About This Role
United Airlines is hiring full-time Flight Attendants who can speak Dutch and fluent English. New hires complete 6.5 weeks of paid-support initial training in Houston, then receive an assigned base within United’s network, with relocation funds not provided. The role combines aircraft safety, emergency response, customer service, onboard sales, and global travel, with a flexible 24/7 schedule, hourly flight pay, benefits, travel privileges, and language-related additional compensation.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Flight Attendants are responsible for maintaining the highest levels of safety, responding effectively during aircraft evacuations, security threats, delays, medical emergencies, severe weather, and turbulence, and communicating clearly in high-stress situations.
- They provide attentive customer service, serve and sell food and beverages including alcohol, resolve customer issues with judgment, compassion, and grace, and build customer loyalty through positive interpersonal interactions.
- The role requires representing United with pride, working independently and as part of a team, adapting to varied customer-facing situations, operating required electronic equipment, and following all safety, service, cleanliness, uniform, and grooming standards.
- Flight Attendants support United’s global 24/7 operation, including nights, weekends, holidays, reserve assignments, extended hours, and periods away from their assigned base for several days at a time.
Requirements
- Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have a high school diploma or GED, and have at least one year of customer service experience in the service industry
- two or more years of college are preferred. Candidates must speak, read, write, and understand English fluently and read and speak Dutch fluently. They must communicate clearly and loudly enough to be heard in an emergency, hear all types and ranges of sound, operate electronic devices, sit in a jump seat with the seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened, and perform the required standing, walking, kneeling, bending, stooping, stretching, lifting, reaching, and pushing and pulling of a beverage cart weighing up to 250 pounds. Applicants must pass a functional reach assessment with a combined 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach and hold, without shoes. A valid passport book with at least 18 months of remaining validity, two consecutive blank pages, and unrestricted eligibility to travel globally is required, as is legal authorization to work in the United States. Candidates must follow uniform, hair, tattoo, piercing, grooming, and oral-adornment guidelines
- tattoos are restricted by location, size, coverage, and content. They must be willing to work weekdays, weekends, holidays, nights, extended hours, and reserve assignments on short notice, and must complete the required evacuation drill, DOT drug screening, background checks, fingerprinting, vision and hearing tests, and FAA and United medical standards. A 10-year background check must not prohibit travel to or from United destinations.