'Didn't feel like work': Devastated air hostess speaks out after losing 'dream job'
Travellers aren’t the only ones left stranded by the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook, with shattered employees also facing an uncertain immediate future.
About 22,000 staff, who up until Monday travelled the world for work, are now unemployed and an emergency operation is underway to help 150,000 British tourists get back home.
Many of the British tour operator’s workers left with no income and unknown future employment have shared their grievances to social media in the wake of the sudden news.
One man who worked as a flight attendant wrote to Instagram he “loved working for such an amazing company” and described going to work “like having a day out with your besties”.
Another heartbroken air hostess shared several pictures from her job, which she said ended up being far more.
“It was my lifestyle, my family, my friends, it was my everything,” she wrote.
“I am so thankful for all the amazing experiences and places I’ve been to, Thomas Cook you have shown me the world and the sky was my office.”
Another woman working as a flight attendant shared a similar sentiment.
“They say find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life,” she wrote.
“I can honestly say I have loved every single second of working for Thomas Cook.”
Chloe Bain shot to Instagram notoriety after scoring a job with Thomas Cook as an air hostess, which she described as her “dream job”.
“Wow I am absolutely devastated to say the least, what a summer I’ve had. I found the job of my dreams and met some amazing people that I will never forget,” she wrote in a post on Monday.
“Thomas Cook you was (sic) an absolute pleasure to work for hands down the best company, for all my TC family good luck for the future. Onwards and upwards.”
Tearful staff and weary travellers touched down at Manchester Airport on Monday on the last ever scheduled Thomas Cook flight, bringing an end to 178 years of holiday-making history.
The firm's collapse has prompted the UK's biggest ever peacetime repatriation to bring 150,000 stranded customers home.
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