United Airlines Profile

Active Pilots

12,491

Union

Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)

United Airlines At a Glance

United Airlines is a founding member of the Star Alliance global airline alliance
Opened a consolidated training center in 2018
All Boeing 747s are retired
United Airlines has a Pilot Pathway Program

Hiring

United Airlines is hiring pilots. Pilots applicants may apply on United Airline’s third party application system.

Minimum Requirements to Apply

Unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate with multi-engine class rating
Current first class medical certificate
Minimum 1,000 hours of fixed-wing turbine time
Bachelor’s degree from accredited college or university is preferred

Airplane Fleet

737-700
737-800
737-900ER
737 Max 9
757-200
757-300
767-300ER
767-400ER
777-200
777-300ER
787-8
787-9
787-10
A319
A320

Airplane Orders

737 Max 9
737 Max 10
787-9
787-10
A319
A350-900

Pilot Domiciles

Houston International Airport
Los Angeles International Airport
Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Denver International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
Newark International Airport
Washington Dulles International Airport
Guam International Airport
Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport

United Airlines Hourly Pilot Pay Rate – Captain

Year	A350/A330/B777/B787/B767-400	B767/B757/A321NEO/A321XLR	A320/A319/B737	A220-300	A220-100	EMB195/E190
12	421	353	338	326	313	255
11	418	349	336	324	310	253
10	415	345	333	321	308	251
9	412	342	330	319	306	249
8	409	339	328	316	303	248
7	405	336	325	314	301	246
6	402	334	323	311	299	244
5	399	331	320	309	296	242
4	396	328	318	306	294	240
3	393	326	315	304	291	238
2	390	323	313	301	289	236
1	386	320	310	299	287	234

United Airlines Hourly Pilot Pay Rate – First Officer

Year	A350/A330/B777/B787/B767-400	B767/B757/A321NEO/A321XLR	A320/A319/B737	A220-300	A220-100	EMB195/E190
12	288	241	231	213	213	174
11	285	238	229	221	212	173
10	282	235	227	219	210	171
9	279	231	224	216	207	169
8	276	229	221	213	205	167
7	269	223	216	208	200	163
6	262	217	210	203	194	159
5	256	212	205	198	190	155
4	250	207	200	193	185	151
3	244	202	196	189	181	148
2	208	173	167	161	154	126
1	109	109	109	109	109	109

Compensation Notes

International override/ETOPS is $6.50/hr for captains and $4.50/hr for first officers

Per Diem

$2.45/hr domestic
$2.80/hr international

Retirement

B fund paid at 16%

Greg started his professional pilot journey in 2002 after graduating from Embry Riddle. Since that time he has accumulated over 8,000 hours working as a pilot. Greg’s professional experience includes flight instructing, animal tracking, backcountry flying, forest firefighting, passenger charter, part 135 cargo, flying for a regional airline, a national low cost airline, a legacy airline, and also working as a manager in charge of Part 135 and Part 121 training programs.