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Yes, you absolutely stand a chance. I myself have a mild to medium stutter (depending on the situation). I work as a second mate on cargo ship which involves giving orders to people, talking on radios, talking to authorities and people in general. One thing I have learned from personal experience is that being smart and knowledgeable about what you do results in confidence that you are good at your job which in turn boosts your overall confidence. This will reduce your stuttering to a degree where it doesn't really interferes with your job. I am a 30 y.o. man and I don't think I'll ever get completely fluent, but I got my stutter reduced to a comfortable level where I can work and live a normal life. But enough about me. From what I've read from your post, you have already done good progress on your stuttering. Starting conversations, speaking in class, speaking in front of people - that puts you waaay ahead of me when I was in school, even now to be honest in regards to progress. And you are very young. Keep doing what you do, build up you confidence by talking to people and by the time you have to apply for that flight attending job you might have as well overcome your stuttering. As far as the flight attending, it was always up to my impression they hired people based on looks, for example hiring tall and good looking women. I think that's their number 1 criteria. I think they could care less if you have a mild stutter. Add also that you basically have to learn a dozen or so phrases which you will use 99% of the time. I've never thought the flight attendant to be some some kind of great public speakers or anything like that. It's like "fasten your seatbelt", "open your window shade", "would you like anything to drink?" 99% of the time, there's not much talking involved, trust me, I travel a lot. That being said I think you won't have a problem becoming a flight attendant, especially if you put your mind to it. For us stutters it's all in our heads. We can do whatever if we just believe we can do it and have a little confidence to solidify everything. I wish you all the best and I hope to see you attending a transatlantic flight some day. Keep your head up, you can do it!