Another Airline to Cut Back
This affects me personally since we have tickets with United. I'm sure it affects a lot of you.
UAL plans up to 400 additional job cuts 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
(Reuters) UAL Corp, parent of United Airlines, plans to eliminate up to 400 more jobs as it continues to shrink its operations due to skyrocketing fuel costs, the company said on Friday.United said in a statement it had reached an agreement with the International Association of Machinists for a voluntary retirement program for veteran ground workers, including customer service agents and bag handlers.
United said it would continue to explore "viable alternatives" to furloughs but did not rule them out if the early out measure did not reach its goal of up to 400 employees.
United and other big carriers are slashing domestic flights as well as the jobs needed to operate and support them to address a 50 percent increase in jet fuel costs this year.
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