The Reality of Being A Reserve Flight Attendant: Hurry Up and Wait!

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  • @christinem9280
    @christinem9280 11 місяців тому +24

    I love that you bring us along on your new adventure Jill!! Its always fun seeing all the places you go!!

  • @hh_horses9718
    @hh_horses9718 11 місяців тому +15

    U guys should do a Brennan, Katie and Ryan day in the life video!

  • @sallywilson4403
    @sallywilson4403 11 місяців тому +14

    Jill your flight life , and mishaps , such as your coat ,and hurrying up ,and waiting ,are similar to Donnelly time life ! 🤗👍👟👢

  • @sharisserobinson9942
    @sharisserobinson9942 4 місяці тому

    Such a great video! I just became a flight attendant and I’ll be working reserve for my first month. It was great to visually see it and truly helped me!

  • @gwenhughes8650
    @gwenhughes8650 11 місяців тому +1

    Loved seeing the old house again and seeing how this all works! ❤

  • @samanthaanne1056
    @samanthaanne1056 11 місяців тому +4

    I love this new era for Jill.

  • @NJlovessinging
    @NJlovessinging 11 місяців тому

    Thankful for the Southwest flight attendants on each flight I’ve had as a disabled passenger. They are always so nice, especially when I don’t look like I need pre boarding, etc.

  • @LisAnn7
    @LisAnn7 11 місяців тому +2

    This is such an eye opener on the prep for flying-Enjoy the adventures!

  • @miguelkennedy9520
    @miguelkennedy9520 11 місяців тому +5

    It’s The Donnellys’s videos make me smile 😊

  • @KimberlyMayo-u8h
    @KimberlyMayo-u8h 11 місяців тому +2

    Jill you’re rocking it !! Love this family

  • @RobinNatural1
    @RobinNatural1 11 місяців тому +1

    My sister also flies for the LUV airline! Enjoy your videos. Safe travels!

  • @teresawilliams662
    @teresawilliams662 11 місяців тому +1

    Hey Jill, I'm loving watching your life as a flight attendant. It's very interesting. I think it would have been great for me when I was younger and didn't have any ties. Would have been a fun way to live.

  • @WhatYourtold
    @WhatYourtold 11 місяців тому +2

    This was a really cool video Jill (even though all your videos are cool) I love seeing what other people's jobs are like!

  • @jeffbuescher1027
    @jeffbuescher1027 11 місяців тому +1

    Great vlog. I am happy that everything is going well with your flight attendant position.

  • @jeanielowe3246
    @jeanielowe3246 11 місяців тому +1

    I love your blogs. I'm so happy for you Jill for your job, that's so exciting how you get to travel to different places. You are amazing. Bless you and your family 💗

  • @melaniemallozzi3851
    @melaniemallozzi3851 11 місяців тому +1

    It should be called the adventures with Jill
    Thanks for taking us along with you
    Love form Canada 🇨🇦

  • @jeffbuescher1027
    @jeffbuescher1027 11 місяців тому +1

    Glad you were able to get your coat back. On a different note, you always carry the best snacks with you and sandwiches. Healthy choices. 😊

  • @josephineahelle5094
    @josephineahelle5094 11 місяців тому

    Hi Jill,
    Just subscribed and enjoyed ur video! Looking forward to ur future layovers and I hope to meet u some day when i visit my niece in Minnesota!✈☺
    I love ur airline.
    💙❤🧡

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому

      Thanks for subbing and welcome aboard!!

  • @laneyh0303
    @laneyh0303 11 місяців тому +1

    Love the content of your life as flight attendant! So glad you got your coat in Chicago. ❤

  • @mohamedkaydo4941
    @mohamedkaydo4941 11 місяців тому +4

    You are doing well jill

  • @tammy4179
    @tammy4179 11 місяців тому +2

    What made me happy today was that I finally got my Botox for my migraines I was 3 weeks behind & was so sick till I got them. My neck & head was hurting me so bad. Now I'm back on track with my Botox. My next appt. Is on May 2.
    Jill I have the same problem like u with dry skin. But my arms bleed easily when I hit something & I showed it to my skin Dr. They called it bruised. My hands & face gets dry in the winter time.

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому +2

      Hope you are feeling better!! I have started to drink lots more water- that has helped too!

    • @Amtrak.taz.
      @Amtrak.taz. 4 місяці тому

      @@tammy4179 when I was on botox for migraines. I booked my appointments a year in advance. I used aimovig for a year or two. My migraines gave me a 60th birthday present. They went away. Haven't had a migraine in almost 5 years! Knock on wood. I don't want them ever again.

  • @deloresbembry7079
    @deloresbembry7079 11 місяців тому +1

    Love your sticker on your back window. Go Noles

  • @KirstenElise
    @KirstenElise 6 місяців тому

    Hi CoHeart! I hope to meet you inflight someday, great video 💙❤💛

  • @trinamiller100
    @trinamiller100 11 місяців тому +1

    Hope your flight attendant work is doing well Jill. I did had a chill day just to work on gaming videos but also some UA-cam videos self employed.

