Cabin crew attestation
The EASA Cabin Crew Attestation (CCA): proof you have completed approved initial safety training, required to fly for any EU airline.
Definition
The cabin crew attestation is the document issued under EASA Part-CC to anyone who has completed an approved cabin crew initial training course and passed its examination. Every cabin crew member operating for an EASA airline must hold one, and it is the closest thing Europe has to a cabin crew licence — though it is formally an attestation of training, not a licence, and it is not a job. It is issued by a national authority or an approved training organisation and recognised across all EASA states.
What it means for you
Some airlines put you through the CCA as part of their own initial course; others, notably some low-cost carriers, expect you to arrive with one or to pay for it through a training provider. Holding a CCA before you apply can shorten your training and widen your options within Europe, but it does not replace the airline's own type and service training, and it means nothing to a Gulf or US employer. The UK has issued its own attestation since leaving EASA, and the two are not automatically interchangeable.
In practice
Air France runs a work-study pathway that trains young candidates for the CCA while they earn; a Ryanair or Wizz Air joiner without one completes it inside the airline's initial course before flying the line.
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Related terms
4 terms- EASARegulationEuropean Union Aviation Safety Agency — the EU regulator whose Air Operations rules set cabin crew training, attestation and duty limits.
- Initial trainingSafety & trainingThe four-to-eight-week course that turns a successful candidate into a licensed, type-qualified cabin crew member.
- Cabin crew licenceRegulationA state licence to act as cabin crew — required in Brazil, Mexico, Chile and Colombia; Europe uses an attestation, the US a certificate.
- SEPSafety & trainingSafety and Emergency Procedures — the core safety syllabus every cabin crew member is trained and re-examined on.