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United Airlines
United’s process is application, assessment, video, then Houston face-to-face and 6.5-week training. Confirm on careers.united.com — do not trust screenshots.
Official: careers.united.com/us/en/path-to-inflight
What they call the steps
- Watching
- Applied
- Video
- Houston
- CJO
- Training
- After wings
Resume, STAR stories, and the day-of playbook still apply. Swap the city. Do not say travel benefits. Put this airline on your desk so American’s dates do not overwrite these.
Official map
- Path to Inflight — steps, Houston voucher, two tries in five years
- Flight attendant information — requirements, reapply, “no news is not a no”
FAQ, checked 20 Sep 2026
- How long after a TBNT?
- Official: 12 months from the date you submitted the initial application, after a rejection from the assessment or an interview. The group says that also covers F2F no-show and withdrawal. United’s page does not. Ask Recruiting.
- What is Hang Tight?
- Cafeteria: a holding email while the portal stays under review. Official: high demand, they email next steps, silence is not necessarily a no.
- Where is the F2F?
- Official: Houston. Voucher if you are not local. Hotel is usually on you. Floor: Thursdays happen. Two in-person attempts in five years — official.
- ODVI question count?
- Peers: about eight items, three recorded. Retakes unclear. Use the invite in your inbox.
- Reserve hours?
- AFA contract: 78 hours pay and credit a month if you stay available. 24-hour RAP talk in the group is not the sentence we will treat as current — read this year’s reserve guide.
From the floor
Hopeful United Airlines Flight Attendants, harvest 20 Sep 2026. Paraphrase only.
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Official clock: 12 months from the first application
Checked 20 Sep 2026 on careers.united.com flight-attendant information: after you are rejected from the assessment or an interview, you may re-apply after 12 months from the date you submitted the initial application. The cafeteria says that clock still runs after an F2F no-show or a withdrawal. United’s page does not spell those cases. Ask Recruiting. Do not treat a group comment as the date.
United careers FAQ vs Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
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Hang Tight is a holding pattern, not a TBNT
Official: high demand; no news is not necessarily a no; they email next steps. Floor: August applicants got two Hang Tight emails with the portal still “under review.” A July pre-record sat the same way. September 9–10 apply/assess people reported ODVI within days; a 2026-4 late-July batch was still waiting for a button. Watch email and the profile. Do not spam a second date.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
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The portal lags the email
One person got a CTO while the profile still said Interview. Another saw Not Selected after the 1:1 and was told that means you are not moving — a TBNT email may follow. Official status lives on the candidate profile and the email, not a Facebook decode.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
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Do not assume another airline’s ALTA transfers
People asked whether an assessment done for a different carrier can be reused at United before a year is up. No official answer in that harvest. Sit United’s assessment unless Recruiting tells you otherwise in writing.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
video
ODVI format is in the invite, not the group
Peers described about eight items: roughly three recorded scenarios, some typed/rule questions, a written close. Retake rules were unclear. One person said they restarted after fumbling and did better — that is one story, not a policy. Test camera, light, wall. Answer the assessment the same way twice if they rephrase it. Official Path to Inflight: pre-record, then a 30-minute live virtual. STAR.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026 vs Path to Inflight
video
If a recruiter moves your 1:1, wait for that recruiter
Peers: do not grab a random open slot after a postpone. Live Zoom is short. Smile from the start. Situation, action, result. Ten stories beat fifteen speeches. Equipment check the hour before.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
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Houston. Two tries in five years.
Official Path to Inflight: in-person at Houston, group plus 1:1, flight voucher if you are not local, two in-person attempts in five years. Floor: dates include Thursdays, not only Mon–Wed. Arrive the day before. Pantsuits were common among people who left with a CTO — observation, not a rule. Conservative dress or a jacket. Do not room-share with a stranger from the group; they are not vetted.
Path to Inflight vs Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
training
Class dates move. The manual wins on shoes.
Peers: offer mid-September, class late November into January; holidays may push. That is a report, not a roster. Men’s dress shoes “no laces” showed up once — read the training packet you are sent. Official process after Houston is a Conditional Training Offer, then DOT checks, drug screen, fingerprints, vision/hearing, then training.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
reserve
78 hours is contract. 24-hour RAP is the rumor to check.
AFA contract: reserves are guaranteed 78 hours pay and credit a month; unavailable days cut it. Floor still describes 24-hour on-call and ~12 days off. Peers also said a newer RAP system may shorten coverage. Read the current reserve guide, not a 2024 screenshot. Dropping a reserve day can cut the guarantee. Research the base before you take a regional CJO as a placeholder.
AFA contract vs Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
general
United, Delta, and a regional CJO at once is normal — and messy
People were sitting United and Delta while walking Envoy or SkyWest F2Fs. Compare commute, probation, and the actual contract before you sign a regional as a backup. Do not paste United interview questions or recruiter names in the group. Pass-rider and dependent nonrev talk in that harvest was not solid enough to print as rules.
Hopeful UA FAs · harvest Sep 20, 2026
Shared kit: story bank, day of, all floor notes.