United Airlines | Flight Attendant

Flight Attendant

United Airlines is seeking motivated and customer-focused individuals to join our team as Flight Attendants. This role offers a unique opportunity to travel the world while providing exceptional service and ensuring the safety of our passengers. United Airlines is the largest airline globally, experiencing rapid growth and offering a dynamic career path.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure the highest levels of safety for all passengers.
• Provide exceptional customer service with a people-first demeanor, demonstrating optimism, positivity, and outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Adapt to and respond effectively to various customer-facing scenarios, resolving issues with understanding, compassion, and grace.
• Influence customer loyalty through excellent service delivery.
• Represent United Airlines 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 extended periods.
• Demonstrate dependability and timeliness in all aspects of the role.
• Work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Serve and sell food and beverages, including alcohol, in a diligent and professional manner.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• At least 21 years of age at the time of application.
• High school graduate or GED; 2 or more years of college preferred.
• A minimum of one year of customer service experience in the service industry (e.g., retail, hospitality, food, education, aviation, social service).
• Ability to speak clearly, concisely, and in an organized manner, with sufficient volume to be heard in an emergency.
• Fluent in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding English.
• Fluent in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding Greek.
• Ability to hear all types and ranges of sound.
• Effective communication skills in high-stress situations, including aircraft evacuations, security threats, delays, medical emergencies, severe weather, and turbulence.
• Professional appearance, excellent grooming standards, and adherence to uniform, hair, tattoo, and piercing guidelines. Tattoos are not permitted on the head, hands, fingers, or neck and cannot be covered by makeup or bandages. Visible tattoos on arms, wrists, legs, and feet must not be larger than a credit card (3.5 inches long x 2.24 inches wide) or must be covered by standard uniform pieces. Visible tattoos must not be offensive.
• No decorative covers, adornments, or jewelry on teeth or in the mouth.
• Proficiency in operating electronic devices (phones, tablets, laptops).
• Must possess a valid passport book with at least 18 months of remaining validity prior to its expiration date at the time of application.
• Currently possess a valid U.S. passport book or foreign passport book with applicable visas, allowing unrestricted global travel.
• Ability to travel to and from all countries served by United without restrictions.
• Ability to stand, walk, kneel, bend, stoop, stretch, reach, lift heavy objects, and push/pull a beverage cart up to 250 lbs.
• Ability to pass a functional reach assessment with a combined 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach and hold (simultaneous), without shoes on.
• Ability to sit in an assigned jump seat with a seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Willing and able to work a flexible schedule supporting United's 24/7 operation, including weekdays, weekends, and holidays.
• Must successfully complete an evacuation drill in the water during training.
• Must be willing to complete pre-employment DOT drug screen, comprehensive background checks, fingerprinting, and vision/hearing tests.
• Must pass DOT/FAA pre-employment and randomized drug screens. Medical and recreational marijuana are prohibited.
• Must pass a 10-year background check, including criminal history, ensuring no prohibition of travel to any country United serves.
• Meet hearing and vision requirements as established by the FAA and United Airlines: hearing loss in the better ear no greater than 40 dB averaged at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz; each eye must be 20/40 or better corrected for both far and near vision.

Training and Onboarding:

• Attend a 6.5-week Initial Training program in Houston, TX, covering United's safety and service standards.
• Training includes a stipend of $140 per week, dual occupancy hotel accommodations, breakfast, and one additional meal per day.
• Base assignment in one of seven hubs: Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Newark, San Francisco, or Washington Dulles, or other flight attendant base locations. Relocation funds are not provided.
• Following successful completion of training and base orientation, candidates will be welcomed as full-time employees.

Compensation and Benefits:

• Starting hourly flight pay of $28.88, with top of base scale at $67.11/hour.
• Seniority-based pay increases and additional compensation for language skills, lead positions, and international trips.
• Bonus eligible position (profit sharing).
• Competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k), vacation, and sick time.
• Flight privileges for employees, family, and friends on a standby basis.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off.

The job posting end date is June 1, 2026.