Jet2.com · Flight attendant / steward

Cabin crew - London Gatwick base

Jet2.com is recruiting cabin crew for its London Gatwick base. The role involves ensuring passenger safety and delivering good customer service on board. Previous cabin crew experience is not required, though experience in another customer-facing role is welcome.

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Airline: Jet2.com
Position: Flight attendant / steward
Location: London Gatwick, U.K.
Contract: Full-time Fixed Term contract until the end of the Summer Season (November 2027), with potential to return for Summer 2028
Posted: 12 October 2026

The essentials

Base at London Gatwick
Full-time fixed term contract until November 2027, with possible return for Summer 2028
4-week CAA approved paid training course with no upfront costs
Variable shifts including early mornings, late evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays
Rosters that change week to week
Only one cabin crew application allowed per recruitment season

What the posting asks for

Valid UK/EU passport with required validity
Able to provide a full 5-year employment, education or activity history
Must pass pre-employment referencing and criminal record checks
Able to comply with medical and health and safety requirements
Able to continually fasten the safety harness on the crew jump seat
Must meet required reach and mobility standards
Able to travel reliably to and from the airport base for all rostered shifts
No previous cabin crew experience required, but customer service skills expected

What the airline offers

4-week CAA approved paid training course with no upfront costs
Discounts on Jet2.com and Jet2holidays flights and holidays
Contributory pension scheme and life assurance of 3x annual salary
37 days annual leave per year (pro rata, including Bank Holidays)
Employee Assistance Programme for colleagues and their families
Potential career progression to roles such as Senior Cabin Crew or Cabin Crew Performance Trainer

Summary written by Escale CCA from the airline's posting, which is the only authoritative text: read it in full before applying.

British leisure airline (flights and holidays)

Jet2.com: what to know

A British holiday airline, part of the Jet2 plc group, which also includes the tour operator Jet2holidays. It operates from 14 bases in the UK to more than 80 sun, city and ski destinations across Europe and beyond.

Hub: 14 UK bases, including Manchester, Leeds Bradford, Birmingham, London Stansted and London Gatwick
139 aircraft
80 destinations
Founded 2002

Cabin crew recruitment at Jet2.com

Conditions stated by the airline

Live within 50 miles of the base airport or be able to reach it within 75 minutes, otherwise relocate.
Be able to provide a five-year history (employment, education or activities).
Provide criminal record checks for every country lived in for more than six months over the last two years, and complete the full airport security vetting process.
Accept reporting for duty as early as 4am or 5am, on any day of the week, as well as standby duty (at home with two hours' notice, or in uniform at the airport).
Hold a valid British or European Union passport (London Stansted advert).
Be able to fasten the crew jump-seat harness at all times and meet the role's reach and mobility criteria (London Stansted advert).
Meet the applicable medical, health and safety requirements (London Stansted advert).

Selection steps stated

Online application and answers to questions on information essential to the role (around 10 minutes).
Online task-based assessment test (around 35 minutes).
Video interview: recorded answers to three questions.
4-hour face-to-face assessment session, at a venue near one of the airline's airports.
Waiting for a place on a training course (candidate pool).
Booking a place on one of the 4-week training courses.
Pre-employment checks: starting the vetting process to obtain the airport pass.
Passing the training course, then starting to fly.

The page gives no minimum age, height, language level or swimming test; vacancies are published by airport (London Luton, Stansted and Gatwick at the time of consultation, on fixed-term contracts) and only one application is accepted per recruitment season.

Tips for applying

Recruitment is solely for UK bases: crew must live within 50 miles of their base airport or be able to reach it within 75 minutes, which means relocating to the UK. The job involves reporting for duty as early as 4am or 5am, standby duty at home or at the airport, frequent 12-hour days, selling products on board with a commission scheme, and cleaning the cabin. The pages consulted state no minimum age, height, language level or swimming test.

See the full Jet2.com guide →Official recruitment page ↗

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Prepare for this selection

Read the posting in full before applying: the conditions (minimum age, languages, right to work in the base's country, CCA or equivalent training) are set by the airline and vary from one to another.

The CCA is required to work as cabin crew. Depending on the airline, it is required before applying or issued at the end of the airline's own initial training: the posting says which.

Selection usually has several steps (online application, tests or interview, sometimes a group assessment day). Prepare an up-to-date CV in English, a precise reason for choosing this airline, and practise spoken English and situational exercises.

Revise for the CCA →The question bank with its ten modules, the same themes as the exam (in French).Succeed at an assessment day →How a cabin crew assessment centre works and how to prepare (in French).Selection Coaching →A written mock interview with an AI panel to practise (beta).

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