Southwest requirements · 2026

Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Requirements

Southwest's evergreen flight-attendant page provides a useful core of stable checks, while opening-specific qualifications still need to be confirmed in the active job listing.

Official airline sourcesReviewed Independent comparison
Reviewed key facts

Southwest requirements at a glance

Minimum age20

The reviewed official page states age 20 at application.

EducationDiploma or GED

A high school diploma or GED is represented in the current rule ledger.

PassportValid and unexpired

The reviewed page requires a valid, unexpired passport.

Work authorizationUnited States

U.S. work authorization is a represented hard requirement.

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What the stable page lets us check

CabinReady Fit represents Southwest's published age, education, passport, and U.S. work-authorization requirements as direct checks.

A result can still remain Check details because no evergreen summary should replace the current vacancy-specific listing.

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Physical and water-evacuation tasks

The reviewed Southwest material describes reaching, kneeling, aisle, exit, jumpseat, lifting, and water-evacuation expectations.

The assessment records whether an applicant acknowledges those published tasks. It does not determine medical fitness, conduct a test, or predict training performance.

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What is deliberately not inferred

This page does not invent a customer-service duration, a numeric reach threshold, or any missing active-listing qualification.

When the stable source does not publish a complete criterion, the correct result is to check the active role—not to fill the gap from a third-party article.

Before applying

Complete these checks on the current listing

  • Confirm that Southwest is accepting flight-attendant applications.
  • Compare the active listing with the reviewed evergreen page.
  • Verify that the passport will remain valid through the required dates.
  • Review every published physical and water-training expectation.
Known source limitation:

Opening-specific requirements and hiring availability are not evaluated.