Join our cabin crew

As a Seasonal Cabin Crew Member (male/female/other), you will work at Discover Airlines for a limited time during the summer months. You are responsible for all standard tasks on board and will accompany our guests to their vacation destination.

Yes, you must be at least 17 years old to apply to be a Seasonal Cabin Crew Member with us. You must be of legal age (18 years) by the start of the course in March.

Your seasonal employment contract is limited to six months, from May to October. You will complete the required training in advance as part of a separate training contract from March to April.

Starting at another time is currently not possible for operational reasons.

The basic course currently takes around six to eight weeks.

No, Seasonal Cabin Crew Members can only be employed full-time.

You will be stationed at our base in Frankfurt.

Your vacation entitlement is regulated by the collective agreement. Of course, you can apply for leave during your seasonal employment contract.

An extension or a transfer to a permanent contract is currently not planned. However, this depends on various factors. In any case, you’ll gain valuable experience that can give you an advantage for your future career.

After the expiration of the temporary contract, your employment will end automatically. Should we be looking for (Seasonal) Cabin Crew Members again at a later date, we would gladly receive to your re-application.

Yes, we look forward to receiving your application! A prerequisite is that you must have a fully valid passport and residence and work permits for Germany.

We expect our crews to have a very good, fluent level of German. This means we require at least level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

You must also be able to communicate safely on board with non-German-speaking guests and service providers. Likewise, most of our manuals are written in English. This means we require English level B1/B2 according to the European Framework of Reference for Languages.

This is of course possible in principle. However, attendance at our on-site applicant days in Frankfurt or Munich is essential. You’ll also have to attend additional meetings in Germany during the recruitment process. If you can ensure this, we look forward to receiving your application.

Unlike other airlines, we have decided not to include a minimum height requirement in the job description. The crucial factor is how high you can reach (i.e. how easily you can reach the baggage compartments, for example) and that all the routine tasks on board can be performed.

No, a high school diploma (or equivalent) or a higher-level school diploma is sufficient.

Cabin crew needs to be physically fit. Initially, there is a medical pre-employment examination. For example, a hearing and vision test will be performed. We deliberately do not stipulate a BMI (body mass index) compared to other airlines.

Yes, you must be at least 18 years old to apply as a cabin crew member with us.

No, there is not. We value personality and diversity, so it is possible to apply at any age. We actively encourage applications from people who already have a lot of life and work experience and would like to make a career change or a new start.

We are looking for passionate hospitality professionals who enjoy working in a team, enjoy service and who put our passengers first. Helpfulness, charm and professionalism are the qualities we prize. Furthermore, reliability and conscientiousness are absolutely essential.

Yes, to work as a cabin crew member, you must be able to swim several lengths at a time safely in a swimming style of your choice.

Yes. We also allow tattoos to be on display. Face tattoos are not permitted. Tattoos may not include any political or religious statements.

Training takes place on a full-time basis. We would therefore advise against secondary jobs during training. Permanent employees are allowed to have part-time jobs, and these are reviewed by the responsible team leader.

No, please organize your accommodation yourself. We are unable to cover the costs of this.

Discover Airlines will cover the cost of your training. In addition, you will receive an expense allowance of €500 per month during the training. Responsible Cabin Managers start directly with a permanent employment contract.

The basic course currently lasts around ten weeks.

Depending on where you are based, the training usually takes place in the immediate vicinity of Frankfurt or Munich Airport.

The training course is held in German, but most of the training materials and examinations are in English.

The introduction video provides you with the opportunity to do without a written cover letter. The video gives us the opportunity to get to know you better in advance.

If you did not pass our assessment, you can apply again one year later. The blocking period applies to all published vacancies for the position of (Responsible) Cabin Crew Members with Discover Airlines.

Please send us your application via career.aero/discover.

Ideally, you should apply to us approximately four months before the date you would like to start.

School grades are not the be-all and end-all. On the recruitment day, we look at a lot of different aspects, so you need not be too worried about individual school grades. Nevertheless, the overall picture that emerges from your certificate is of course relevant.

If you are successful in the pre-selection process, we will invite you very quickly to a recruitment day, where you will be given a number of individual and group tasks. On this day, we would like to get to know each other in person and see if Discover Airlines is a good fit for you.

We will begin by giving you an introduction to the recruitment team and providing you with an insight into the company and the work of a (Responsible) Cabin Manager. You will then go through a group exercise and complete an English assessment. In the second round in the afternoon, you will do an interview with a role play and complete a questionnaire about your personality.

In line with our company values #direct and #easy, we will inform you personally about the outcome on the recruitment day itself.

A recruitment day at Discover Airlines is divided into a morning and an afternoon block. The morning block is from 9:15 a.m. to approximately 1:00 p.m. If the morning block is successfully completed, the afternoon block follows from approximately 1:30 p.m. to approximately 6:30 p.m.

