Flight AttendantUnited Airlines
Position: Flight AttendantLocation: Newark, NJPermanentSwimming Required
Min Age21+ years
Experience1 year
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog
ContractPermanent
Salary (range)$23,104-$53,688/yr
United Airlines is hiring Flight Attendants for their Newark base with opportunities across seven hub locations. Competitive starting pay of $28.88/hour with comprehensive benefits, flight privileges, and extensive training provided. Must be 21+ with customer service experience and valid U.S. passport; candidates must already have legal authorization to work in the United States.
Requirements
- Minimum 21 years of age
- High school graduate or GED equivalent
- 2 or more years of college preferred
- At least 1 year of customer service experience in service industry
- Fluent in English (spoken, read, written, and understood)
- Proficiency in second language highly desirable
- Ability to speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard in emergency
- Ability to hear all types and ranges of sound
- Professional appearance and excellent grooming standards
- Willing to follow uniform, hair, tattoo, and piercing guidelines
- No tattoos on head, hands, fingers, or neck
- Visible tattoos permitted on arms, wrists, legs, and feet if smaller than credit card (3.5 x 2.24 inches) or covered
- No offensive, violent, obscene, sexual, racist, or weapon-related tattoos
- No decorative covers, adornments, or jewelry on teeth or in mouth
- Proficient with electronic devices (phones, tablets, laptops)
- Valid passport with 18 months remaining validity
- Current physical possession of valid U.S. passport book or foreign passport with applicable visas
- Ability to travel to and from all United Airlines destinations without restrictions
- Ability to stand, walk, kneel, bend, stoop, stretch, reach, and lift heavy objects (up to luggage)
- Ability to push and pull beverage cart (up to 250 lbs)
- Functional reach assessment: 76-inch vertical and 43.5-inch horizontal reach combined without shoes
- Ability to sit in jump seat with seatbelt and shoulder harness fastened
- Willing to serve and sell food and beverages including alcohol
- Legally authorized to work in the United States
- Willing and able to work flexible 24/7 schedule including weekdays, weekends, and holidays
- Must successfully complete evacuation drill in water (pool) during training
- Must pass DOT drug screen and randomized drug screens
- No medical or recreational marijuana use
- Must pass 10-year background check including criminal history
- Must meet FAA/DOT hearing requirements (not greater than 40 dB hearing loss in better ear)
- Must meet FAA/DOT vision requirements (20/40 or better corrected for both far and near vision)
- Must pass comprehensive background checks and fingerprinting
- Must pass vision and hearing tests