As I mentioned above, Your BMI is a ratio of your weight and height. It’s a good way to gauge whether your weight is in healthy proportion to your height. In fact, knowing your BMI can help you determine any health risks you may face if it’s outside of the healthy range.

Now from the airline’s point of view, it is exactly the same. The airlines need to know if you are generally healthy before you submit your online application and the BMI number is helping them to determine exactly that. Bear in mind that the recruitment process and initial cabin crew training provided by the airline cost lots of money therefore choosing the right and healthy candidate is the top priority for the recruitment team.

The cabin crew job is physically very demanding even though it doesn’t look like it when you are travelling as a passenger. Therefore keeping yourself in excellent shape should be one of your main concerns when applying for a cabin crew job. You don’t need to be an excellent athlete or a muscle man, just generally in very good health.

Let’s have a look at what the airlines included in the minimum requirements for the cabin crew job: