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GoJet Airlines is a privately held regional (Trans States Holdings, headquartered in the St. Louis area) flying United Express with a single aircraft type: the CRJ550, United's two-class 50-seater — 10 First, 20 Economy Plus, 20 Economy, no middle seats, a walk-up snack bar. GoJet is the original operator of the type and it is the airline's only aircraft. That shapes the FA job: premium first-class cabin service skills matter at GoJet in a way they don't on single-class 50-seaters. The fleet is modestly shrinking, not growing — 11 United-owned frames were returned and redeployed to SkyWest between 2024 and early 2026, settling GoJet around 54 aircraft.
Two GoJet-specific rules deserve top billing because they change whether you should apply at all. First, the residency rule: verbatim intent from the careers page — you must "live within one and a half hours of your assigned base." That is unusually strict; the live-anywhere-and-commute advice that works at CommuteAir is wrong at GoJet, and base choice becomes a real pre-application decision. (One prep-site claim says GoJet is one of the only regionals where the base you apply for is the base you get — unverified against GoJet's own materials, but if true it pairs neatly with the residency rule.) Second, appearance: the careers page requires a professional appearance "free from visible tattoos" — stricter than SkyWest or CommuteAir. No official appearance-standards PDF was located, so that one-line phrasing is all that's verified; no size/location workaround rules exist to cite.
Baseline requirements (careers page, checked August 2026): minimum age is genuinely unclear — GoJet's own site has listed 19+, while posting mirrors say 21+. Both cannot be current; confirm on the live posting for your base and don't treat either number as settled. Also: high-school diploma or GED; valid unexpired U.S. or foreign passport with applicable visas and unrestricted travel to all countries United serves (including Canada); a documentation-consistency rule (driver's license, Social Security card, and passport must all match); English fluency; height between 4'11" and 6'0" (CRJ-driven — the 6'0" max is a hard aircraft gate; shoes-on/off is unspecified); navigate the aisle facing forward, move quickly through the overwing exit, occupy the jumpseat without seatbelt-extension modifications. Piercings: no facial or multiple upper-ear piercings. No extreme hair colors or styles. No swim test found.
Sources listed at the end of each profile. Data compiled from airline careers pages, union publications, industry press, and candidate-reported interview intel — wave-dependent facts carry as-of dates.
5 of the 78 GoJet-specific questions in the Cleared for Cabin bank, with the key point recruiters listen for. Full coached answers live in the app.
1. A passenger in seat 2A on your CRJ550 grips the armrest during boarding and tells you it is her first flight ever. How do you handle her before departure?
Key point: Meet her at eye level, personalize reassurance to her specific fear, preview what she will hear and feel, and follow through with two real check-ins after takeoff.
2. Tell me about a time you worked closely with a coworker whose style was very different from yours. How did you make the partnership work?
Key point: Pick one real coworker, name what YOU changed to bridge the styles, close with a measurable result and a one-line lesson — tie it to being a solo FA who has to partner with whichever crew you're paired with that day.
3. What is the sterile flight deck rule and how does it change what you can and cannot say to the pilots?
Key point: Sterile flight deck bars non-essential cabin-to-cockpit contact below 10,000 feet — call only for safety-of-flight items, but always call for those.
4. What aircraft does GoJet fly?
Key point: CRJ550 only, flying as United Express — around 54 frames as of 2026-08. GoJet is a one-fleet, one-partner regional.
5. Per 2026 candidate reports and GoJet's own event pages, what should you expect the GoJet FA interview to look like from application to offer?
Key point: Application → email invitation → in-person session with self-intro + announcement reading → cuts → shorter individual interviews. In-person, not HireVue, per 2026 reports. The 'mandatory Inflight Institute pre-course' step is a prep-site claim with zero candidate corroboration — flag it as unverified.
HireVue-format drills on the real 30-second-prep, 2-minute-answer clock, with AI coaching.