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Detroit free press layoffs5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Government figures are only available through July, however.Ĭompare that to the first six months after the Sept. airlines have already shed about 45,000 jobs during the pandemic, or 48,000 including cargo carriers. With early retirements and other incentives to quit, U.S. “At this point I don’t have a Plan B,” she said. They’ve looked for jobs, but in a market with high unemployment “there really isn’t anything out there for us right now,” Uhatafe said.Īllie Malis, an American Airlines flight attendant in Washington, D.C., also faces layoff Thursday. They also fear they won’t be able to make health care copays and deductibles. “We can’t afford our mortgage, our car payment, our other utilities,” he said. Uhatafe and his wife cut expenses and staggered their shifts so one could stay home to supervise remote learning for two sons and a niece.īut come Thursday, they both are likely to get only part-time hours, meaning their household income could be halved. He and his wife, who holds the same fleet service job, earned enough to buy a house and purchase a new car in January. Tevita Uhatafe also was a big beneficiary of overtime pay, working 60 hours a week hauling baggage and loading airplanes for American Airlines in Dallas. “We’re crying for help and no one is hearing,” she said. Now, her 19-year-old son has dropped out of college to help support the family, she said. That helped Valentine, who said she worked 80 hours per week but still was barely making it after her husband’s illness. Planes were full, profits were fat and workers were getting big overtime checks. “I’m the primary breadwinner in this family.”īefore the pandemic, the airlines were thriving. “Knowing that I may not have insurance benefits, I feel like I have failed,” she said on a conference call set up by the Machinists Union. She has six children ranging in age from 2 to 22, and her husband can’t work because he’s recovering from a massive stroke. Toni Valentine, 41, a United reservations agent in Detroit who has been with the airline for 15 years, has been told she’ll be laid off this week. Layoffs could be delayed if a deal is imminent. The Airlines for America trade group said a House proposal unveiled Monday raises some hope because Democrats and Republicans appear to be talking. In the U.S., Congress has been considering a second round of airline aid for weeks, but it’s hung up in the debate over a larger national relief package. British Airways parent company IAG has said it would cut some 12,000 of its 42,000-person workforce. The company has parked its jumbo jets and has plans to eliminate 22,000 full-time positions. Germany’s Lufthansa won a 9 billion-euro government bailout, but announced an additional round of cuts after a summer bump in vacation travel dwindled in September. The trade group for airlines around the world now expects 2020 air travel to fall 66% from 2019, compared to its previous estimate of a 63% decline.Īirlines in Europe are expecting years of trouble and have acted quickly to cut jobs even as they get government rescue loans. The International Air Transport Association on Tuesday lowered its full-year traffic forecast. “To my understanding, this is the steepest demand shock for commercial aviation in human history,” said Morningstar aviation analyst Burkett Huey. said Tuesday it planned to lay off 28,000 workers in its parks division in California and Florida. ![]() And with tourism down, The Walt Disney Co. With demand for new planes down, airplane manufacturer Boeing has cut thousands of jobs. airlines - Delta, United, American and Southwest - together lost $10 billion in the second quarter alone.įewer airline passengers also means less demand for rental cars, hotels and restaurants. Industry analysts say fear of air travel and businesses keeping employees close to home have brought an unprecedented crisis to the industry, resulting in cataclysmic losses. Delta and Southwest, two other big carriers, tapped private capital markets and say they’ll avoid layoffs. With air travel down about 70% from last year, many carriers including United and American say they’ll be forced to cut jobs without additional aid. That “Payroll Support Program” helped many stay on, and keep health care and other benefits. To receive the aid, companies agreed not to lay off employees through Sept. Since the pandemic hit, thousands of flight attendants, baggage handlers, gate agents and others have been getting at least partial pay through $25 billion in grants and loans to the nation’s airlines. ![]()
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