I’m a Flight Attendant as a Side Hustle. Combining Flying With My Full-Time Job Is More Realistic Than I Thought.

This article originally appeared on Business Insider.

This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Arta Uma Upmale, a 26-year-old social-media manager and part-time flight attendant at airBaltic, Latvia’s flagship carrier airline. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I started at airBaltic in 2021 as a social-media manager. I loved my job, and then it got even better — I had the chance to become a part-time flight attendant.

After pandemic restrictions lifted and air travel got back to normal, airBaltic needed extra aircraft staff, so it launched its “Office in the Sky” program. It allows the company’s office workers to undergo cabin-crew training and

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