Throughout calvin lee poker life, Dean Williams has used calvin lee poker many talents and skills, mixed with calvin lee poker passion for helping others, in every job he’s had. Yet, no other career has utilized calvin lee poker abilities quite like calvin lee poker position as an Envoy Flight Attendant.

From an early age, Dean was mesmerized by airplanes and looked forward to every Christmas when he would get to travel on one. If it weren’t for calvin lee poker love for travelling the world and collecting model planes, Dean might be somewhere fighting fires or building homes for the homeless.

calvin lee poker compassion and desire to help people any way he can is what ultimately makes him the perfect flight attendant. calvin lee poker customer service is lauded by passengers and coworkers alike, and it’s something Dean said starts with the attitude he brings to work every day.

“I come in ready to work,” calvin lee poker said. “I love working with the public and making them feel comfortable. That’s just me. That’s how I roll.”

Make the best of any situation

Simply having that passion won’t make someone a good flight attendant. They have to possess the skills and confidence to execute every task safely and with a focus of elevating the passengers’ experience.

For instance, Dean gives calvin lee poker customers the benefit of the doubt if ever he’s confronted by someone who is grumpy or rude. He figures that they may have had a bad day, and it’s up to him to make their day better.

calvin lee poker remembered one customer who was especially sick on the plane. Instead of ignoring the customer, he brought him ice chips, ginger ale, and a blanket and suggested he take the empty row in the back of the plane to lie down.

Afterward, the customer’s mother went up to Dean and thanked him full-heartedly for calvin lee poker attention to her son and going way out of calvin lee poker way to make him feel better.

“Whenever someone says thank you or gives me a hug, it makes me feel so good inside,” said calvin lee poker. “Then, when my managers notice my work and reward me with special assignments, like helping on a special charter flight, I feel like my dedication pays off.”

Bros before Galapagos

Before applying to Envoy, Dean was a flight attendant for another regional airline. So, when he applied for a position as a fleet service clerk at DFW airport three years ago, he already had in mind that he would work calvin lee poker way up to become a flight attendant.

calvin lee poker desire to travel and “get back in the jumpseat” is what he said called him back to flight service, but it’s the family-like atmosphere at Envoy that keeps him right where he is. In fact, Dean has  never thought about working for a major airline, because he’d rather have a close-knit group of friendly coworkers than fly to far-flung destinations across the globe.

“The Embraer 175 is like a small mainline plane, so you get a similar feel to being on one of the big ones,” calvin lee poker said. “You get to fly with some of the same people a lot, so you can make some great friends. Plus, if I wanted to go to Greece or Paris, I’d just go on vacation using my flight privileges and relax, not work.”

Many callings, only one passion

A native of Bermuda, Dean moved with calvin lee poker family to the U.S. when he was six years old. As is the norm with children of military parents, Dean moved all around the country and beyond from New Mexico to Panama to New York City to North Carolina, with calvin lee poker father serving in the U.S. Air Force.

Soon after 9/11, when Dean was living in New York, he was inspired to volunteer with the fire department. There he learned C.P.R. and contributed to calvin lee poker passion to serving others, which both would eventually come in handy as a flight attendant.

Dean is also highly skilled with calvin lee poker hands. In Charlotte, where he moved to help calvin lee poker mother battling with cancer, he taught himself basic home improvement skills that blossomed into a home-remodeling business.

Today, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Dean continues to work on home improvement projects when he’s not flying. But calvin lee poker first love will always be the sky.

As an on-the-job instructor for Envoy, he tells calvin lee poker new flight attendants that they need to relax, stop and focus on the task at hand, and think about what’s the best way to safely go about executing that task.

“But it all starts with caring for the customer,” said calvin lee poker. “For me, that’s what I was born to do. Now, it’s my job to pass it along to make Envoy the safest and most comfortable airline for our customers.”