Highlighting the investment in hand sanitizer stations is cool, it’s more than others are doing – although perhaps others will feel the need to copy. And they should be applauded on that alone, along with sanitizing efforts between every flight. There’s really no need for the rest of the Delta-style exaggeration that seems to come with the news..
Like American, United set a goal of reducing management head count by 30%.
Yet United Airlines is actually hiring – just in Gurgaon, India. And they aren’t offshoring the way you normally expect, looking for cheap coders or call center employees. They’re hiring for more analytical, and traditionally white collar, positions. This includes Senior Analyst, Manager, and Senior Manager roles
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One scientist argues “if the disinfectant remains potent enough to kill the virus, it could also affect passengers.” It’s not clear to me that’s how the science works. Soap is potent enough to kill the virus.
Nonetheless concerns are being raised about the safety of the chemical American plans to use to disinfect aircraft.
Airport Coordination Limited, which coordinates takeoff and landing slots and slot trades for 46 airports, has issued guidance around U.K. and Europe and not extending ‘use or or lose it’ waivers for airline slots.
Under current rules if airlines don’t operate 80% of the flights they have the rights to they can lose their slots, and have them given to other airlines. This is a good thing.
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In Baldanza’s Forbes piece he laid out reasons he thought bailing out the airlines were a good idea. He argued that robust airlines are important for economic recovery.
In his response to what I wrote, though, he collapses back to the argument that the money is largely going to benefit employees and not airlines (or airline investors) – and that’s not where his original argument was strongest.
The White House Chief of Staff has reportedly reached out to Senate Democrats to restart talks over a new coronavirus package, including a big new airline bailout aimed at avoiding job losses. And as leverage, he says that President Donald Trump “is weighing executive action to avoid massive layoffs” basically giving the cash to airlines himself if Democrats don’t get on board.
It’s not clear how that would even be possible.
Details on Hilton’s fall “Double Rewards” promotion are out: double points and double elite status credits, which help you to status this year faster or will roll over to help you earn status next year.
American wanted to shed its flight attendant workforce by 12,600 (or 47% of flight attendants). They couldn’t have done that right away because they only sent out 9950 WARN Act notices. Leaves and voluntary quits did not – as promised – trade off with threatened layoffs, but were used to increase the number of flight attendants who won’t be working for the airline October 1.
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