About the Role
Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together.
Responsibilities
- Ensure the highest levels of safety.
- Adapt and respond to different types of customer-facing scenarios with a "People-First" demeanor.
- Serve with optimism and positivity.
- Engage directly with customers through outstanding interpersonal skills, good judgment, and the ability to resolve issues with understanding, compassion, and grace.
- Influence customer loyalty through excellent service.
- Represent United with pride and distinction.
- Be available for global assignments 24/7, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended hours.
- Fulfill reserve assignments on short notice and be away from base for days at a time.
- Serve and/or sell food and beverages (including alcohol) in a diligent and professional manner.
Requirements
- Be 21 years of age or older at time of application.
- Have a high school graduate or GED; 2 or more years of college preferred.
- Have at least one year of customer service experience in the service industry (such as retail, hospitality, food, teaching/education, aviation, social service).
- Be able to speak in a clear, concise, and organized manner, loudly enough to be heard in an emergency.
- Be able to speak, read, write, and understand English fluently.
- Be able to read and speak French fluently.
- Be able to hear all types and ranges of sound.
- Effectively communicate in the event of high-stress situations such as aircraft evacuation, security threats, delays, medical emergencies, severe weather conditions, and turbulence.
- Maintain a professional appearance, excellent grooming standards, and willingness to follow uniform, hair, tattoo, and piercing guidelines.
- Tattoos are NOT permitted on the head, hands, fingers, or neck. Tattoos in these areas cannot be covered by makeup or bandages. Visible tattoos on arms, wrists, legs, and feet are permitted if they are not larger than a credit card / employee badge (3.5 inches long x 2.24 inches wide) or are covered with standard uniform pieces. Visible tattoos must not be offensive.
- Decorative covers, adornments and/or jewelry on teeth or in the mouth are not permitted.
- Be able to proficiently operate electronic devices (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) for the completion of required tasks.
- Possess a valid passport prior to application with 12 months validity remaining prior to its expiration.
- Currently possess a valid U.S. passport book or foreign passport book with applicable visas and eligibility to travel globally without restrictions. Passport book must be in good condition and have at least 12 months of remaining validity at the time of application, along with two consecutive blank pages.
- Be able to travel to and from all countries United serves without any restrictions.
- Be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, stoop, stretch, reach, lift heavy objects (such as luggage to overhead bin or window exit), and push and pull beverage cart (up to 250 lbs.).
- Be able to pass a functional reach assessment with a combined 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach and hold (simultaneous), without shoes on, in order to operate all necessary equipment, machinery, and doors.
- Be able to sit in an assigned jump seat with seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened.
- Be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Be willing and able to work a flexible schedule in support of United’s 24/7 operation (must be available to work weekdays, weekends, holidays, etc. on scheduled/reserve days).
- Successfully complete an evacuation drill in the water (pool) during training.
- Be willing to complete pre-employment DOT drug screen, comprehensive background checks, fingerprinting, and vision/hearing tests.
- Be able to pass DOT/FAA pre-employment and randomized drug screens. Medical and recreational marijuana is prohibited.
- Be able to pass a 10-year background check, including criminal background history. Background must not prohibit travel to or from anywhere United flies.
- Meet hearing and vision requirements as established by the Federal Aviation Administration and United Airlines, including not having hearing loss on audiometry in better ear greater than 40 dB when losses at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz are averaged; and, each eye must be 20/40 or better corrected for both far and near vision.
- Must be willing to relocate to one of the seven hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, Washington Dulles, or one of our other flight attendant base locations (relocation funds not provided).
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Good judgment
- Problem-solving
- Customer service
- Communication
- Adaptability
- Flexibility
- Dependability
- Timeliness
- Teamwork
- Proficiency in operating electronic devices
- French language fluency
Location
- Chicago
- Denver
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- Newark
- San Francisco
- Washington Dulles
Work Type
- Full-time
- Global assignments
- 24/7 operation
Experience Level
- Entry Level
Education Level
- High school graduate or GED
- 2 or more years of college preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Starting hourly flight pay of $38.21/hour
- Top of base scale at $100.13/hour by 2030
- Annual base pay increases through 2030
- Seniority based pay increases
- Additional compensation for language skills, lead positions, and international trips
- $1,000 bonus for successful training graduates
- Starting rate of $38.21
- Bonus eligible position (i.e. profit sharing)
Benefits
- Travel privileges: Fly around the world on United and bring your loved ones.
- 401(k)
- Health/dental/vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Plan for you and your family
- Paid time off for sick and vacation
- Free uniforms
- Luggage
- Inclusive uniform standards
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life, accident & disability insurance
- Commuter benefits
- Paid holidays
- Flight privileges (subject to the respective collective bargaining agreement)
About the Company
- United has over 30,000 active flight attendants.
- United is the largest airline in the world with the most expansive network.
- United is growing faster than we have ever grown.
Equal Opportunity
- United Airlines is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.
- We provide reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation, contact JobAccommodations@united.com.
