2,000 new attendants at United.(United Airlines flight attendants recruitment)(Brief Article)

Crain's Chicago Business, November, 2005

United Airlines, the No. 2 U.S. carrier, said it is hiring 2,000 flight attendants as it increases the numbers of international flights and as domestic jets fly longer-range routes. The new hires, the unit of Elk Grove Township-based UAL Corp.'s first since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, come as United prepares to emerge from bankruptcy protection early next year.

The hiring was set to begin over the weekend in Chicago and Washington, D.C. A United spokeswoman said some of the new hires would replace flight attendants who have retired or decided not to return from voluntary furloughs during the airline's nearly three years in Chapter 11. A seven-week training course for the new jobs will begin in January, the airline said.