AirlineUnited StatesNorth AmericaUAL / UA
Registered as United Airlines, Inc..
Verified 30 July 2026
United Airlines is a US legacy carrier flying a large mixed Boeing and Airbus fleet across a global hub-and-spoke network. It hires first officers directly for pilots holding an unrestricted ATP, and separately runs the Aviate ab-initio program and a Military Pilot Program with reduced hour requirements for active-duty veterans.
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What the operator asks for
Only what United Airlines states publicly. "Not stated" means the operator does not publish that figure, not that there is no requirement, and never that the requirement is zero.
Any age, nationality, residency, height or vision criterion above is the operator's own stated criterion, quoted from its own page. Some such criteria are lawful where an operator recruits and unlawful elsewhere, including in the EU. SkyStudy reports them factually and does not adopt them as requirements of its own.
Every published profile is checked by hand against the operator's own careers page, and is flagged for a recheck 180 days after that check. Requirements change without notice, so confirm every figure on the operator's own careers page before you apply.
Contract type: Not stated. Do not assume direct employment; some operators contract through an agency or on a self-employed basis, which changes tax, sick pay and pension entirely.
Pay: Not stated on the operator's own page.
For what pilots earn by region and seat, with its own sources and dates, see the pilot salary guide. Those are market ranges, not an offer from this operator.
Not stated. This operator does not publish its selection stages, so nothing is listed here. A recruitment site claiming to know the stages is guessing, and so would we be.
Worth knowing
Provenance
Each entry is the sentence the value was read from, on the operator's own site. If a figure here is out of date, the quote is what to check it against.
hours.total
Require a minimum of 1,500 hours of total time
careers.united.comother
Prefer 1,000 hours of fixed wing turbine time
careers.united.comlicence.family
Unrestricted FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with airplane multiengine class rating
careers.united.commedicalClass
Current FAA first-class medical certificate
careers.united.comrightToWork
Legal right to work in the United States without sponsorship
careers.united.comother
FCC Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit (RR)
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