  • @christycarrico4343
    @christycarrico4343 11 місяців тому

    Congratulations on your new job

  • @livingnatalie
    @livingnatalie 11 місяців тому +3

    Curious how you are paid! Not how much, just how. Are you paid per flight, per day on reserve or a flat salary? If you don’t get used are you still paid?!

  • @dewaynewestmoreland3773
    @dewaynewestmoreland3773 11 місяців тому

    Love this vlog. Glad you shared.

  • @CaitlynLorraine1013
    @CaitlynLorraine1013 11 місяців тому +1

    would you film a whole adventure as a flight attendtant? like all 3 days of flying what its like, what you do on your spare ( a longer video few days in your life type thing)

  • @annabelc5157
    @annabelc5157 11 місяців тому +2

    Love these videos! Have you had a passenger recognize you on a flight yet?

  • @donnyoshea5995
    @donnyoshea5995 8 місяців тому

    You look beautiful and doing amazing work and love your videos❤

  • @angelaharrison4056
    @angelaharrison4056 11 місяців тому

    I love too see you in the air.

  • @latoniabell-b9o
    @latoniabell-b9o 11 місяців тому +1

    i just love the vids keep them coming

  • @ecdun3719
    @ecdun3719 11 місяців тому +1

    Jill I would love to know what are some of your favorite airports that you have been to so far.

  • @AlexisHasler
    @AlexisHasler 11 місяців тому +1

    Do u always live in this house? Do u still have the Florida house? Do u guys ever go there

  • @teresawilliams662
    @teresawilliams662 11 місяців тому +1

    I do have a question. When you have to go and stay in hotels while you're flying, does the airline pay for your hotel rooms or do you have to pay for all of your expenses?

  • @cynthiagreenhill5283
    @cynthiagreenhill5283 11 місяців тому +1

    Enjoyed this

  • @RachaelDonofriomaria
    @RachaelDonofriomaria 11 місяців тому +1

    Awesome video I really like it lot it was cool and you made awesome videos you are my favorite UA-cam channel and you are best UA-cam channel

  • @beccalynn767
    @beccalynn767 11 місяців тому +1

    Phew, props to flight attendants. I’m sure type A and need structure and routine or else I get anxiety. I couldn’t do it 😂 ❤

  • @katiek1856
    @katiek1856 11 місяців тому +1

    I would be upset if my coat never made it back. Is there a way to sew a tag with your name or employee number on the inside of your coat for when/if this happens again?

  • @nicolemassey2257
    @nicolemassey2257 11 місяців тому

    Is there anyway you could link your carryon backpack?

  • @danburnette7674
    @danburnette7674 11 місяців тому

    Hope you all get a good contract soon Jill.

  • @ChristineSchuster-u8y
    @ChristineSchuster-u8y 3 місяці тому

    Interested to see how reserve works when you are a commuter. I figured out you live in Florida but you were in Baltimore. So are you based in Baltimore? Do you have a crash pad?

  • @itsjustlyla2028
    @itsjustlyla2028 11 місяців тому +1

    What is your workout routine?

  • @sallywilson4403
    @sallywilson4403 11 місяців тому +1

    Ps J ill ,don t ever lose track of your watch, that would be a real bummer ! 😕😐

  • @twallaceii
    @twallaceii 11 місяців тому +1

    You said you have to pay for parking. Do they reimburse you for that cost? We ebjoy y'alls VLOGs! ❤

  • @scarletteclare2667
    @scarletteclare2667 11 місяців тому +1

    Jill, bought those same smiley face ice packs on Amazon because of this video! I used them as stocking stuffers for my family. Also, my "it's a great day to excell" mug will be used as my morning motivation for a really promising job I just started. Sending lots of love from Oklahoma ❤

  • @lupitam1211
    @lupitam1211 10 місяців тому

    As a new flight attendant were you able to stay in your home town as your base?

  • @markkw94502
    @markkw94502 11 місяців тому +1

    Hey Jill.. do u get paid when u are waiting at the airport to get called? Or only when you are actually flying.. thanks and keep up the good work!

    • @stephenthompson439
      @stephenthompson439 11 місяців тому

      Only when flying I believe.... Sit times, Delays, NO...

  • @dwmc1492
    @dwmc1492 11 місяців тому +1

    If you're at all able to answer my question on FB, as I don't follow you elsewhere. When you're three Reserve days don't equate to your guaranteed hours do they just make up the balance? Thanks

  • @albland7216
    @albland7216 11 місяців тому

    Dumb question- but does your airline allow boots? Is it just your company? Thx

  • @LEVELGAZANOW
    @LEVELGAZANOW 10 місяців тому

    Appletag your coat for uniform items or bags that you can forget.

  • @darkdragonelliemafiasdaughter
    @darkdragonelliemafiasdaughter 11 місяців тому +1

    Curious if you are waiting at the airport for the 5 hours and they don't call you do you still get paid or only get paid when your actually flying.

    • @LEVELGAZANOW
      @LEVELGAZANOW 10 місяців тому

      Yes, they get paid. The hope for reserve is to not get called and stay at home and get paid.

