Bases, pay, training, hiring windows and the interview process — from dated sources.
Last updated August 2026 — dated facts carry their own as-of dates below.
Frontier is a Denver-headquartered ultra-low-cost carrier — and right now it is the single biggest beneficiary of Spirit's spring-2026 shutdown. Per coverage from May–June 2026, Frontier overlapped with Spirit on more than 100 routes (more than any other U.S. carrier), announced 9 new routes and 15 daily departures across 18 former Spirit markets, added capacity at Orlando, Las Vegas, Dallas, and Baltimore, and bid for Spirit's Detroit terminal space. That expansion translates directly into sustained flight attendant hiring demand. One caution: a "10,000 direct jobs" figure still circulates online — it belongs to the dead 2022 Frontier–Spirit merger projection and is not a hiring plan. Frontier did not absorb Spirit; it absorbed routes and gate space, and it is competing for Spirit's people. There is no published 2026 FA head-count target — this is expansion-driven hiring without official numbers.
Hiring-window status (as of August 2026): OPEN — continuously. Unlike the annual-window model at legacy carriers, Frontier runs an evergreen application (the "Apply Now" posting was live on flyfrontier.com as of August 2026) plus periodic in-person hiring events (a Denver FA event ran February 20, 2026, per event listings). Job boards showed roughly 95–228 FA listings live across mid-2026. Frontier has also publicly signaled interest in experienced flight attendants — i.e., ex-Spirit crew — which means the applicant pool includes seasoned ULCC crews.
Baseline requirements from the careers page (checked August 2026): "At least 20 years old when applying" — the youngest minimum among the carriers we cover (most require 21) — high school diploma or GED, legal authorization to work in the U.S., and "a valid passport with at least 14 months validity." (An older prep-site figure of 6 months' validity conflicts; the live careers page's 14-month figure is primary.) "Excellent customer service abilities" are expected, but no minimum years of experience are published. Willingness to relocate is required.
One thing to get straight before you apply anywhere in the ULCC world: there is no flight-attendant flow-through to a mainline carrier. Flow-through agreements are a pilot-program concept. Frontier FA experience is valuable on its own terms and on future applications, but no ULCC FA job comes with a guaranteed path to a legacy carrier.
Per flyfrontier.com (checked August 2026): Atlanta, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, Phoenix, San Juan, Tampa, and Trenton/Philadelphia — "with more locations coming soon," in the company's own words.
That last phrase matters more at Frontier than anywhere else: the post-Spirit expansion (the Detroit terminal bid, Baltimore additions, extra capacity in Florida, Vegas, and Dallas) makes this the fastest-changing base list among the carriers we cover. Detroit or other ex-Spirit stations may appear as bases at any time. Re-check the live posting before every application.
New hires must accept any base assignment. There is no verified reserve-duration-by-base data for Frontier — treat any forum claim about "fast" or "slow" bases as unverified.
Read this first: every pay figure below is pre-new-contract and presumptively stale. In late February/early March 2026, AFA-CWA and Frontier agreed to terms on a collective bargaining agreement covering over 2,200 flight attendants, under National Mediation Board (federal mediation) oversight — the end of a fight that included a 99.6% strike-authorization vote (92.7% turnout, September 2024) and a federal mediation filing (October 2024). As of August 2026 we could not verify a ratification-vote result or a new pay scale. Check afafrontier.org for ratification status and current rates before relying on any number here.
The pre-agreement figures, for orientation only:
The scheduling model is the thing to actually understand. In 2024 Frontier management shifted the network to "90%+ one-day turns" — out-and-backs with no layovers. The recruiting pitch is that you are mostly home every night. AFA's position was that the same change would cause "a dramatic reduction in compensation while sharply increasing time on the job or commuting to it" — fewer layover per-diem hours and different trip-credit economics. Both framings are real; we present them dated and take no side. Reserve and line life at Frontier are mostly home-based rather than layover-based.
Frontier Airlines requires flight attendants to be at least 20, hold a high school diploma or GED, and pass a jump-seat harness fit test instead of a height minimum.
Requirements change between hiring windows — confirm them on the Frontier Airlines careers page before you apply.
Data compiled from airline careers pages, union publications, industry press, and candidate-reported interview intel — wave-dependent facts carry as-of dates. Candidate reports are unofficial; confirm requirements on the airline's own careers site.