Airlines
United Airlines Pilots Avert Furloughs
A letter of agreement between United Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association prevents any involuntary layoffs until June 2021.

United Airlines pilots on Monday voted to accept a deal with management to avert an immediate furlough of 2,850 aviators even as a $25 billion aid package given to U.S. airlines as Covid-19 relief nears its September 30 expiration date. The letter of agreement (LOA) prevents the furlough of any of United’s 13,000 pilots until June 2021. The deal also offers a second round of early separation options for all pilots 50 years of age or older with 10 years of experience and reduces or ends the effect of temporary work reductions based on a recovery in passenger demand or other market factors.