• What does an Airline Ticket Agent do?. • Why did you become an Airline Ticket Agent? Would you encourage others to become involved? Why? • How does

• What does an Airline Ticket Agent do?. • Why did you become an Airline Ticket Agent? Would you encourage others to become involved? Why? • How does one prepare for this career? (Training, certificate, degree, etc.) • What skills or abilities do you think someone should have before entering this field? • What do you enjoy most about your job? • What is the most frustrating thing about your job? • What pleasant things happened that balance the stress of this job?. • How do you deal with the stress involved in working with angry airline passengers (suggestions for others)? How is math used on a daily basis? Please provide an example. • What is the most unusual thing that has happened to you as an Airline Ticket Agent? How is communication used daily? Can you provide an example of a problem with communication/listening and how you solved it?. • How are decisions part of your daily job? Please provide an example. How would an Airline Ticket Agent make such a decision? • What do you find rewarding about your job?. • What stereotypes or misconceptions exist about this field (and what is the truth behind them)? • Do you have a personal work philosophy that has driven you to accomplish what you have?. • What advice would you give someone pursuing this field? • What future do you see with this field? (The Occupational Outlook Handbook suggests this field is overloaded with people. Do you agree? Why or why not?) What is the average starting pay for an Airline Ticket Agent? • Do you think the use of computers will help this field grow, or require fewer Airline Ticket Agents?.