate links in the airline data. The site makes Cabin Crew Star, an iOS cabin-service game, which is the only product it sells; it is promoted on the site and it does not influence the data. The hiring alerts signup is free and the addresses are used for those alerts only. If that ever changes, this page will say so first.

What is here

59 airline profiles built to one structure so they can be compared: salary ranges, the requirements that actually filter candidates, accommodation and base life, roster reality, benefits, the application process and a crew rating. 19 career guides from the first application to life after flying. 26 layover city guides, a glossary of 150 terms, crew tools, quizzes and the forum.

The game

We also make Cabin Crew Star, a cabin-service game for iOS that shares this site's spirit and design. It is free, offline and has no ads.

Independent, editor-reviewed, corrected by crew. Questions about the site go to hello@cabincrewstar.com.