Over 40 new TUI cabin crew ready to fly at Glasgow Airport

TUI whittled down over ten thousand applications and 41 cabin crew and four pilots have received their training and gained their 'wings' just in time for the airport's summer season. 

Most of the training takes place at the firm's centre in the East Midlands, where recruits are taught everything about safety and service.

The new cabin crew have been recruited to work across each of TUI’s 23 regional bases.

Before taking to the skies in Glasgow, the new graduates attended their wings ceremony after six weeks of intense training. 

Meanwhile, the four new pilots are ready to ferry holidaymakers to and from Glasgow and their favourite destinations, with the most popular this summer including Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Cancun in Mexico.   

TUI’s head of cabin crew management, Ian Campbell, said: “This year we saw unprecedented interest, with thousands applying for the roles available; and 10,000 applications flying in during the first week.

"One day we could be teaching them how to safely pour a cup of tea and the next they are jumping out of an aircraft on our safety evacuation slide.

"This isn’t a normal 9 to 5, we operate 24/7, 365 days a year and the training is about getting the new recruits into that mindset.

“Their commitment to working and studying hard to be the best cabin crew they can is inspiring and fuels the entire team’s motivation.

"The new entrants inject a wonderful dose of positive energy into our regional bases, and their excitement is contagious.

"The sheer volume of learning is always a shock to entrants, but when they get their wings and put on their uniforms it becomes real; they are finally in the job they’ve aspired to."