I worked at an airline when I was 22, first job after university when I wanted something fun to do before starting my "career". I was a passenger service agent, so did checkin, arrivals, baggage, and this was in the time before everything was kiosks. It was fun, but after a month or so I moved into operations (at my airline, operations were staffed by passenger agents, not ramp crew). So I did lots of weight and balance, and I literally had no training other than the notes of the person who came before me. I loved it, very challenging but rewarding. I would plan where the bags went, where specific types of cargo went, and when loads were light, I figured out which seats to block off, where people were distributed in the cabin based on the cargo, etc. It was so interesting. But ya, if people think that work is being done by people with ages of training, they're wrong lol... Sorry if that freaks people out, but it's how it is. Airline jobs pay crap, it's not an industry you join for the money, it's becase you want to work there and/or get flight benefits. For me it wasn't the flight benefits, I don't particularly like flying at all. It's the airport that I loved, doing the scheduling, gate assignments, staff distribution... Sounds geeky I know, but I loved it then, and still love it as a personal interest, since I haven't worked at the airport since January 2008
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