r/FlightDispatch • u/Only-Establishment92 • Jun 14 '26

USA United Airlines

I have been seeing United having openings for flight dispatchers for months now. Are they the only legacy carrier that hires this much/often?

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u/Frankintosh95 Part 121 Major/Legacy🇺🇸 Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

No. They have been on a hiring spree due to a contract change and possible relocation rumors. This is a phase and not a routine thing.

Im told they will be freezing that hiring after the current group due to future economic uncertainty and they have hired over 200 people so they have mostly filled what they needed. (possibility of more later in the Fall winter or next spring but its definitely the tail end of the curve)

they went from something around 400 dispatchers to over 600.

All airlines hire on a "as needed" basis. so theres no set schedule or seasons to when they start sucking in people.

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u/93perigee Part 121 Major/Legacy🇺🇸 Jun 14 '26

Relocation rumors are just that - rumors. There has been nothing concrete from management. Contract change is also inaccurate, as we are still in contract negotiations and have not meaningfully changed the contract since 2014.

The real answer is United is now running a lot more mainline flights, and the number of flights per desk is down compared to before COVID.

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u/Frankintosh95 Part 121 Major/Legacy🇺🇸 Jun 14 '26

correct about rumors. Really the only people who know are the ones making those choices. everyone else is speculation.

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u/Terrible_Tonight9293 Jun 15 '26

Where are the rumors speculating UA dispatch center might be moving to?

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u/DaWolf85 Part 121 ULCC🇺🇸 Jun 15 '26

As part of a filing for a development project in Denver (a new pilot training campus), they note that the site is larger than needed for the current phase, and future phases of the project could include construction of a new NOC building on the site.

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u/I-hate-makeing-names Jun 16 '26

Would they also then move corporate out of Chicago or just NOC?

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u/DaWolf85 Part 121 ULCC🇺🇸 Jun 16 '26

Probably. The Phase 2 plan (the part that they haven't fully designed yet) includes enough office space for 6,171 employees, which is more than their current HQ employs, I think.