Your outfit can accentuate your personality. So we don’t want to give you any specific guidelines. Come dressed in whatever you feel good. Nevertheless, of course it is an assessment center, therefore we request that you wear appropriate clothing. A little tip that may help is that you won’t go far wrong with casual business wear.

We will be delighted if you decide to take part in one of our recruitment events. However, we cannot cover travel costs to and from the site.

Please check in advance that you have uploaded all the up-to-date documents required. Feel free to click through our website. Perhaps there are some questions that you would like to bring up on the recruitment day. Otherwise, just be yourself and let the day unfold.

The atmosphere on recruitment days depends on you, our participants. You get to know a lot of new people and can do some networking. Of course, our candidates are always a bit excited and curious, and that’s par for the course. Our recruitment team works to create a nice, relaxed atmosphere throughout the day. We meet on an equal footing. So we use the informal German “Du” with all participants.

If you apply via career.aero/discover, you will get prompt feedback about your application, ideally with an invitation to one of our recruitment days.

The starting salary for cabin managers is €2,887.50 gross, including an allowance for weekend and shift work. As a Responsible Cabin Manager (RCM), your starting salary is €3,202.50 gross, including an allowance for weekend and shift work, once you have successfully completed your RCM training. In addition, you will then receive a paid RCM allowance.

The allowance for weekend and shift work (currently 16.3%) is generally paid tax-free.

Depending on the number of block hours flown, the basic salary is also subject to a multi-flight hour compensation. You will also receive a commission on the in-flight sales on your flights. Discover Airlines also offers numerous discounts in the travel industry, standby flights with all Lufthansa Group airlines and beyond, as well as benefits such as a Jobticket (monthly travel card) and free parking at the airport.

A block hour is relevant for calculating the extra flight hours and is derived from the block time of a flight. This starts with off-block (aircraft leaves the parking position) to on-block (aircraft reaches the parking position).

Your base salary covers 75 block hours. If you fly beyond this, these accrued block hours will be remunerated separately from the base salary.

Yes, Discover Airlines pays the statutory expense rates as published by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.

At Discover Airlines, we have salary grading for our Cabin Managers and Responsible Cabin Managers. You will automatically move up to the next pay grade when you have been at your current level for the relevant length of time.

If there is availability, we will offer you a shorter Operator Conversion Course. A Cabin Crew Attestation in accordance with Part CC EASA is a prerequisite for participating in an Operator Conversion Course.

In both Frankfurt and Munich, you will start working with us full-time. After that, you can apply annually for part-time work between 50% and 100%. As a Senior Cabin Crew Member (male/female/other) in Frankfurt and Munich, you can work part-time right from the start.

In principle, it is possible to fly with us while on a flexible self-study program. However, it will probably be difficult to coordinate attendance dates with the work schedule. You can apply for a dedicated Study and Fly model during the annual allocation of part-time jobs.

We always try to approve all requests, e.g. regarding part-time work and vacations. If this is not feasible in operational terms, we work on the basis of fairness and take social criteria into account. Working positions on board are assigned 12 or 24 hours before the flight by the Responsible Cabin Manager.

In principle, employees are free to terminate their employment contract at any time as long as they comply with the agreed notice periods. However, there is an obligation to repay training costs if the employee terminates their employment contract before a period of 12 months has elapsed.

At Discover Airlines, you have the opportunity to become a manager after two years (even sooner under certain conditions). An internal vacancy notice is permanently open and courses are held regularly as required.

Rosters look very different from month to month, so it is difficult to make a general statement about this. In principle, however, you should be prepared to be away from home for over half of each month. With our short and medium-haul routes, you will always get back home in the evening, but will be out all day long.

In both Frankfurt and Munich, at Discover Airlines, you will work on both aircraft types as part of mixed fleet flying and set off to all destinations within our route network, on short- and medium-haul as well as long-haul routes.

Rosters can vary a lot. It is legally possible to work up to 100 block hours per month. However, generally the actual flown block hours are significantly lower than this.

The duration of so-called layovers varies depending on the destination and flight schedule period. Many of the destinations served have very short stopovers of slightly over 24 hours. Longer layovers are more of an exception, but they may also occasionally happen.

With what is known as standby service, you must be able to reach your stationing location within 90 minutes. Apart from that, we do not have any regulations regarding your place of residence. However, we would like to point out that commuting is very costly and time-consuming, and we always expect our crews to be at work on time and to be rested.

At Discover Airlines, we offer numerous opportunities for further training. This could be the training to become a Responsible Cabin Manager or an ongoing training program with free e-learning and classroom training on a wide range of topics specifically for cabin crews. Other formats are bound to follow.