  • @NickStenbol
    @NickStenbol 11 місяців тому +1

    Hey haven't commented in a long time, been out of the country for over a year. Hi Donnellys remember NIck Stenbol

  • @cagedtigersteve
    @cagedtigersteve 11 місяців тому

    What if you are sent to some place extremely cold like North Dakota? You will need a heavy coat.

  • @MrRob8349
    @MrRob8349 3 місяці тому

    If your flights were 1 hour each you were paid 2 hours for all day at work?

  • @jennyhendrickson8066
    @jennyhendrickson8066 11 місяців тому +1

    SMILE

  • @Lvebug
    @Lvebug 11 місяців тому

    Hi, can u please share where ur backpack is from? Thank you

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому

      Yes! It’s Stella and Dot from several years ago- I hope they still have it?!?

  • @heathern9394
    @heathern9394 11 місяців тому

    For your bag with your apron what brand is it?

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому

      It is Stella and Dot from like 10 years ago ☺️

  • @chessidypryor8782
    @chessidypryor8782 11 місяців тому

    Do you carry on your lounge? Your laptop is not in a case😮

  • @MrILoveMovies
    @MrILoveMovies 11 місяців тому

    YEAH COAT !!!!

  • @meredithdal73526
    @meredithdal73526 11 місяців тому

    If it's not too much to ask, how are you paid and how much per hour? It seems like a lot of work for what google says is your salary!

    • @cynthiagreenhill5283
      @cynthiagreenhill5283 11 місяців тому

      Yes that too much to ask😊

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому

      It is a lot of work and the pay isn’t great. But the benefits are amazing and if you stay in long enough, the pay increases exponentially. We are paid by a calculation that loosely relates to hourly.

    • @PthaloGreen2
      @PthaloGreen2 4 місяці тому

      Most FAs start between 25 and 35 dollars per flight or block hour. You only get paid at most airlines when the plane is moving. Some pay you a fraction of your salary while boarding but most don't. No airline pays for sits between flights. You make between $2 and $3 per hour perdiem when you're on a trip. Bottom line is regional FA pay starts in the mid $20s for those who work a full schedule. Mainlines start around $35k. But pay goes up over time, maxing out after 10 to 20 years. It's not a high paying job.

  • @lauragoins9323
    @lauragoins9323 5 місяців тому

    Do you get paid for being on call or being on reserve?

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  5 місяців тому +1

      Yes! There is a guaranteed minimum when you are on reserve. If you fly and go over that, you get paid the minimum plus whatever you went over :)

    • @lauragoins9323
      @lauragoins9323 5 місяців тому

      Awesome thank you so much for this info!! 😊

  • @darealnetta__
    @darealnetta__ 11 місяців тому +2

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @abdullaahmed2440
    @abdullaahmed2440 11 місяців тому

    make a spa day video

  • @billoneill9296
    @billoneill9296 11 місяців тому

    Keep your hands on the wheel. What is the matter with you?

  • @Matty_917
    @Matty_917 11 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @aimeekreutzer-malkawi
    @aimeekreutzer-malkawi 11 місяців тому

    Hi! So happy to have found your UA-cam channel! I’m a mom with some grown children and still some underage but considering for quite a while to be a flight attendant. I really would love to work for your airline but I know they’re not hiring right now. My biggest question since you are probably somewhere in middle age like myself is how do u manage something like this being newer? And do you deal well with being too tired or are u able to keep your energy up? Just wondering! And loved this video! U got a new subscriber

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому +1

      Hi Amy! Welcome aboard ❤️ Age is seriously just a number at Southwest. I am 53 and was among the oldest but definitely were about 5-10 people older than me in my class. The age range among FA’s is wide and everyone works together so well!! It is tiring but I LOVE the work and as long as you are diligent about time management and getting sleep, you’ll be great!! I can’t wait to learn about your journey!!

  • @lornamackenzie2694
    @lornamackenzie2694 11 місяців тому

    I think i would just have that bag permanently packed and maybe change it up now and then.

  • @justmeish1997
    @justmeish1997 11 місяців тому

    I could sit at home for 5hrs and do nothing so easily but the thought of sitting at the airport for 5hrs and doing nothing is horrifying 😆🙈 I'd be thinking about all the other things I could be doing instead... Not the job for me... Although its pretty cool they pay you for that 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @Amtrak.taz.
      @Amtrak.taz. 11 місяців тому +1

      A skein of sock yarn and a pair of socks on the needles. Would keep me busy for ages. So I'd be able to do a long wait with out getting impatient. Unless my project needed to go in time out.

    • @PthaloGreen2
      @PthaloGreen2 4 місяці тому

      ​@@Amtrak.taz.I knit on airport reserve too! But I'd honestly rather fly.

  • @carterwatson1949
    @carterwatson1949 11 місяців тому

    seems like youre very happy and thriving with this job!! so glad very cool to see what its like

    • @itsthedonnellys
      @itsthedonnellys  11 місяців тому

      Thank you! I do love it and it’s fun to share it too!!

  • @christycarrico4343
    @christycarrico4343 11 місяців тому

    👏👏👏👏🇺🇸

  • @mustangs263
    @mustangs263 11 місяців тому +1

    Jill you look good 😉