Pilots and United to ask for ‘govt assistance’: Pilots union
United Airlines has asked union leaders to support an effort to secure “govt assistance”, a move coming in response to tumbling demand as the coronavirus engulfs the industry. The “call to action for govt assistance” will come later this week, United’s Master Executive Council (MEC), which represents the company’s 13,000 pilots, says in a letter to members Sunday. The letter says that during a March 15 call with leaders from several unions, United CE Oscar Munoz and president Scott Kirby “asked for labour’s help”. “As we do not know the duration of this event, temporarily reducing cash burn over the short-term is critical,” Todd Insler, a United captain and chairman of the MEC, writes in the letter. <br/>
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Pilots and United to ask for ‘govt assistance’: Pilots union
United Airlines has asked union leaders to support an effort to secure “govt assistance”, a move coming in response to tumbling demand as the coronavirus engulfs the industry. The “call to action for govt assistance” will come later this week, United’s Master Executive Council (MEC), which represents the company’s 13,000 pilots, says in a letter to members Sunday. The letter says that during a March 15 call with leaders from several unions, United CE Oscar Munoz and president Scott Kirby “asked for labour’s help”. “As we do not know the duration of this event, temporarily reducing cash burn over the short-term is critical,” Todd Insler, a United captain and chairman of the MEC, writes in the letter. <br/>
