⁍ United Airlines told its pilots it may need more furloughs than originally planned this year and next due to a worsening industry outlook.
⁍ The internal memo, which United confirmed was sent to pilots on Thursday, comes as unions lobby U.S. lawmakers to extend a $32-billion aviation stimulus plan.
⁍ Airlines are suffering their worst crisis in history due to COVID-19, which crushed the U.S. economy in the second quarter.
– United Airlines had planned to furlough 2,250 pilots this year and another 1,650 in 2021 due to the airline industry’s worst crisis in history—a virus that wiped out millions of people in the US in the second quarter of this year. But in an internal memo obtained by Reuters, the airline warns that the situation has worsened and it may need more furloughs. “There are really only two ways to mitigate the full impact of furloughs. The first is another stimulus bill,” United’s head of flight operations, Bryan Quigley, says in the memo, which the airline confirmed Thursday. United is among several airlines warning that they may need to furlough more workers due to the virus, known as COVID-19, which has yet to be mass produced, meaning it won’t be until late 2021 that a vaccine is produced, reports the Wall Street Journal. United is among several airlines warning that they may need to furlough more workers due to the virus, known as COVID-19, which has yet to be mass produced, meaning it won’t be until late 2021 that a vaccine is produced. The airline is among several airlines warning that they may need to furlough more workers due to the virus, known as COVID-19, which crushed the US economy in the second quarter. Airlines are suffering their worst crisis in history due to COVID-19, which crushed the US economy in the second quarter. United does not forecast a recovery until late 2021.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-airlines/united-warns-of-more-pilot-furloughs-as-us-airlines-eye-second-bailout-idUSKCN24V2VB