As of June 2026, Flight Attendants has an AI-exposure score of 51/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.

AI Exposure Score for

Flight Attendants

51/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 36% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$63,580. About 19,800 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).

Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.

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How you compare to similar Transportation roles

Flight Attendants (you)
51
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51
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51
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51
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51
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Your tasks, by AI exposure

Automatable
  • Operate audio and video systems.
  • Answer passengers' questions about flights, aircraft, weather, travel routes and services, arrival times, or schedules.
  • Determine special assistance needs of passengers, such as small children, the elderly, or persons with disabilities.
  • Verify that first aid kits and other emergency equipment, including fire extinguishers and oxygen bottles, are in working order.
  • Prepare reports showing places of departure and destination, passenger ticket numbers, meal and beverage inventories, the conditions of cabin equipment, and any problems encountered by passengers.
Augmentable
  • Walk aisles of planes to verify that passengers have complied with federal regulations prior to takeoffs and landings.
  • Announce and demonstrate safety and emergency procedures, such as the use of oxygen masks, seat belts, and life jackets.
  • Direct and assist passengers in emergency procedures, such as evacuating a plane following an emergency landing.
  • Prepare passengers and aircraft for landing, following procedures.
  • Announce flight delays and descent preparations.
  • Assist passengers entering or disembarking the aircraft.
  • Monitor passenger behavior to identify threats to the safety of the crew and other passengers.
  • Administer first aid to passengers in distress.
  • Greet passengers boarding aircraft and direct them to assigned seats.
  • Attend preflight briefings concerning weather, altitudes, routes, emergency procedures, crew coordination, lengths of flights, food and beverage services offered, and numbers of passengers.
  • Collect money for meals and beverages.
  • Check to ensure that food, beverages, blankets, reading material, emergency equipment, and other supplies are aboard and are in adequate supply.
  • Inspect and clean cabins, checking for any problems and making sure that cabins are in order.
  • Conduct periodic trips through the cabin to ensure passenger comfort and to distribute reading material, headphones, pillows, playing cards, and blankets.
  • Reassure passengers when situations, such as turbulence, are encountered.
Durable

No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (75%).

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