The CEO of Lufthansa Jens Ritter, poses as a flight attendant for a day.

Lufthansa Airlines CEO Jens Ritter switched roles for the day when he recently went undercover working as a flight attendant on flights to Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport (RUH) and Bahrain International Airport (BAH).


Jens Ritter, CEO of Lufthansa Airlines, recently went undercover to work as a flight attendant on flights to Bahrain International Airport (BAH) and King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh.

Ritter offered his opinions on the experience in a LinkedIn post, stating that in order to get new thoughts, it is necessary to modify one's perspective.

“I have been working for the Lufthansa Group for many years. But I have never had the opportunity to work as part of the cabin crew,” Ritter said. 

Ritter qualified as a captain on the Airbus A320 at Germanwings in 2014 and had been a commercial pilot for Lufthansa since 2000. 

“I used to fly as a pilot and so I thought I knew about the challenges a flight during the night entails. But to be present and attentive and charming – when the biological clock just tells you to sleep – was something entirely different,” Ritter added.

Jens worked in the economy cabin on the aircraft back to Frankfurt Airport (FRA) after serving in the business class cabin on the flight to Riyadh. 

“I was amazed by how much there is to organize, especially, if something doesn’t go as planned – for example, the meals offered on the menu cards were not exactly the meals loaded on board. It was so interesting to address the guests’ wishes individually, to deal with the different energy everyone has,” Ritter said of the experience.

Following his term, Ritter declared that he had made the decision that things in the office would "be different after really feeling the decisions on board."

Ritter is not the first executive from an airline to hold a flight attendant position. 



During a flight from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport (AMS) in May 2023, KLM CEO Marjan Rinterl also assisted passengers.

After losing a bet to Tony Fernandes of Air Asia, the founder of the Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson, posed to be a flight attendant.

 




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