United Airlines | Flight Attendant

Flight Attendant

United Airlines is seeking German-speaking Flight Attendants to join their team in Newark, New Jersey. This dynamic role involves ensuring passenger safety, providing exceptional customer service, and managing inflight services across a global network. Successful candidates will undergo extensive training and become full-time employees with competitive compensation and benefits.

About the Role

• Ensuring the highest levels of safety and delivering outstanding customer service.
• Engaging directly with customers, exercising sound judgment, and resolving issues with empathy.
• Serving and selling food and beverages, including alcohol.
• Operating required equipment and aircraft doors.
• Assisting passengers with luggage and emergency equipment.
• Communicating effectively during aircraft evacuations, security threats, delays, medical emergencies, severe weather, and turbulence.
• Adapting to diverse customer-facing situations and maintaining a positive, service-oriented demeanor.
• Working independently and as part of a team, demonstrating dependability and punctuality.
• Being available for assignments 24/7, including nights, weekends, holidays, extended hours, short-notice reserve assignments, and periods away from base.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 21 years at the time of application.
• High school diploma or GED; two or more years of college are preferred.
• At least one year of customer service experience in the service industry.
• Fluent in English (speak, read, write, and understand).
• Fluent in German (speak and read).
• Ability to communicate clearly and audibly, and to hear all types and ranges of sound.
• Professional appearance and grooming standards, adhering to uniform, hair, tattoo, and piercing guidelines.
• Tattoos are prohibited on the head, hands, fingers, and neck. Visible tattoos on arms, wrists, legs, and feet must be no larger than a credit card or employee badge, or covered by standard uniform pieces, and must not be offensive.
• Decorative covers, adornments, and jewelry on the teeth or in the mouth are prohibited.
• Possession of a valid passport book with at least 18 months of remaining validity and two consecutive blank pages.
• Eligibility to hold applicable visas and travel globally without restrictions.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Ability to perform physical tasks including standing, walking, kneeling, bending, stooping, stretching, reaching, lifting heavy objects, and pushing/pulling a beverage cart up to 250 pounds.
• Ability to pass a functional reach assessment (76-inch vertical, 43.5-inch horizontal reach while barefoot).
• Ability to sit in a jump seat with a seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened.
• Willingness to serve and sell food and beverages, including alcohol.
• Willingness to work weekdays, weekends, holidays, nights, extended hours, and reserve assignments.
• Successful completion of a pool evacuation drill, DOT drug screening, background checks, fingerprinting, vision and hearing tests, and FAA/DOT medical and drug-screening requirements.
• Proficiency with phones, tablets, laptops, and other electronic devices.
• Swimming ability is required.