About This Role
United Airlines is hiring full-time Flight Attendants who speak Hebrew fluently and can provide safe, professional, and compassionate service across the airline’s global network. Candidates complete six and a half weeks of initial training in Houston before receiving an assigned base, which may include Newark or another United hub or flight attendant base. The role requires flexible 24/7 availability, reserve assignments, extensive travel, emergency-response capability, and strong customer-service judgment.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Flight Attendants ensure the highest levels of onboard safety and respond effectively during aircraft evacuations, security threats, medical emergencies, severe weather, turbulence, delays, and other high-stress situations.
- They engage directly with customers, provide warm and professional service, resolve issues with judgment and compassion, influence customer loyalty, and represent United with pride.
- Responsibilities include serving and selling food and beverages, including alcohol, operating required electronic devices and cabin equipment, assisting with luggage and window exits, and pushing or pulling the beverage cart.
- Flight Attendants must work independently and as part of a team, remain dependable and timely, accept reserve assignments on short notice, and be prepared to work globally around the clock while spending several days away from their assigned base.
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 must read and speak Hebrew fluently. They must communicate clearly and loudly enough to be heard during emergencies, hear the required ranges of sound, meet FAA and United hearing and vision standards, and be able to stand, walk, kneel, bend, stoop, stretch, reach, lift heavy objects, push or pull a beverage cart weighing up to 250 pounds, and sit in a jump seat with the restraint system secured. Applicants must pass a functional reach assessment with a combined 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach while barefoot. A valid passport book with at least 18 months of remaining validity and two consecutive blank pages is required, along with unrestricted eligibility to travel to and from all countries served by United as working crew. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and willing to work weekdays, weekends, holidays, nights, extended hours, and reserve assignments. They must meet grooming, uniform, tattoo, piercing, and appearance standards
- pass the required water evacuation drill, DOT and FAA drug screening, background checks, fingerprinting, and vision and hearing tests
- and satisfy the ten-year background-check and travel-admissibility requirements.