Todd Insler, chairman of the United chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association, said in a statement that the union hopes to reduce that figure with a voluntary early retirement program under negotiation with the company. United said it could lay off up to 2,250 pilots as part of the 36,000 layoffs. "We will reduce this number and we will not rest until we have done every single thing in our power to avoid even one involuntary furlough,'' Diaz said. He said the union will work to "uncover every stone'' in its bid to cut the number of layoffs.
"The number United has given us is staggering, but make no mistake, it is my opinion the number is so high to create panic and erode our resolve to think smart and make good decisions,'' Diaz said.
He suggested United issued eye-popping potential layoff numbers in a bid to scare flight attendants and other affected to workers into accepting early retirement, extended unpaid leave and other voluntary programs. "It is not commensurate to United’s peers in our industry or with other work groups on the property, nor realistic with the anticipated staffing we will require to adapt and grow our airline back in the months to come,'' Diaz said. Ken Diaz, president of the United Master Executive Council of the AFA, called the projected number of flight attendant cuts "overreaching, excessive and punitive'' in an email to flight attendants. Her union called for a six-month extension of payroll protection for the aviation industry, given the dire straits, but United officials said they can't count on more help from Washington, especially in an election year. Not so fast: United to pare back just announced August flights as coronavirus cases surge Demand was just barely climbing back to 20% of last year and even those minimal gains evaporated over the last week due to surging COVID-19 cases across the country." aviation industry," she said in a statement. "This crisis dwarfs all others in aviation history and there's no end in sight. "COVID-19 is an unprecedented threat to aviation workers and the entire U.S. Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, which represents United flight attendants, called the numbers a "gut punch" but praised United for offering a realistic outlook. United's flight attendant, pilot union leaders react The airline had to put a number on the cuts because of federal requirements to warn employees about mass layoffs.
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