There is almost no average day. The career is quite an interesting one; you either love it or you hate it. I have seen very little in between the two. Some people just have the spark, and once it's in their blood it is very hard to leave the occupation. It really all depends on what airline you working for and in what sector of the industry. For instance, when I was a regional airline flight attendant, I sat reserve for a very short time. By six months, i could basically bid what I wanted and pick up almost unlimited hours. At one of the big three, my time was mostly sitting around in an unfamiliar city waiting for a call that usually never came. But I loved it! The trips were second-to-none when I did receive them. The biggest challenge to the flight attendant career is not to get bored. Sometimes you get very bored and you forget how good you have it as in my case when I jumped to a higher paying management role at another company. Despite being much more comfortable financially now, I hate my existence at my current non-flying job and miss every single day of flying for a major airline, even the sitting around on reserve. You also have to be very good at balancing safety and customer service. So many people I have flown with have not achieved that balance.