Flight Attendant Furlough

[milehighflyer]

The number of furloughs I heard was 1550 did that include the foreign nationals? Or is that in addition to the 400 or so foreign national, so really a furlough of 1950?

 

[Hi-C-Camp]

The number of furloughs I heard was 1550 did that include the foreign nationals? Or is that in addition to the 400 or so foreign national, so really a furlough of 1950?

Well - first off, there is nowhere near 400 foreign nationals.. It is about half of that.. It is in our contract that there can be no more than 1% foreign nationals.. But the 1550 does not include the early out or foreign nationals... We have a sweet voluntary program though, and also job share to hopefully eliminate the need to involuntary furlough.. I seriously doubt there will be invols...

 

[UAL_TECH]

ADP Says U.S. Companies Cut 33,000 Jobs in August

Excerpt:

UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, the world's second-largest carrier, will eliminate 1,550 flight attendant jobs, the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA said on Aug. 27. The cuts don't include 290 of the most-senior attendants who accepted buyout offers made in June, airline spokesman Jeff Kovick said in an interview.

So does this make it a total of 1,840 ?

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[UAL_TECH]

United Airlines cancels furlough plan

CHICAGO, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- United Airlines in Chicago said Thursday it canceled plans to furlough 1,550 flight attendants as voluntary departures had reduced staff numbers sufficiently.

Employees opted for voluntary, unpaid leaves, which would allow them to keep their seniority ranking, healthcare insurance and travel benefits, the Chicago Tribune reported Thursday.

The planned furloughs were part of a United plan to reduce 7,000 jobs and reduce its fleet by 20 percent as a reaction to rising fuel costs, the Tribune reported.

United said it will still close flight attendant bases in Singapore and Bangkok. The carrier is contractually obligated to furlough foreign national employees before reducing its domestic work staff, the Tribune said.

Good News for the FA's

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