I totally regret paying almost $2000 for the Flight Attendant "Diploma". The teacher, Caroline, is pretty good and helpful, however, there is really no need for this course to actually get a job in the airline industry.
The school is crappy looking, classes are SO small and tight, the tests are somewhat challenging but doing well on them doesn't correlate with landing a job.
As soon as I made all my payments, it seemed like I lost the support of the school. All of my marks were not given to me and I was even asked to pick up my diploma as they couldn't mail it to me. I still haven't picked up the USELESS piece of paper.
Lucky for me I have a job at the moment which pays me more than I ever would as a Flight Attendant, so I am not worried but I feel for ALL of the women in my class who were told that they would have no problem getting a job after completing the course. They depended on getting a Flight Attendant position for their livelihoods and now are left to vouch for themselves. Most of these women are in their 30s and have husbands and children so it is quite disheartening to see that they cannot find any jobs. The teacher kept repeating "successful" cases where 1 student was able to find a job within a week of graduating. I am sure this had to do with the student's language skills and being at the right place at the right time - AND nothing to do with her stupid IBT diploma. Although it does depend on individual effort, I think the school (like any business) hyped everything up.
I graduated a month ago and have not yet received any information on any new jobs. I knew ahead of time and spoke up on my concerns that May is a really bad time for jobs within the airline industry because most people are hired for the summer in February / Early March and the next mass hire is usually in the fall - but the teacher tried to convince me otherwise.
I would NOT recommend wasting your time and energy at IBT. Instead, focus on building knowledge of a 2nd or 3rd language, work on your customer service skills, practice mock interviews, speak to people in the industry, apply for jobs at airports and network. Airlines don't need you to have working knowledge of the job because they spend 6-8 weeks training you on EVERYTHING before you start so this information is really not needed. Plus, you learn very basic and general information at IBT, you will still need to re-learn everything for specific airplanes and airlines.
I keep in touch with most of these women and none out of 12 girls have landed a job within a month. It may be too soon and the wrong time to apply, but I mean a heads up would be great and why wouldn't IBT plan ahead to make the class graduate in time for when airlines hire??
I have also heard stories from the other girls that right after graduating, there have been a lack of responses to emails, no phone call returns, etc.
And don't be pressured by "Oh the classes are getting full very quickly" that is ALL bullshit. I was compelled to make a rash decision because of this. And don't pay attention to the "requirements" portion of the admissions either. The only requirements is that you can understand English, have no criminal record, and have deep pockets.
The ONLY pro would be that I met an amazing group of women who I can honestly say I would choose to remain friends with outside of class.
Good luck and stay away from IBT everyone! Hopefully this is of use to you, I wish I paid attention before making this stupid and rash decision. read more