United Airlines warns flight attendants to stop selling and brokering trips

United Airlines, after an internal investigation, is warning its flight attendants to stop selecting or trading flights to buy or sell to each other. In a March 22 memo addressed to United's flight attendants, the airline said that over the past few months, concerns regarding "illicit trip brokering" have come up. Some flight attendants have apparently been scooping up the best trips and brokering, buying or selling them for personal gain. All this follows the airline firing more than 35 employees after it discovered that they were abusing their employee travel perks by selling travel passes. United warned the flight attendants that they could be fired for these brokering, buying or selling practices. In the memo, the airline encourages whistle-blowers to speak up and reminds them that no one should be afforded "an unfair advantage". <br/>