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United Airlines Warns It May Furlough Up To 33% Of Pilots

Ben Goldstein July 30, 2020

Credit: Rob FinlaysonA senior United Airlines executive said up to a third of the company’s pilots may be furloughed this fall, as carriers increasingly warn of the need to cut labor costs following the expiration of federal payroll support on Sept. 30.

While Chicago-based United formally notified 2,250 pilots of possible furloughs earlier on June 7, management has since increased that estimate to 3,900, citing the devastating impact on demand of surging COVID-19 cases across the U.S. in July.

“Because COVID-19 cases continue, and demand improvement remains very slow, we may need to furlough more pilots in 2020, and in 2021, than originally planned,” United SVP-flight operations Bryan Quigley told pilots in a July 30 memo.