United airlines furlough 2020. United airlines said on wednesday it was preparing to send notices of potential furloughs to 36000 us based frontline employees or about 45 percent of staff as travel demand hit by the coronavir. United airlines has warned that it may need to furlough or lay off as many as 36000 employees which represents about 45 of its us. United had planned to furlough 2250 pilots this year a number that was expected to be reduced by voluntary leave programs and an early separation package offered to the carriers most senior.
As many as 15000 flight attendants 11000 customer service and gate agents and 2000 pilots in addition to almost 10000 other employees would be affected. United airlines plans to furlough up to 3900 pilots or about one third of its entire pilot workforce a leaked memo reveals. United airlines warns pilots of more furloughs as air travel recovery stalls with demand remaining extraordinarily weak united airlines may need to furlough even more pilots than originally planned.
United airlines is now preparing even bigger pilot furloughs after the recent decline of demand for air travel because of the ongoing global health crisis a company official disclosed on thursday. Chicago based united has plans to furlough about a third of its pilots around 3900 people between 2020 and next year but we may need to furlough more pilots in 2020 and in 2021 than.