36,000 Jobs Could Go at United Airlines

36,000 jobs could be cut at United Airlines due to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In a memo it warned employees up to 36,000 could be laid off.

Of these, 26,000 would reportedly be flight attendants, customer service and gate agents.
In a statement, the airline said: “After months of aggressive cost-cutting and proactive capital-raising, today we updated employees about a topic we’ve always dreaded and the action that was always a last resort.

“The reality is that United simply cannot continue at our current payroll level past October 1 in an environment where travel demand is so depressed.

“Involuntary furloughs come as a last resort, after months of company-wide cost-cutting and capital-raising.”