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Crushed by coronavirus: United Airlines to lay off up to 36,000 U.S. employees in October
In a memo to employees, the Chicago-based airline said 36,000 employees, or 45% of its frontline workers in the United States and more than a third of its overall workforce of 95,000, face layoffs on or around Oct. 1. (www.usatoday.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I believe that's a federally required notice. We'll see what actually occurs.
Exactly. This is the Worst possible scenario. The final decisions will be 100% dependent on consumer and business demand.
yes,the WARN notice is requireD by law for layoffs that will involve many people or work groups..if the passenger loads do not pick p quite a bit,then mumbers mentioned are a definite possibility..I can tell you i live in the flight path for a major airport served by ual,and the skies have been so very,very quiet for the last three months its unbelievable!the city is concerned as well because ual employees several thousand people living here or based here..it does appear that due to the serious rise in covid cases,and possible stay at home orders being brought back,people will not be flying or planning for thanksgiving or christmas or even a rip to the Bahamas..
Flying or any socially confined activity be it cruising, eating out, or taking a flight for fun or business will not pick up until there is a vaccine and it will be 2 years before all are vaccinated and people are ready to travel. The airlines cannot sell any assets (planes)
for revenue because all airlines in the same boat. Same with cruise lines. They will all file for bankruptcy and cut their employees creating even more unemployment. There is no V recovery and people need to be prepared for more pain.
for revenue because all airlines in the same boat. Same with cruise lines. They will all file for bankruptcy and cut their employees creating even more unemployment. There is no V recovery and people need to be prepared for more pain.
I guess that depends on how you define “pick up”. Flying is certainly picking up and has been for a while now, it’s just not anywhere near what it was before the wuflu.
The TSA is publishing the numbers here https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput
Still way down, but we are seeing increases every week. July 9th had over 700,000 passengers (compared to 2.6mm last year). It is going to be a long road ahead, but things are slowly improving.
Still way down, but we are seeing increases every week. July 9th had over 700,000 passengers (compared to 2.6mm last year). It is going to be a long road ahead, but things are slowly improving.
Either way it goes... It is not good news!