United Airlines | Flight Attendant

Summary

AIRLINE is seeking enthusiastic and qualified Flight Attendants to join their team in Newark, New Jersey, United States. This full-time position offers a dynamic role involving aircraft safety, emergency response, and exceptional customer service, with opportunities for global travel and compensation for language skills.

About the Role

Flight Attendants are integral to ensuring passenger safety and comfort during flights. Responsibilities include responding effectively to a range of situations from medical emergencies and severe weather to security threats and aircraft evacuations. The role also involves providing high-quality customer service, managing onboard sales, and resolving passenger issues with professionalism. Flight Attendants represent AIRLINE, working both independently and collaboratively within a 24/7 global operation that requires flexibility with scheduling, including nights, weekends, holidays, and extended periods away from their assigned base.

Requirements

• Minimum age of 21 years.
• High school diploma or GED required; two or more years of college preferred.
• Minimum of one year of customer service experience in the service industry.
• Fluent English (speak, read, write, understand).
• Fluent Dutch (read, speak).
• Ability to communicate clearly and audibly in emergency situations.
• Adequate hearing to detect all types and ranges of sound.
• Ability to operate required electronic devices.
• Capacity to sit in a jump seat with a fastened seatbelt and shoulder harness.
• Physical ability to perform standing, walking, kneeling, bending, stooping, stretching, lifting, reaching, pushing, and pulling tasks, including maneuvering a beverage cart up to 250 pounds.
• Successful completion of a functional reach assessment: a combined 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach.
• Valid passport book with at least 18 months of remaining validity, two consecutive blank pages, and unrestricted global travel eligibility.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule, including weekdays, weekends, holidays, nights, extended hours, and reserve assignments on short notice.
• Ability to meet specific uniform, hair, tattoo, piercing, grooming, and oral-adornment guidelines, including restrictions on tattoo location, size, coverage, and content.
• Successful completion of an evacuation drill, DOT drug screening, background checks (including a 10-year check for travel eligibility to/from AIRLINE destinations), fingerprinting, vision and hearing tests, and FAA and AIRLINE medical standards.
• A minimum arm reach of 193 cm.
• Ability to swim.